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Media release 14 Oct 2026
Global standard-setting bodies publish final report on guidance for FMIs on general business risks and general business losses
The Bank for International Settlements’ Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published a final report on financial market infrastructures’ (FMIs) management of…
Media release 13 Oct 2026
Basel Committee finds Australia, Japan, Korea, Switzerland compliant, and Canada, United Kingdom largely compliant with its leverage ratio framework
The Basel Committee has published assessment reports on the implementation of its leverage ratio framework (LEV) in Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Australia, Japan, Korea and Switzerland are assessed as compliant;…
Media release 05 Oct 2026
Basel III applicable in almost all member jurisdictions by 2027
Three quarters of the Basel Committee’s 27 member jurisdictions have now published regulations implementing the full set of Basel III standards. Almost all member jurisdictions have publicly announced that banks must apply Basel III by April 2027 or…
Media release 01 Oct 2026
International supervisory community meets to discuss the future of global bank supervision and regulation
Almost 300 central bankers and banking supervisors attended the International Conference of Banking Supervisors (ICBS) to discuss the future of supervision and the digitalisation of finance...
Media release 01 Oct 2026
Basel Committee meets to advance supervisory and regulatory initiatives and discuss risks and vulnerabilities to the global banking system
Exchanges experiences and views on developments in artificial intelligence for the global banking system and supervisors, modernisation efforts and implications for the Committee’s future work programme...
Media release 23 Sep 2026
Basel III risk-based capital and leverage ratios are stable while liquidity indicators show limited movements for large internationally active banks, latest Basel III monitoring exercise shows
As of the end of 2025, Basel III risk-based capital and leverage ratios remained stable for large internationally active banks compared with June 2025. The average Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) of Group 1 banks improved slightly, while the Net Stable…
Media release 08 Sep 2026
Global standard-setting bodies publish a toolkit for cyber resilience at FMIs and a discussion paper on FMIs’ reliance on third-party service providers
CPMI-IOSCO are seeking input from stakeholders on a cyber resilience toolkit for financial market infrastructures (FMIs) and on risks to FMIs from third-party service providers. The Cyber resilience toolkit: practical considerations for FMIs supports FMIs…
Media release 28 Jun 2026
Global economic pressure points call for policy discipline: BIS
The sustainability of the AI boom, financial vulnerabilities and strained public finances are among pressure points facing the global economy, along with the return of inflation.
Media release 23 Jun 2026
The path to the next-generation monetary and financial system lies in safeguarding trust in money: BIS
Digital innovation is transforming finance, potentially enabling greater competition and efficiency in payment systems and financial intermediation. However, it also poses new macro-financial challenges and raises the broader question of how to preserve…
Media release 02 Jun 2026
Basel Committee publishes report on information and communication technology risk management
The Basel Committee has published a report describing a range of observed information and communication technology (ICT) risk management practices across jurisdictions to address non-malicious ICT incidents.

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