Bank for International Settlements
How can central banks secure the future of money?
Central banks should start tackling the accounting, legal and policy challenges related to CBDC
A 19th century bank failure holds lessons for stablecoin era – BIS paper
Bank of Amsterdam’s early “stablecoin” fell apart as the bank lent more freely, authors say
BIS paper pins down causal impact of capital flows
Study based on confidential BIS data finds capital controls can help prevent overheating
Central banks face fintech ‘balancing act’ in Latin America – BIS paper
Region needs right institutional framework to benefit from rapid rise of fintech, authors say
BIS paper warns economies may stagnate after Covid-19
Author models the structural changes brought about by the coronavirus pandemic
Dollar funding drives global house price movements – BIS paper
Non-US banks often depend heavily on dollar funding to issue mortgages, authors show
BIS could play renewed role amid Covid crisis, scholar says
Fed’s role in dealing with Covid-19’s international effects has parallels with 1960s, historian argues
Regulators need common crypto asset standards – policy-makers
“Too many” crypto assets created to avoid regulation, official tells Central Banking summit
The winners of the 2020 FinTech and RegTech Global Awards
Central banks and their partners have innovated across machine learning, cloud services, payments and more
Maggiori, Neiman and Schreger on capital flows and Covid-19
The Global Capital Allocation Project sheds light on where vulnerabilities may lie
Global dollar liquidity ‘robust’ in face of Covid-19 – BIS data
Dollar credit to emerging markets passes $4 trillion mark as lending to non-banks rises
BIS tracks $1.1 trillion drop in cross-border claims
Lending surged and then fell back as banks reallocated funds during the Covid-19 crisis
Frank Smets on the ECB’s strategy review
The ECB’s DG of economics explains how expectations, communication, fiscal dominance, climate change and the Fed’s actions will be factored into the ECB’s delayed strategy review
Marshall Islands readies to make waves in digital currency
Island nation ready to issue blockchain-based national currency if new government gives the go-ahead
Bankruptcies could trigger ‘protracted’ unemployment – BIS research
Reallocating resources quickly will help reduce the pain of adjustment, economists say
Carstens warns QE strengthens ‘fiscal-monetary nexus’
BIS chief warns central banks over using up “credibility capital” by their Covid-9 responses
G-7 central banks agree CBDC principles
BIS joins with leading central banks to set out principles for deciding to issue CBDCs
Beyond climate: addressing the ‘E’ in ESG
Environmental degradation raises fundamental questions about how central banks think about risk
BIS’s Borio: natural rate puts central banks in ‘straitjacket’
Official urges policy-makers to take “broader view” of the costs and benefits of monetary policy
BIS paper explores impact of sterilised FX interventions
Authors say economic and financial stability implications of intervention have been understudied
Central banks must collaborate to tackle payment ‘shortcomings’, says Cœuré
Matching up disparate systems is challenging but central banks can catalyse change, BIS official says
Riksbank will host Nordic fintech hub for BIS
Swedish parliament amends law governing central bank to finance BIS innovation hub in Stockholm
BIS paper models credit booms and busts
Authors outline heterogeneous-agent framework that could support macro-prudential policy
BIS paper delves into new fintech database
Authors investigate rise of “big tech credit” in many economies