Payments consultancy for banks, PSPs and vendors
We advise on SWIFT, ISO 20022 and international payments. We help you choose, plan and deliver change without disrupting live flows.
Talk to a consultantSWIFT & international payments advisory
From FIN messaging and the ISO 20022 migration to gpi tracking, correspondent banking and financial crime compliance, our consultants help you plan, select and deliver changes to the infrastructure your payments depend on.
SWIFT connectivity model advisory
Direct SWIFTNet, service bureau or cloud
FIN messaging & Alliance support
Message design, Alliance Access & Messenger support
Sanctions & compliance screening
Screening tuning, KYC Registry participation
Correspondent banking advisory
Nostro/vostro structure and network optimisation
SWIFT gpi adoption & tracking
UETR, Tracker integration, stop-and-recall
ISO 20022 & MX migration advisory
CBPR+ coexistence, mapping and testing
More consulting practices
- Payment consulting Strategy, business cases, cards, PSD2 and vendor selection
- Banking systems Core migration, EMV and mobile interoperability
- Research House Independent SWIFT and payments research
- Software development Custom software for payments organisations
- Software consulting Architecture, build-or-buy and vendor platform advice
PaymentOps
Software from Run Ventures: one place for your team to trace, explain and resolve international payment issues. It links payment hub, SWIFT and ledger events, shows the evidence on screen and keeps a person in charge.
Explore PaymentOps
An independent, Dublin‑based payments consultancy, advising since 1996.
We work alongside your team, from strategy and business case through to delivery.
About Run VenturesCorrespondent network rationalisation for a global payments provider
A global payments provider set out to rationalise a sprawling correspondent network, freeing trapped liquidity and reducing concentration risk across key corridors.
- Challenge
- A sprawling network with uneven utility, corridor concentration risk and capital trapped in underused nostros.
- Outcome
- A leaner, better-understood footprint and a repeatable reconciliation discipline.
Research House reports
ISO 20022
State of SWIFT Migration and ISO 20022
gpi
Cross-Border Payments Performance (gpi)
Correspondent banking
Correspondent Banking Landscape
Compliance
Payments Compliance and Sanctions Screening Benchmark
Vendor comparison
SWIFT Connectivity and Messaging Vendor Comparison
Latest insights
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SWIFT gpi and the push for real‑time cross‑border payments
Banks are under growing pressure to make cross-border payments trackable and near-instant. We look at how gpi adoption is changing customer expectations and back-office operations.
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Where banks really stand on the ISO 20022 migration
Coexistence deadlines keep shifting and readiness varies widely across institutions. We survey where banks actually are on mapping, testing and structured data adoption today.
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The digital euro and what it means for correspondent banking
A retail central bank digital currency would touch settlement, liquidity and intermediary roles far beyond consumer wallets. We unpack the implications for correspondent banking relationships.
Talk to a SWIFT specialist
Planning an ISO 20022 migration, reviewing your correspondent network or choosing a connectivity model? Our consultants can walk through your specific setup.