PRESS RELEASE</strong></p> Brussels - 19 October 2015</strong> – Sibos donates €40,000 to Beyond Social Services following an event wide charity drive during SWIFT’s annual financial services conference.</p> Beyond Social Services is a local Singapore based non-profit organisation that helps families and individuals from disadvantaged low-income backgrounds curb delinquency, escape the cycle of poverty, and become responsible citizens. In the Singapore kampongs (‘villages’ in Malay), adults and children alike play a game called Gasing. It involves spinning tops in a short match of skill and luck. Each season after the rice harvest, several villages come together to challenge each other. </p> To support Beyond Social Services, the SWIFT stand hosted a digital version of the Gasing game where Sibos delegates pitched their skills against each other on screen. SWIFT donated 15 EUR per game.</p> “Beyond Social Services does not define citizenship by one’s passport, but rather by one’s willingness and commitment to be part of a ‘village’ that looks out for its most vulnerable members,” says Gerard Ee Huck Lian, Executive Director, Beyond Social Services</strong>. “We truly appreciate the support we have received from the Sibos community and thank SWIFT for the generous contribution. These funds will go a long way to help many disadvantaged families across Singapore.”</p> "SWIFT has a long history of supporting local charities in each of our Sibos locations" said Sven Bossu, Head of Sibos, SWIFT</strong>. "We are thrilled that Sibos delegates got behind our Gasing initiative generating the much needed funds for Beyond Social Services.”</p> --</p> About Sibos</span></p> Sibos is an annual conference, exhibition and networking event organised by SWIFT for the global financial industry. In just one week, some 7,000 decision makers and topic experts from financial institutions, market infrastructures, multinational corporations, and technology partners gather in one place to do business and collectively shape the future of payments, securities, cash management and trade.</p> For more information about Sibos, please visit www.sibos.com or visit us on Twitter: @Sibos #Sibos or LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/company/Sibos</p> About SWIFT</p> SWIFT is a member-owned cooperative that provides the communications platform, products and services to connect more than 10,800 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in over 200 countries and territories. SWIFT enables its users to exchange automated, standardised financial information securely and reliably, thereby lowering costs, reducing operational risk and eliminating operational inefficiencies. SWIFT also brings the financial community together to work collaboratively to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest. </p> For more information, visit www.swift.com or follow us on Twitter: @swiftcommunity and LinkedIn: SWIFT</p> For further media queries, please contact:JoAnn HealyT: +1 212 455 1802Email: press@sibos.com </p> Sheena CheongT: +65 6603 9017Email: sheena.cheong@text100.com.sg </p> </p>