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Media release 14 May 2025
Joint study explores feasibility of central bank operations using tokenisation and smart contracts
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today published a joint research study that explored if and how central banks could continue to implement monetary policy operations in hypothetical tokenised wholesale…
Media release 12 May 2025
Governors and Heads of Supervision reaffirm expectation to implement Basel III and discuss work on financial impact of extreme weather events
Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS) unanimously reaffirm their expectation to implement Basel III in full and consistently and as soon as possible. The Basel Committee will publish a voluntary disclosure framework on climate…
Media release 06 May 2025
BIS and South African Reserve Bank invite global innovators to take up G20 TechSprint challenge for trust and integrity in scalable and open finance
The G20 TechSprint invites development of innovative solutions for verifiable digital identity, consumer-consented credit data portability and fraud and cyber risk mitigation.
Media release 28 Apr 2025
CPMI-IOSCO assesses that the EU has implemented the Principles for financial market infrastructures for two FMI types, but recommends some improvements
The EU's framework for systemically important payment systems and central securities depositories/securities settlement systems is complete and consistent with the CPMI-IOSCO Principles for financial market infrastructures (PFMI) in most aspects. The…
Media release 24 Apr 2025
Project Meridian FX shows possibility of cross-border linkages for FX transactions between wholesale payment infrastructures
Project Meridian FX proves that wholesale payment infrastructures, such as real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems, can be interoperable via new technologies for FX transactions. The joint project between the Bank for International Settlements, Bank of…
Media release 23 Apr 2025
Project Promissa: blockchain for multilateral development
Project Promissa explored how to manage the financial commitments of member countries to multilateral development banks (MDBs) more efficiently. The project developed a proof-of-concept (PoC) platform for tokenised promissory notes, which could replace…
Media release 02 Apr 2025
Basel Committee finds Türkiye compliant with its Net Stable Funding Ratio standard and its large exposures framework
Basel Committee publishes assessment reports on the implementation of its global standards in Türkiye.
Media release 26 Mar 2025
Basel III risk-based capital ratios increase while leverage ratio and Net Stable Funding Ratio remain stable for large internationally active banks in the first half of 2024, latest Basel III monitoring exercise shows
Basel III risk-based capital ratios increase in the first half of 2024. Banks' leverage ratio and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) remain stable while Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) decreases slightly. Redesigned dashboards offer new features to explore…
Media release 13 Mar 2025
Basel Committee progresses work to strengthen supervisory effectiveness, initiates analytical work on information and communication technology risk management and synthetic risk transfers
Basel Committee progresses work to strengthen supervisory effectiveness based on the lessons learned from the 2023 banking turmoil. Agrees to analyse global practices and recent developments related to information and communication technology risk…
Media release 04 Feb 2025
Governors and Heads of Supervision endorse work programme of Basel Committee
The Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, met on 4 February to endorse the Committee's work programme and strategic priorities for 2025-26.

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