On September 27, CoinWorld reported that the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) previously disclosed that it is testing messaging functionality on the Ethereum L2 network Linea. According to the latest news, BNP Paribas and BNY Mellon have begun participating in the testing. The project currently involves "more than a dozen financial institutions," and a source who wished to remain anonymous stated that the entire testing process is expected to take several months to complete, but it will bring significant technological transformation to the international interbank payment industry.