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The ICM may be used for obtaining information and managing liquidity. SWIFT’s Secure IP Network (SIPN) shall be the underlying technical communications network for exchanging information and running control measures.
With the exception of warehoused payment orders and static data information, only data in relation to the current business day shall be available via the ICM. The screens shall be offered in English only.
Information shall be provided in ‘pull’ mode, which means that each participant has to ask to be provided with information.
The following modes shall be available for using the ICM:
Application-to-application mode (A2A)
In A2A, information and messages are transferred between the PM and the participant’s internal application. The participant therefore has to ensure that an appropriate application is available for the exchange of XML messages (requests and responses) with the ICM via a standardised interface. Further details are contained in the ICM User Handbook and in Book 4 of the UDFS.
User-to-application mode (U2A)
U2A permits direct communication between a participant and the ICM. The information is displayed in a browser running on a PC system (SWIFT Alliance WebStation). For U2A access through the SWIFT Alliance WebStation the IT infrastructure has to be able to support cookies and JavaScript. Further details are described in the ICM User Handbook.
Each participant shall have at least one SWIFT Alliance WebStation to have access to the ICM via U2A.
Access rights to the ICM shall be granted by using SWIFT’s ‘Role Based Access Control’. The SWIFT ‘Non Repudiation of Emission’ (NRE) service, which may be used by participants, allows the recipient of an XML message to prove that such message has not been altered.
If a participant has technical problems and is unable to submit any payment order, it may generate preformatted backup lump sum and backup contingency payments by using the ICM. The ECB shall open such functionality upon request of the participant.
Participants may also use the ICM to transfer liquidity:
from their PM account to their account outside the PM;
between the PM account and the participant’s sub-accounts; and
from the PM account to the mirror account managed by the ancillary system.
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