Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Informal labour reduces financial inclusion – BIS research
Study of data in Peru suggests large informal economies create obstacles to development
BIS instant payments trial to move from ‘concept to reality’
India joins Project Nexus as it prepares for “live implementation”
BIS profit rises as balance sheet grows
Institution close to completing five-year strategic plan, as deposits hit record high
Monetary policy could face ‘tougher tests’ ahead, BIS warns
Soft landing “in sight”, but pricing imbalances, fragile fiscal policy and financial vulnerabilities loom
MAS expands asset tokenisation initiatives
Central bank publishes white paper on shared ledger system, and expands ‘Project Guardian’
BIS predicts AI will be inflationary in long term
Expects accelerated inflation dynamics as firms adjust prices in response to shocks
People: Sri Lanka appoints two new deputy governors
Nithya Navaratnam named deputy head of BIS banking department
BIS and BoE launch project to simplify FX transactions
Project Meridian FX seeks to link RTGS and DLT systems
BIS finds a third of jurisdictions not developing crypto regulations
Annual CBDC and crypto survey finds decline in expected retail CBDC launches by 2030
BIS to test automatic FX settlement in wholesale CBDC
Project will explore how interlinked payments systems can improve cross-border payments
Saudi Central Bank joins mBridge
Cross-border CBDC project with China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the UAE opens up further to private sector
Cecilia Skingsley on monetary policy tech and a unified ledger
Head of the BIS Innovation Hub speaks about tokenisation, CBDCs and the ‘black box problem’ in AI
Riksbank’s Thedéen to be next Basel Committee chair
Current chair Hernández de Cos stepping down as Bank of Spain governor in June
HKMA creates tokenisation advisory group
New group includes BIS Innovation Hub, regulators, academics, banks and tech firms
Central banks prepare for the rise of AI
AI will not replace accountability in monetary policy decision-making, MAS chief says
BdF governor: ‘We will need a CBDC’
European central banks should not “lag behind” on CBDC and AI, says François Villeroy de Galhau
BIS’s Zhang Tao on why Asian central banks favour a broader policy mix
The BIS’s Asia chief speaks with Christopher Jeffery and Jimmy Choi about supporting liquidity, financial stability and innovation in the Asia-Pacific region
Paul Tucker calls for collateral prepositioning
Central banks need to know what collateral banks have in advance, former BoE deputy says
‘Do I die, or do I survive?’ Officials reflect on Basel III complexity
Ingves, Trichet and Villeroy de Galhau recall tough trade-offs at Basel Committee’s 50th anniversary
Generative AI’s impact on inflation unclear – BIS study
Inflation could worsen if people anticipate jump in productivity, authors say
Carstens advances vision for future tokenised financial system
‘Finternet’ proposal envisages payments across linked unified ledgers