Token installation
How to install your token software
- Token software installation
- Verify your software
- How to reinstall the 3SKey certificate on a new system?
Token software installation
The Swift 3Skey token management portal requires you to install the Swift Token Client and Web Connect in order to activate and manage your tokens. Your signature or treasury application may have additional requirements, kindly liaise with the service provider of your application for more information.
Please accept the terms and conditions and refer to the installation steps below.
The provision and use of the 3SKey solution are governed by the 3SKey Terms and Conditions. Always refer to the latest available version on Swift Contracts.
For more information about the features and functions of the 3SKey solution, and your roles and responsibilities as a 3SKey user or 3SKey subscriber or those of SWIFT as the provider of the 3SKey solution, regularly check the latest available version of the 3SKey Service Description on Documentation.
Important: the provision and use of 3SKey tokens are subject to United States export restrictions and other sanction programmes. Persons located in or from Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Sudan or Syria, and persons identified on US government or EU "denied party" or the "Specifically Designated Nationals" lists, are not permitted to possess or use 3SKey tokens.
Click here to accept the 3SKey Terms and Conditions referred to above.
By accepting, you also represent and warrant to SWIFT that you are not subject to any of the export restrictions and other sanction programmes that would prohibit your possession or use of the 3SKey tokens.
Instructions for Windows
- Ensure that no 3SKey token is plugged in and that you have administrator rights on your computer
Download and install the Swift Token Client
Double-click the zip file that you downloaded to open it, and double-click 3SKey_token_install.exe to start the installation
Download and install the Web Connect packages
This will download 2 files:
Install them in the following order:
Double-click WebConnectCoreModules_2.2.2.zip
and run Gemalto_Web_Connect_Single_Installer_for_Swift_64_bits.exeWhen the first package has installed, double-click WebConnectCustomSwift_1.0.1.zip
and run WebConnectCustom_SWIFT_x64.msi
Please refer to the Web Connect Installation Guide for 3SKey for more information.
Note: Your signature portal or application may still use SConnect. SConnect and Web Connect can be installed together. The 3SKey portal will use Web Connect when both SConnect and Web Connect are installed.
Depending on your signature portal: Your signature portal may still require SConnect. Contact the portal provider for more information. Portals that still use SConnect should provide their own installer. If necessary, on Windows, you can also use the button below, then follow the instructions on the page to update your SConnect host to version 2.15.1.0.
Please refer to How to install SConnect for more information. The Install SConnect button installs SConnect Host 2.13 and provides a link to update to SConnect Host 2.15.1.
Instructions for MAC OS
The use of 3SKey tokens has been qualified on MAC OS. The support is limited to using 3SKey tokens on a MAC for signing transactions. The token management, including the activation on the 3SKey portal, must be done from a PC. Please refer to Installation and support for Mac OS.
Verify your token software
The token software consists of two components:
- Swift Token Client (which includes the Swift Token Client and the Safenet Authentication Client)
- Web Connect
You can verify the installation of these components as per the steps below.
Swift Token Client and Safenet Authentication Client
The latest version is Swift Token Client 4.2.1, which includes Safenet Authentication Client 10.9.4482.
You can verify the version of the Swift Token software currently installed on your PC following the below procedure:
- Click on Start, Control Panel, Programs, Programs and Features
- Scroll down the list and find SafeNet Authentication Client and Swift Token Client
- The column Version will return the currently installed version

OR
Run the SelfTest in the Start menu > All Programs > Swift Token Client. The results will appear after a few seconds.

You can verify that the Swift Token software is started successfully by validating the presence of the SafeNet icon in the Taskbar (bottom right, next to the clock).

Web Connect
You can verify the version of the Web Connect software currently installed on your PC following the below procedure:
- Click on Start, Control Panel, Programs, Programs and Features
- Scroll down the list and find the entries starting with Gemalto. Verify that you see the 5 entries listed below.
- The column Version will return the currently installed version

SConnect
You can verify that Sconnect is installed successfully by validating the presence of the SConnect icon in the Command bar of your browser.
Click on the SConnect icon then on the Settings icon on the top right.

Click on About and verify that the extension version is at least 2.15.1.0.

Click on AddOns and verify that the PKCS11 1.6.10.7 and WebSigner 1.4.1.1 add-ons are present.

If the version of SConnect or of the add-ons is not correct please uninstall then reinstall SConnect. Uninstall SConnect Host from the list of installed programs and remove the extension from your browser's Extensions or Add-ons page. You can find complete uninstall instructions here. Then follow the installation instructions above.
How to reinstall the 3SKey certificate on a new system?
To use your 3SKey certificate on a different system you simply need to reinstall the 3SKey software.
Once the software is installed and your token has already been activated and registered with your bank(s) then the certificate will be detected when the token is plugged in.