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Is Swish an open system that any bank can join, or is it a way for the incumbents to keep new banks out of the market?

Any bank can join.. if they meet the requirements.

There are plenty of legal regulations to wade through to join, but it's not impossible and the requirements are publicly available.

And plenty of institutional red tape added by "BiR", but sure, not impossible. Just not something your regular startup would pull through.