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

BIS and Bank of England complete CBDC project

A pilot project involving central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) jointly run by the Bank of England (BoE) and the Bank of International Settlements (BIS).

16 June 2023

Company announcement/crypto

BIS Project Dynamo develops smart contract prototype for SME finance

A new prototype developed as part of Project Dynamo explored how institutional investors can be encouraged to finance small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through the programmability and transferability of digital trade tokens on a public blockchain.

08 June 2023

News/security

Central banks successfully test 'quantum resistant' communications channel

A secure communication channel designed to protect financial data against future threats from quantum computers has been successfully established by the BIS Innovation Hub Eurosystem Centre, in concert with Banque de France and Deutsche Bundesbank.

05 June 2023

News/regulation

BIS explores use of data, tech and collaboration to combat money laundering

Using payments data, privacy-enhancing technologies, AI and enhanced cooperation for a behavioural-based analysis approach to detecting money laundering networks is more effective than the current rules-based approach, concludes new research from the BIS Innovation Hub.

31 May 2023

News/payments

BIS panel to promote harmonisation of API protocols in cross-border payments

The Bank for International Settlements is calling on market participants to join a panel working on the harmonisation of API protocols for cross-border payments.

30 May 2023

Finextra TV/payments

The future of resilient CBDC systems & cross-border architecture

Beju Shah, Head of Nordic Centre, BIS Innovation Hub, Bank for International Settlements, speaks at NextGen Nordics 2023, about the Hub's latest projects that are looking into creating resilient CBDC systems, building a new architecture for cross-border retail CBDCs, and using data to combat money laundering across firms and boarders.

23 May 2023

Company announcement/crypto

BIS publishes guide on offline CBDC use

As part of Project Polaris, the BIS Innovation Hub Nordic Centre today published a comprehensive handbook exploring key aspects of how central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could work for offline payments.

11 May 2023

Company announcement/payments

RBI and BIS open applications for cross-border payments TechSprint

The RBI and the BIS today jointly launched the fourth edition of the G20 TechSprint Initiative, a global technology competition to promote innovative solutions aimed at improving cross-border payments, under India's G20 presidency.

10 May 2023

News/payments

NextGen Nordics: Beyond P27, there is still hope for Nordic harmonisation

NextGen Nordics 2023 kicked off with a panel on the challenges and opportunities in the road for harmonisation across transaction banking services.

25 April 2023

News/payments

Bank of England finds new use cases for DLT in synchronised setttlement

The Bank of England and the Bank for International Settlements have successfully completed a DLT-based pilot to assess the use of synchronous settlement in central bank money.

19 April 2023

Company announcement/sustainable

BIS provides more detail on Project Gaia

Project Gaia seeks to help analysts search corporate climate-related disclosures quickly and efficiently.

18 April 2023

News/regulation

BIS Innovation Hub opens in Paris and Frankfurt

The Bank for International Settlements has opened its European Hub, located in both Paris and Frankfurt, with a focus on decentralised finance, wholesale CBDC, cyber security and green finance.

29 March 2023