Annual Report 2024/25
The Annual Report highlights the achievements of the BIS's most recent medium-term strategy, Innovation BIS 2025, and shows how the BIS has supported stakeholders during the year.
Find out about our mission, our work, our people and our organisation, together with our annual financial statements for 2024/25.
Promoting global monetary and financial stability
The BIS fosters central bank collaboration and provides banking services to its institutional partners in an increasingly complex environment. The Bank focuses on developments in financial markets, monetary policy, financial stability and innovation and encourages dialogue among central banks on these topics.
This chapter features a special report on the achievements of the Innovation BIS 2025 strategy.
In-depth analysis and insights
BIS research supports the pursuit of monetary and financial stability by providing our stakeholders with in-depth analysis and insights. The BIS does this by drawing on its unique position at the intersection of research and policy.
Promoting international cooperation
The BIS acts as a global forum for dialogue and cooperation among central banks and financial supervisory authorities from around the world.
The BIS provides a broad range of banking services to central banks and other official sector customers. Activities include deposit-taking, gold and foreign exchange trading services, and the management of pooled fixed income products and dedicated investment mandates. BIS Banking also manages the Bank's own funds and conducts knowledge-sharing activities for the broader reserve management community.
Exploring public goods for central banks through digital innovation
In an era of rapid technological advancements, the BIS explores cutting-edge technologies to offer digital public goods to support central banks and strengthen the financial system. Through its broad project portfolio, the BIS Innovation Hub complements the research work of the BIS on innovation by exploring technological solutions together with central bank partners to enhance resilience, efficiency and global financial stability.
Promoting international cooperation is central to our mission, and collaboration among our talented teams enables the Bank to fulfil our mission and support our stakeholders. Our work environment is anchored in strong core values that guide our actions and shape how we deliver on our mission.
The BIS is governed at three levels: the General Meetings of member central banks, the Board of Directors and BIS Management. Each of these bodies participates in the governance and decision-making related to BIS activities in the areas of international cooperation, policy analysis, banking operations, corporate operations and innovation.
Financial results and profit allocation
The Bank's balance sheet and financial results are driven mainly by its banking activities and by the management of the funds associated with its shareholders' equity. The annual net profit is allocated as a dividend or transferred to a reserve fund according to the Bank's Statutes.
The BIS's financial statements for the financial year ended 31 March 2025 provide an analysis of the Bank's balance sheet and profit and loss account, together with other financial, capital adequacy and risk management disclosures. The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the Statutes and accounting policies of the Bank, and are externally audited.
