Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

234 results about this entity

Period: 19 Mar 2007 - 16 Oct 2024

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CBDCs can makes cross-border payments more efficient - report

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have the potential to enhance the efficiency of cross-border payments, as long as countries work together.

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BIS: Fintech and payments

Improvements in technology, coupled with growing demand for digital payment methods, are increasingly reshaping the way payments are made.

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BIS and Bank of Italy announce shortlist for the G20 green and sustainable finance challenge

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub and the Bank of Italy, under the Italian G20 Presidency, today announced the shortlisted finalists and judges for the G20 green and sustainable finance challenge.

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BIS backs CBDCs to win out against bitcoin, stablecoins and Big Tech

The Bank for International Settlements has firmly thrown its weight behind the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDC), billing the monetary shift as a public good against the twin evils of Big Tech and bitcoin.

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Bank for International Settlements and four Nordic central banks open BIS Innovation Hub

The Bank for International Settlements, Danmarks Nationalbank, Central Bank of Iceland, Norges Bank and Sveriges Riksbank today launched the BIS Innovation Hub Nordic Centre in Stockholm, marking the fifth BIS Innovation Hub Centre to be opened in the past two years.

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Governor Bailey encouraged by progress around ‘critical innovation’ of CBDC

At the launch of the Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) fourth Innovation Hub in London, Governor Andrew Bailey expressed positivity around the work currently being carried out by the Bank of England on central bank digital currencies.

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BIS opens fourth Innovation Hub in London

The Bank for International Settlements has opened its fourth innovation hub in London.

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Basel Committee floats punitive regime for bank crypto interests

Global banking regulators are pushing for punitive rules on investments in crypto assets by financial instutions.

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French and Swiss central banks to run wholesale digital currency trial

The Banque de France and the Swiss National Bank are to work with a private sector consortium on the trial of a CBDC-based cross-border payments model for transactions in the wholesale markets.

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Basel Committee launches public consultation on cryptoassets

The Bank for International Settlements' Basel Committee is set to hold a public consultation on the treatment of banks' cryptoasset exposures.

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Americans trust banks over fintechs and Big Tech with personal data

Americans trust traditional banks more than government agencies or fintechs - and far more than Big Tech - to safeguard their personal data, according to a BIS survey.

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As Bitcoin tumbles, BIS examines the future of digital currencies

New digital currencies that transcend national borders could affect the nature of currency competition, the architecture of the international monetary system and the role of government-issued money, says a BIS working paper.