Recent discussions have suggested a direct link between XRP and SWIFT, following Chad Steingraber's highlight of Ripple Treasury's presence in SWIFT's Certified Partner Program. However, this connection is not new and does not imply a direct integration of XRP with SWIFT. The integration existed long before Ripple acquired GTreasury in 2025, with GTreasury having been part of SWIFT’s Certified Partner Program since 2014. Ripple's acquisition of GTreasury, now rebranded as Ripple Treasury, has introduced blockchain capabilities to the platform. Despite this, the integration with SWIFT remains at the treasury platform level, not involving XRP directly. Ripple Treasury connects to SWIFT for messaging, while XRP operates independently on the XRP Ledger, with no direct protocol-level interaction between the two systems.