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Do they have the data to filter? Given they're just a clearing house for sending messages between banks, it's not implausible that they might only have source a
by bensummers 17y ago
Do they have the data to filter? Given they're just a clearing house for sending messages between banks, it's not implausible that they might only have source and destination account numbers and amount.
I'm not saying they do, I can't find the actual contents of the message with a quick search, but isn't that a plausible technical reason?
But there's no good reason why the EU should hand _any_ data to the US, filtered or not.
- viraptor 17y agoFrom what I understood, they can send all the data - so why not just a fragment? They operate on full account numbers which can be mapped to a any region/bank via IBAN needed for SWIFT transfer after all... Maybe I'm jumping to wrong conclusions here, it just seems highly unlikely / crazy that they're able to send everything, but not a subset.
- bensummers 17y agoSending a subset is easy, but choosing that subset can be more difficult. I doubt the selection criteria would resolve around which bank, but information about the account holders and their status. This data will only be available to SWIFT's customer banks. Building an interface to query this data in a standard form from lots of banks would be a nightmare.