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Media release 13 Sep 2022
Governors and Heads of Supervision reaffirm expectation to implement Basel III in full and as fast as possible; provide direction on future work on climate-related financial risks and cryptoassets
The Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, met on 12 September to reaffirm its expectations on implementing Basel III and to provide direction on key areas of work…
Media release 08 Sep 2022
CPMI and IOSCO publish a report on access to central clearing and portability
The Bank for International Settlements' Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published for public comment a a report on access to central clearing and…
Media release 04 Aug 2022
CPMI and IOSCO publish a discussion paper on CCPs' practices for addressing non-default losses
The Bank for International Settlements' Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published for public comment a discussion paper on central counterparty (CCP)…
Media release 29 Jul 2022
CPMI calls for comments on a facilitating increased adoption of payment versus payment (PvP)
The CPMI has today published a consultative report on facilitating increased adoption of payment versus payment (PvP) to reduce FX settlement risk and improve cross-border payments, and invites existing PvP arrangements, commercial banks, fintechs and…
Media release 13 Jul 2022
CPMI and IOSCO publish final guidance on stablecoin arrangements confirming application of Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures
CPMI and IOSCO issue final guidance on stablecoin arrangements confirming that the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures apply to systemically important stablecoin arrangements that transfer stablecoins. Guidance is a major step forward in…
Media release 12 Jul 2022
Basel Committee finds European Union largely compliant with its Net Stable Funding Ratio and large exposures framework global standards
Basel Committee publishes assessment reports on the implementation of the Net Stable Funding Ratio and large exposures framework in the European Union. Assessments find European regulations largely compliant with the Basel Committee's global standards. …
Media release 12 Jul 2022
BIS Innovation Hub and Bank Indonesia announce finalists of G20 TechSprint CBDC challenge
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Bank Indonesia, under the Indonesian G20 Presidency, today announced the shortlisted finalists for the G20 TechSprint challenge on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
Media release 11 Jul 2022
Central banks face key decisions on interoperability and cross-border usage if CBDCs are to fulfil their potential - joint report
For CBDCs to improve cross-border payments, central banks must make fundamental decisions on foreign access and how CBDCs connect across jurisdictions. CBDC design must consider cross-border functionality at an early stage and international cooperation…
Media release 07 Jul 2022
Basel Committee issues high-level considerations on proportionality
Basel Committee issues high-level considerations on proportionality. The high-level considerations aim to provide practical support to supervisory authorities seeking to implement proportionality in their domestic regulatory and supervisory frameworks…
Media release 06 Jul 2022
CPMI-IOSCO assesses that Turkey has implemented the Principles for financial market infrastructures for two FMI types but material gaps remain for the other three
Turkey's framework for systemically important payment systems (PSs) and securities settlement systems (SSSs) is consistent with the CPMI-IOSCO Principles for financial market infrastructures (PFMI). Most of the implementation measures for central…

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