General questions about the BIS
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international organisation which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks. About BIS gives you more detailed information.
The BIS does not accept deposits from, or provide financial services or advice to, private individuals or corporate entities.
Yes, but it offers banking services only to central banks and international financial institutions. For more information, see Banking services for central banks.
Read our notice advising caution against fraudulent schemes. If you are still unsure, contact the BIS's Global Media and Public Relations team.
The details for the BIS representative offices in Hong Kong and Mexico are listed on the contact page.
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision provides a forum for regular cooperation on banking supervisory matters. Its objective is to enhance understanding of key supervisory issues and improve the quality of banking supervision worldwide. The Basel Committee pages give you more detailed information.
For information on upcoming Basel Committee meetings, see the list of events.
Embargoed material is only available to pre-registered journalists. If you are a journalist who would like to register, please contact the BIS's Global Media and Public Relations team.
Using the BIS website
There is a search box in the top right-hand corner of every page. Just type in the word or phrase you're searching for and hit "Enter" or click the magnifying glass. This searches the entire website. Alternatively, on this search page you can filter results by category and language, and/or choose to match any words, all words or the exact phrase.
Yes, via the BIS email alert. Select the type(s) of alert(s) you would like to receive and click on "subscribe". You can edit your profile at any time by logging into your account using your email address and password. This is a free service. Alternatively, you can use RSS feeds to subscribe to updates to the site.
We use Mailchimp as an external email service to send out newsletters and publication alerts. We make every technical effort to signal that the email is from the BIS, but sometimes your IT department's email spam policies may be too strict. Please ensure that your IT department white-lists the appropriate IP addresses as specified in this help note.
Our website can be viewed with any standard browser, such as Internet Explorer (version 9.0 or higher), Chrome or Firefox. Using older browser versions can lead to graphic anomalies. Please note that you need to have JavaScript activated in order to use our website.
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BIS publications
Yes. Read copyright and permissions for details.
Statistics
For help using BIS statistics, please visit the statistics section.
You can see when the various BIS data sets will be updated in the statistical release calendar.
CSV (comma-separated values) format files can be read into most spreadsheet packages and word processors. In order to maximise portability, CSV files contain only the values (numeric or text) of the table cells, no formatting such as information about column widths, cell merging, fonts or line breaks. Most web browsers can be configured to view CSV files with a spreadsheet application of your choice.