Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

251 results about this entity

Period: 19 Mar 2007 - 15 May 2025

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BIS and NY Fed test policy implications of future tokenised market

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BIS and NY Fed test policy implications of future tokenised market

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have published a joint research study that explored how central banks could continue to implement monetary policy operations in tokenised wholesale financial markets.

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BIS and South African Reserve Bank invite applications for G20 TechSprint

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) today launched the sixth edition of the G20 TechSprint focused on developing innovative solutions to promote integrity and trust in finance.

EU central banks explore synchronised settlement in FX

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EU central banks explore synchronised settlement in FX

The Bank for International Settlements and its central bank partners have successfully demonstrated how wholesale payment infrastructures, such as RTGS systems, can interoperate with each other for FX transactions via new technologies, such as distributed ledgers.

BIS project puts promissory notes on the blockchain

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BIS project puts promissory notes on the blockchain

Project Promissa, a collaboration between the Bank for International Settlements' Innovation Hub, the Swiss National Bank, and the World Bank, has demonstrated that paper-based promissory notes can be redesigned using distributed ledger technology (DLT) to address operational challenges that make the process time-consuming and cumbersome.

Central banks go to tender for cross-border payments network operator

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Central banks go to tender for cross-border payments network operator

The five central bank partners in Project Nexus, a Bank for International Settlements initiative to interlink domestic real-time payment rails across borders, have commenced a procurement exercise to appoint a technical network operator.

BIS names Beju Shah as new head of Toronto innovation hub

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BIS names Beju Shah as new head of Toronto innovation hub

The Bank for International Settlements has appointed Beju Shah as the new Head of the Toronto Innovation Centre.

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BIS issues guidance for deployment of AI in central banks

Artificial intelligence (AI) presents huge opportunities for central banks. At the same time, its adoption entails complex risk management challenges.

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BIS Innovation Hub sets out 2025 work programme

The BIS Innovation Hub aims to foster international collaboration on innovative financial technology within the central banking community.

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BIS CPMI takes further steps to promote ISO 20022 harmonisation

The BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) announced further steps to promote the adoption of its harmonised ISO 20022 data requirements for more efficient processing of cross-border payments.

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BIS extends deadline for applicants to join cross-border payments taskforce

The BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) invites firms that offer cross-border payment services and relevant industry associations to nominate senior representatives to serve on the taskforce on cross-border payments interoperability and extension (the "PIE taskforce").

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Basel Committee publishes final guidelines for counterparty credit risk management

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today issued final guidelines for counterparty credit risk (CCR) management.

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Central bank digital currencies: legal and system design considerations

A group of seven central banks (Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swiss National Bank) together with the Bank for International Settlements, have been working together to explore selected aspects of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for the public ("general purpose" or "retail" CBDC).

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