I am not sure whether this has been raised before, but people might find the following new study of interest:
The
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT):
Cooperative governance for network innovation, standards, and community.
Susan
V. Scott and Markos Zachariadis
London and New York: Routledge, 2014.
xvii+174, hardcover 9780415631648
Kind regards
Bernardo
Bangor University (Wales)