(ATLANTA – Oct. 11, 2004) This week, the Georgia World Congress Center welcomes thousands of International friends to Atlanta. The GWCC hosts Sibos 2004, a conference and networking event for the global financial community. Members of the SWIFT community attend Sibos in order to be informed, to move their industry forward and to expand business relationships and opportunities.

Sibos 2004 takes place at the Georgia World Congress Center from Monday, Oct. 11 to Friday, Oct. 15. The event focuses on issues that are challenging the financial services industry, new technologies, new processes, new client expectations, new and unexpected alliances and ever-growing pressures for greater efficiency and security. The event was held in Singapore last year.
Sibos 2004 will draw more than 5,500 participants and 200 application, middleware vendors, systems integrators, financial institutions, consultants and central clearing systems from around the world.

“We are thrilled to be hosting Sibos 2004, the world's premier financial services event. We at the Georgia World Congress Center are looking forward to welcoming people from all over the world to Atlanta with warm Southern hospitality,” stated Dan Graveline, GWCC Executive Director.

SWIFT is the financial industry-owned co-operative supplying secure, standardized messaging services and interface software to 7,650 financial institutions in over 200 countries. SWIFT's worldwide community includes banks, broker/dealers and investment managers, as well as their market infrastructures in payments, securities, treasury and trade.