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Media release 05 Jun 2024
Project mBridge reaches minimum viable product stage and invites further international participation
Private sector participants are invited to propose value-added solutions that can be connected to the mBridge MVP platform. More central banks and commercial banks can join the platform through the mBridge MVP legal framework and perform real…
Media release 23 May 2024
CPMI publishes work programme and strategic priorities 2024-25
The Bank for International Settlements' Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) publishes its work programme for 2024-25. Key themes are: risk management of financial market infrastructures; enhancement of cross-border payments; and…
Media release 16 May 2024
Basel Committee publishes report on the digitalisation of finance
Basel Committee publishes report on the implications of the digitalisation of finance for banks and supervision. The report considers both the benefits and risks of new technologies and the emergence of new technologically enabled suppliers on the…
Media release 14 May 2024
BIS, central banks and the IIF invite private financial institutions to join Project Agorá
Project seeks to bring together a diverse set of regulated financial institutions. Applying institutions are expected to have digital innovation experience and to be active in cross-border payments. Project Agorá will test if tokenised deposits can…
Media release 13 May 2024
Governors and Heads of Supervision reiterate commitment to Basel III implementation and provide update on cryptoasset standard
The Basel Committee's oversight body welcomes progress made in implementing Basel-III. Reiterates expectation to implement all aspects of the Basel Framework in full, consistently and as soon as possible. Sets updated implementation timeline for the…
Media release 13 May 2024
Erik Thedéen appointed as Chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
The Basel Committee's oversight body appoints Erik Thedéen, Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank, as Chair of the Basel Committee. Mr Thedéen succeeds Pablo Hernández de Cos, who has chaired the Committee since March 2019. Mr Thedéen's term starts on 11 June…
Media release 30 Apr 2024
Basel Committee publishes consultation on guidelines for counterparty credit risk management
Basel Committee publishes consultation on guidelines for counterparty credit risk management. The proposed guidelines include key practices critical to resolving long-standing industry weaknesses in counterparty credit risk management. The Committee…
Media release 25 Apr 2024
International supervisory community meets to discuss challenges ahead for global bank supervision and regulation
International Conference of Banking Supervisors endorses the revised Core principles for effective banking supervision. Basel Committee agrees to consult on guidelines for strengthening banks' counterparty credit risk management. Agrees to publish an…
Media release 03 Apr 2024
Project Agorá: central banks and banking sector embark on major project to explore tokenisation of cross-border payments
Project Agorá will explore how tokenisation of wholesale central bank money and commercial bank deposits on programmable platforms can improve the monetary system. The project will explore how tokenisation and smart contracts could enable functionalities…
Media release 12 Mar 2024
Dessislava Guetcheva-Cheytanova appointed as General Counsel of the BIS
Appointment is for a five-year term, starting in September 2024. She will succeed Diego Devos upon his retirement from the BIS. Legal Service provides advice on all legal matters relating to the Bank's activities.

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