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Fast Track Connectivity to SWIFT There are many benefits to operating on the SWIFT network for banks, corporates and other financial institutions, e.g. lower costs, greater security and improved operational risk management. The fully accredited SWIFT Access Service provides all the advantages offered by the complete range of SWIFT messages as well as support for all other SWIFT services and solutions.

Many organizations believe connecting to SWIFT is expensive, complex and time consuming. In addition to membership and licensing fees, the cost of hardware and communications can seem prohibitive, particularly if the volume of messages is low.

Maintaining SWIFT connectivity can seem especially challenging, potentially risky and costly if you lack in-house specialist resources. Add to this the ongoing responsibilities of resilience, recovery planning, upgrades, testing, project management and training, it is clear why many organizations are still reluctant to utilize the SWIFT community. That’s why SWIFT is committed to working with third

With Bottomline you get the best of both worlds – a service bureau with the quality assurance of a highly accredited SWIFT partner and availability to both the entire range of SWIFT products and services and the most accredited team of SWIFT experts.

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parties such as Bottomline Technologies to provide the SWIFT community with more connectivity options to SWIFT products and services.

A Cost-effective SWIFT Solution The SWIFT Access Service offers a cost-effective solution for access to the complete range of SWIFT services. More than 100 institutions have entrusted the outsourcing of their SWIFT requirements to Bottomline whose multi-site infrastructure, operational experience, value-added services and SWIFT accreditations make SWIFT Access Service a recognized leader..

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Benefits of the SWIFT Access Service

• A fully certified SWIFT Business Partner Service

• Connectivity to the SWIFT community of 9000 members in 209 countries

• Visibility to and control of your global “cashscape”

• Outsourced fully managed service, which includes PKI and RMA

• High levels of security and resilience

• Elimination of the expense of in-house infrastructure and expertise

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With Bottomline you get the best of both worlds – a service bureau with the quality assurance of a highly accredited SWIFT partner and availability to both the entire range of SWIFT products and services and the most accredited team of SWIFT experts. Whether for standard FIN messages, SWIFTNet FUNDS, or to transfer files over FileAct, or a combination of these, whether a full SWIFT member, a member of SCORE or a Closed User Group participant, all organizations can achieve benefits from utilizing the fully managed services SWIFT Access Service provides.

By integrating SWIFT Access Services with Bottomline’s market-leading payment solutions, customers now have access to an unprecedented depth and variety of SWIFT services and payment options including global payment requirements such as SEPA, Bacs, and Faster Payments.

As SWIFT continues to evolve its service offerings and to upgrade the network infrastructure, frequent changes are needed to optimize individual companies usage of SWIFT. Bottomline assists many companies with projects such as SWIFTNet Phase II migration and the imminent mandatory changes for RMA. These upgrades and new services are smoothly handled within the Bureau as part of a rolling implementation plan.

SWIFT and the Corporate Community It is not just banks and financial institutions that are looking to connect to SWIFT. The lack of sufficient SWIFT knowledge and experience has deterred many organizations, but SWIFT and Bottomline are committed to helping Corporates take advantage of the benefits of connectivity to the SWIFT network.

In the last four years, the number of Corporates connecting to the SWIFT network has quadrupled including more than 40 corporate clients who connect to SWIFT through the SWIFT Access Service. It is a flexible, scalable service with customers ranging in size from large multinationals to smaller entities with more modest turnovers.

The Benefits of SWIFT Without the Disadvantages The SWIFT Access Service runs on SWIFT’s Alliance interface software, and has the highest levels of security and resilience both on-site and at an off-site recovery facility. Bottomline offers a fully managed service, including assistance with testing and tailored training to ease the technology and business ramp-up involved in connecting to SWIFT.

Customers Choose from a Number of Connection methods, including internet-based or dedicated lines, depending on the service(s) required. Bottomline secures the connectivity in a number of different ways. The most basic implementation uses an Internet browser to prepare messages or transfer files to the service bureau for transmission of the SWIFT network, with security enhanced through the use of SSL and RSA keys. More complex users may generate messages or files on front or back-office systems which are automatically routed to the service, via a number of real-time messaging options, which may also require the transformation of data by SWIFT Access Services to and from the appropriate SWIFT formats.

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“ We have eliminated the effort required to keep our infrastructure up to date whilst maintaining control over the SWIFT environment. The hybrid approach maintains the feel of the in-house system but now our infrastructure is operated and supported by SWIFT experts in a highly secure environment. Additionally this has freed up resources to concentrate on other value added activity for Vodafone.” Fraser Lee - Treasury Systems Manager, Vodafone

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EXTERNAL PRESSURES• Global Financial Crisis• Credit & Funding• Risk Management• Creating Value

Choose One of SWIFT’s Most Experienced PartnersIf you are looking for cost-effective SWIFT connectivity backed-up by the expertise of SWIFT’s most highly accredited team, then look no further than Bottomline.

We also provide a range of optional value-added services and solutions that enable you to get maximum value out of your investment in SWIFT. These include:

• The translation and enrichment of data

• MI reports and traffic monitoring

• Anti-Money Laundering and fraud prevention

• SystemCare, access to Bottomline’s industry- qualified, SWIFT-accredited consultants for any operational support queries

We take the term “service bureau” seriously with emphasis on the word “service”. Our fully staffed operational service desk covers core business hours. Flexible additional support options outside of those hours provide 24 x 7 coverage for critical problems as standard.

Why Corporates Join SWIFT

Corporate Headquarters

Portsmouth, NH 03801 USA

tel 1.800.472.1321, +1.603.436.0700

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Europe, Middle East, Africa

Reading, Berkshire RG17JX UK

tel +44.118.925.8250

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Asia-Pacific

Hawthorn East, VIC, 3123 Australia

tel +61.3.9824.6888

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DATA SHEETAbout Bottomline

Bottomline Technologies, a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, recently acquired SMA Financial, a highly-accredited provider of Software as a Service connectivity to SWIFT. This acquisition combined the complete suite of SWIFT services with Bottomline’s payment and cash management solutions and expertise.

Bottomline now offers SWIFT Access Service which includes a wide range of SWIFT business consulting, technical services and solutions, and connectivity options to meet the needs of corporations, banks and financial institutions in all industry segments who want to join the SWIFT network of more than 9,000 organizations. Bottomline’s SWIFT accredited team of experts has helped more than 300 enterprises utilize the SWIFT network to meet critical business requirements.

“ We could see that SMA Financial had success-fully implemented their Service Bureau for another corporate with simiar requirements to our own. We also received positive references from their cutomers, our banking partners and our chosen Treasury Management System (TMS) supplier which confirmed that SMA Financial was the leading Bureau of choice for Corporates.” Chris Berris - Group Treasurer, Hunting PLC