Following a series of bank runs and market turmoil since the Covid-19 pandemic, supervision has returned to the spotlight. Central Banking’s first supervision benchmark highlights how powers and supervisory approaches are still under development. Most jurisdictions have adopted Basel III but fewer have implemented the updated version issued in 2017. More than half of respondents with resolution powers are planning to upgrade their frameworks in the next year. Many more are in the process of adopting supervisory technology.
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Supervision Benchmarks 2025 – model banks analysis
Data breakdowns reveal patterns in staffing, supervisory strategy and inspections
Supervision Benchmarks 2025 – executive summary
Data reveals focus on digitalisation and widespread use of suptech tools
Supervision Benchmarks 2025 report – digital oversight
Benchmarking data reveals supervisory structures, top strategic priorities and technology
Supervisors widely use suptech tools for data collection and validation
AI use is growing but remains much less widespread than suptech
Resolution framework update planned by 56% of supervisors
Non-central bank supervisory authorities less likely to have bail-in powers
Collateral pre-positioning reported in half of jurisdictions
Most supervisors believe banks are ready to access emergency central bank liquidity
Supervisors report low adoption of newer global standards
High income supervisors more likely to have regulations in place
Data automation at ‘moderate’ level in most supervisors
Over 70% of supervisors plan to upgrade data collection in the next year
Three in five supervisory authorities publish oversight outcomes
Majority of respondents release supervision details in annual report
Digitalisation is top strategic priority for supervisors
Majority of supervisors have a strategy document but only half make them public
Supervision Benchmarks 2025 Charts
Take a deep dive into the Supervision Benchmarks charts, which have just been released for 2025.