Elon Musk promised to take away the blue ticks – so why hasn’t he?
April 4, 2023
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After weeks of warnings, Twitter appears to have backed down on plans to do away with one of Musk’s original obsessions. Plus: why Italy banned ChatGPT
For weeks, Twitter has been promising that it would be ending its “legacy” verification programme – the one that actually verifies users – and stripping the status from any user who didn’t pay.
Although the cut-off for the switchover was 1 April, the company didn’t seem to be joking. “We will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks,” it posted on its official channels. “To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue.”
The Italian watchdog cited concerns about how the chatbot processed information in its statement.
It referred to “the lack of a notice to users and to all those involved whose data is gathered by OpenAI” and said there appears to be “no legal basis underpinning the massive collection and processing of personal data in order to ‘train’ the algorithms on which the platform relies”.
‘There really can be no excuse for getting the privacy implications of generative AI wrong. We’ll be working hard to make sure that organisations get it right,” said Stephen Almond, the ICO’s director of technology and innovation.
“It doesn’t take too much imagination to see the potential for a company to quickly damage a hard-earned relationship with customers through poor use of generative AI.”
Swift codes are handled by the SWIFT organization, and in particular from a division called “SWIFT Standards”. SWIFT stands for “Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication” and is a member-owned cooperative that is used by the financial world to conduct business operations. These codes were initially referred to as “swift codes” but were later standardized as BIC which stands for “Business Identifier Codes”. Both terms are used today and mean exactly the same thing: a BIC code is a unique alphanumeric identification code, consisting of combinations of letters and numbers, which is used to uniquely identify an institution's branch among the members of the swift network.
Why do I need this code?
The swift code is usually required by web banking applications for money transfers between two different banks (that are members of the swift network). We are not only asked to provide the beneficiary’s bank account number (or IBAN account number) that we want to send money to, but we must also provide the exact BIC code of the branch of the beneficiary’s bank. This site aims to simplify the process of finding this code. Note: please read our disclaimer at the bottom of this page BEFORE using any of the information found on this site.
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A swift code consists of 11 or 8 characters, which is the standard format standardized by ISO (International Organization for Standardization). Here is an example code: CHASUS33XXX. This swift code is for the head offices of “JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.” in the U.S.A. and can be broken down to four parts:
CHAS - US - 33 - XXX
- First four characters: These 4 characters (“CHAS” in our example) identify the bank (“JP Morgan Chase”). This 4-letter code is used to identify this particular financial institution’s branches and divisions all over the world.
- Fifth and sixth characters: These 2 characters identify the country in which the bank is located. “US” in this example means “UNITED STATES”.
- Seventh and eighth characters: These 2 characters represent a location code (“33” in this example).
- Last three characters: These 3 characters form the branch code. “XXX” is used to identify the HEAD OFFICE or the institution, but this particular branch code is optional, and if omitted, the 8-character remaining code (“CHASUS33” in our example) is assumed to refer to the head office (primary office) of the institution.
Most requested SWIFT codes:
CHASUS33 CHASUS33XXX JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
BOFAUS3N BOFAUS3NXXX BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
MIDLGB22 MIDLGB22XXX HSBC BANK PLC
BARCGB22 BARCGB22XXX BARCLAYS BANK PLC
ABNANL2A ABNANL2AXXX ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
CITIUS33 CITIUS33XXX CITIBANK N.A.
WFBIUS6S WFBIUS6SXXX WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
NWBKGB2L NWBKGB2LXXX NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC
COBADEFF COBADEFFXXX COMMERZBANK AG (BANKING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM)
BNPAFRPP BNPAFRPPXXX BNP PARIBAS SA (FORMELY BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS S.A.)
POALILIT POALILITXXX BANK HAPOALIM B.M.
LOYDGB2L LOYDGB2LXXX LLOYDS BANK PLC
NTSBDEB1 NTSBDEB1XXX N26 BANK GMBH (Used for NUMBER26 bank accounts)
DEUTDEDBPAL DEUTSCHE BANK PRIVAT-UND GESCHAEFTSKUNDEN AG (DEUTSCHE BANK VIRTUAL ACCOUNTING)
AXISINBB002 AXIS BANK LIMITED
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