Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - News, Articles & Research

BIS Innovation Hub seeks blockchain experts

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is looking to hire a host of blockchain experts to join its Innovation Hub.

16 September 2020

News/crypto

BIS examines the rise of the CBDCs

While central banks around the world are investigating the creation of their own digital currencies, there is huge variance in the approaches being taken, a new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper shows.

24 August 2020

Company announcement/regulation

BearingPoint RegTech makes it to the shortlist for G20 TechSprint

BearingPoint RegTech successfully made it to the shortlist of the G20 TechSprint out of 128 applicants from 35 countries.

20 August 2020

Company announcement/regulation

G20 TechSprint makes progress

The Saudi G20 Presidency and the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub (BISIH) updated today on progress made on the G20 TechSprint initiative, following a midpoint review of the hackathon-style competition with 20 shortlisted teams.

10 August 2020

Company announcement/regulation

Basel Committee updates principles for banks' operational resilience

In recent years, the growth of technology-related threats has increased the importance of banks' operational resilience.

06 August 2020

Company announcement/regulation

BIS Innovation Hub and HKMA invite applications for global trade tech challenge

The Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub (BISIH) centre in Hong Kong SAR and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) today launched the TechChallenge - Digitising Trade Finance initiative to highlight the potential for new technologies to enhance trade finance mechanisms.

03 August 2020

News/payments

CPMI sets out plan to fix 'slow, expensive, unreliable' cross-border payments

The emergence of new players such as Libra has thrown into sharp relief how slow, expensive and unreliable traditional cross-border payments can be, says a Bank for International Settlement committee report which also offers some ideas for improving the situation.

15 July 2020

News/regulation

BIS Innovation Hub to expand global reach

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is to expand its Innovation Hub to new locations in Toronto, London, Frankfurt & Paris and Stockholm.

30 June 2020

Company announcement/people

BIS names Tara Rice as head of Secretariat for the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructure

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today announced the appointment of Tara Rice as Head of Secretariat for the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI), the global standard setter for payment, clearing and settlement services.

28 May 2020

Company announcement/people

BIS appoints Bénédicte Noella Nolens from SC Ventures to run HK innovation hub

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today announced the appointment of Bénédicte Noella Nolens as head of the BIS Innovation Hub Centre in Hong Kong SAR for a three-year term from 1 July 2020.

22 May 2020

News/sustainable

Basel Committee takes climate-related risk stocktake

Many national regulators are already undertaking regulatory and supervisory initiatives on climate-related financial risks, according to a BIS report, although most have not yet factored the mitigation of such risks into the prudential capital framework.

01 May 2020

News/regulation

G20 TechSprint Initiative invites firm to tackle regulatory challenges

The Saudi G20 Presidency and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub are launching a virtual hackathon-style competition to find new technological ways to tackle financial regulatory compliance and supervision challenges.

29 April 2020