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Media release 14 Oct 2021
Basel Committee reports on Basel III implementation progress
Press Release - Report sets out the adoption status of Basel III standards in member jurisdictions as of end-September 2021.
Media release 13 Oct 2021
Financial Stability Institute publishes report on Latin American cross-border crisis simulation exercise
The report contains general findings and recommendations on topics including crisis management tools, recovery and resolution planning, liquidity and resolution funding, domestic decision-making procedures, and cross-border cooperation and information…
Media release 07 Oct 2021
CPMI calls for ideas on solutions to expand PvP settlement
Settling FX trades can lead to significant principal risk exposures when one counterparty to a trade sends a currency payment to the other counterparty before receiving the currency it is buying. Payment-versus-payment (PvP) mechanisms, which ensure that…
Media release 06 Oct 2021
CPMI and IOSCO publish guidance, call for comments on stablecoin arrangements
CPMI and IOSCO call for comments on new consultation report confirming that the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures (PFMI) apply to systemically important stablecoin arrangements (SAs). The report proposes additional guidance on how certain…
Media release 30 Sep 2021
Central banks and the BIS explore what a retail CBDC might look like
Seven central banks and the BIS take forward their work on retail central bank digital currencies and analyse policy options and practical implementation issues. New set of reports explores how CBDCs could best meet users' future needs through developing…
Media release 29 Sep 2021
Basel III monitoring results based on end-December 2020 data
Press release about the Basel III monitoring results based on end-December 2020 data
Media release 28 Sep 2021
Multi-CBDC prototype shows potential for reducing costs and speeding up cross-border payments
mBridge project builds on initial experimentations from the Hong Kong and Thailand central banks; Platform can be an alternative to complexities and inefficiencies of the correspondent banking system; * Joining up national digital currencies in common…
Media release 24 Sep 2021
Bank Indonesia's Perry Warjiyo appointed Chair of the BIS Asian Consultative Council
The Governor of Bank Indonesia, Perry Warjiyo, has been appointed Chair of the Asian Consultative Council (ACC). Mr Warjiyo starts a two-year term on 26 September 2021. The ACC comprises the Governors of BIS member central banks in the Asia-Pacific region…
Media release 20 Sep 2021
Basel Committee calls for improved cyber resilience, reviews climate-related financial risks and discusses impact of digitalisation
Press Release - Basel Committee publishes newsletter calling for increased efforts to improve banks' resilience to cyber threats.Takes stock of work on climate-related financial risks and welcomes efforts to develop a common set of global sustainability…
Media release 20 Sep 2021
An inflation process in flux: BIS Quarterly Review
New study shows that price changes in narrowly defined sectors account for most of the fluctuations in consumer price inflation, indicating that the recent rise in inflation is likely to be transitory. The study also finds that in an environment of sector…

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