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Media release 25 Feb 2022
BIS launches Asian Green Bond Fund
BIS launches Asia focused green bond fund to help channel central bank reserves to green projects in the region.
Media release 21 Feb 2022
Banks' risk-based capital ratios remained stable and liquidity ratios improved in H1 2021
Press release about the Basel III monitoring results based on end-June 2021 data Banks' risk-based capital ratios remained stable and liquidity ratios improved in H1 2021
Media release 09 Feb 2022
Governors and Heads of Supervision unanimously reaffirm commitment to implementing Basel III framework; reappoint Pablo Hernández de Cos as Chair of the Basel Committee
The Basel Committee's oversight body reiterates its commitment to implementing all aspects of the Basel III framework. Reappoints Pablo Hernández de Cos as Chair of the Basel Committee for a second term. Begins the process for selecting the Chair of the…
Media release 27 Jan 2022
Neil Esho appointed Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Neil Esho appointed Secretary General of the international standard-setter. His term starts in February 2022 for three years. Esho previously served as Deputy Secretary General of the Basel Committee.
Media release 25 Jan 2022
BIS Innovation Hub to focus on CBDC, payments, DeFi and green finance in 2022 work programme
New initiatives also focus on regulatory and supervisory technology and cyber security. First projects to be launched in the new London and Stockholm centres. Several projects will support broader Group of 20 (G20) efforts to improve cross-border payments…
Media release 13 Jan 2022
BIS, SNB and SIX successfully test integration of wholesale CBDC settlement with commercial banks
Project Helvetia looks toward a future with more tokenised financial assets based on distributed ledger technology coexisting with today's systems. Swiss National Bank and five commercial banks integrated wholesale CBDC in their existing back-office…
Media release 13 Jan 2022
BIS Board elects François Villeroy de Galhau as new Chair
The Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) yesterday elected as its new Chair, François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France. His term is for a period of three years, commencing on 12 January 2022.
Media release 12 Jan 2022
BIS General Manager Agustín Carstens statement on the French parliament's approval of Benoît Cœuré as President of France's Competition Authority
Bank for International Settlements General Manager Agustín Carstens made the following statement today on French parliament's approval of Benoît Cœuré as President of France's Competition Authority.
Media release 06 Jan 2022
BIS appoints Raphael Auer as Head of the Innovation Hub Eurosystem Centre
Mr Auer is currently a principal economist in the Innovation and the Digital Economy unit of the BIS's Monetary and Economic Department. He has contributed extensively to BIS policy publications and published widely in the field of central bank digital…
Media release 20 Dec 2021
BIS General Manager Agustín Carstens statement on the nomination of Joachim Nagel as President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
Bank for International Settlements General Manager Agustín Carstens made the following statement today on the announcement by German Finance Minister Christian Lindner that he and Chancellor Olaf Scholz agree to propose Joachim Nagel as the new President…

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