Not so SWIFT

While I am happy to have presumably side stepped NSA wiretapping, I am amazed how last century are intercontinental wire transfers (and by last century I mean of course paleolithic). I actually write in a single form field the following (details obfuscated to protect the guilty):

Wire to: National Federal Credit Union
Fort George G. Meade MD, 20755
ABA#3016886524
To Credit: Agency Federal Credit Union
Account #123456789
For Further Credit To: Keith B. Alexander
Account 0987654321
Checking

Amount: 50.000.000,00  USD
Amount transferred: 0,00  USD
Expenses: 0,00 EUR
Total amount: 0,00 EUR

Reference number: 438284284

What I do not understand is how this translates into a digital transfer of funds.