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Media release 08 Nov 2022
BIS Board extends term for Jerome H Powell as chair of two key central bank groups
Jerome H Powell, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, is to continue as Chair of the Global Economy Meeting (GEM) and the Economic Consultative Committee (ECC).
Media release 02 Nov 2022
BIS and central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland to explore cross-border CBDC trading and settlement using DeFi protocols
The BIS Innovation Hub is launching a new project around central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and Decentralised Finance (DeFi) protocols as part of its 2022 work programme.
Media release 27 Oct 2022
Triennial Survey shows global foreign exchange trading averaged $7.5 trillion a day in April 2022, OTC interest rate derivatives $5.2 trillion
The 2022 Triennial Central Bank Survey shows foreign exchange (FX) trading rose to $7.5 trillion per day in April 2022 and trading of over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate derivatives dropped to $5.2 trillion per day, compared with 2019. The US dollar…
Media release 26 Oct 2022
BIS and four central banks complete successful pilot of real-value transactions on cross-border CBDC platform
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and four central banks have completed a successful pilot of the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) by commercial banks for real-value transactions across borders, as part of Project mBridge.
Media release 12 Oct 2022
BIS Innovation Hub and Bank Indonesia announce winners of G20 TechSprint
Teams developed innovative technological solutions to advance usage of central bank digital currencies. The winning teams were Dragonfly Fintech from Singapore, Bitt-IDEMIA from the US and Partior from Singapore. Competing teams have developed solutions…
Media release 05 Oct 2022
Basel Committee publishes evaluation of buffer usability and cyclicality in its regulatory framework; issues newsletter on positive cycle-neutral countercyclical capital buffer rates
New evaluation report finds some indications of a positive relationship between banks' capital headroom and lending and further evidence that temporary reductions in capital requirements supported lending during the Covid-19 pandemic. Report finds limited…
Media release 04 Oct 2022
Basel Committee reports on Basel III implementation progress
Update sets out the adoption status of Basel III standards in member jurisdictions as of end-September 2022. Update shows further progress since previous report in October 2021 in implementing both standards with past due dates and outstanding standards…
Media release 30 Sep 2022
Basel III capital ratios for largest global banks rose last year to the highest level since 2012, latest Basel III monitoring exercise shows
Initial Basel III capital ratios increased to the highest level since the beginning of the exercise in 2012, and banks' profits remained at or near record high levels across all regions in H2 2021. The latest monitoring report includes special features on…
Media release 29 Sep 2022
Basel Committee finds Japan compliant with its Net Stable Funding Ratio standard and largely compliant with its large exposures framework; updates Handbook for jurisdictional assessments
Basel Committee publishes assessment reports on the implementation of its global standards in Japan. Assessments find Japanese regulations respectively compliant and largely compliant with the Basel Committee's Net Stable Funding Ratio standard and large…
Media release 29 Sep 2022
BCBS-CPMI-IOSCO finalise analysis of margining practices during the March 2020 market turmoil
Global standard setters publish a report on margin practices, highlighting the need for further policy work.. The report presents a data-driven analysis examining margin calls in March and April 2020 and the extent to which market participants were…

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