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Belgium · Finance & Payments

LeaveRussia detail: Scaling Back

Scaling back

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, legally S.W.I.F.T. SC, is a Belgian banking cooperative providing services related to the execution of financial transactions and payments between limited banks worldwide.

Status last verified 03/08/2026Source checked 31/03/2025Company website ↗LeaveRussia profile ↗

Business in Russia

Shutdown of sanctioned banks from SWIFT.

Decision trail

Decision date 03/03/2022 · Reference ↗

The EU approved the disconnection of seven Russian banks from SWIFT. Russia has called on the West to ease sanctions as a precondition for a Black Sea security deal, including restoring links between its Agricultural Export Bank and the SWIFT system.

Status history since 2022

  1. 03/08/2026 scaling back · Imported from KSE LeaveRussia

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