Bank for International Settlements

BIS: Regulatory Compliance Can Be Embedded in Cross-Border Protocols
BIS: Regulatory Compliance Can Be Embedded in Cross-Border Protocols
October 29, 2024  |  Cross Border Commerce

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says it has demonstrated that regulatory compliance can be embedded in cross-border transaction protocols. BIS announced Tuesday (Oct. 29) it made this...

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BIS: Tokenization May Create New Risks for Central Banks
BIS: Tokenization May Create New Risks for Central Banks
October 21, 2024  |  Blockchain

While there are potential benefits to the tokenization of money, there are also costs and risks that need to be considered, the Bank for International...

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BIS: Interlinking Fast Payment Systems Could Enhance Cross-Border Payments
BIS: Interlinking Fast Payment Systems Could Enhance Cross-Border Payments
October 15, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Interlinking fast payments systems (FPS) across different jurisdictions could enhance cross-border payments, making them low cost, fast, easy to access and transparent, the Bank for...

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3 Things to Know as Private Credit Heads Toward a $2 Trillion Industry
3 Things to Know as Private Credit Heads Toward a $2 Trillion Industry
October 02, 2024  |  Loans

The private credit market is booming — and has the potential to reshape lending, and risk, too, in financial services. Generally and conceptually speaking, the...

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JPMorgan Joins BIS Cross-Border Payments Project Using Digital Currencies
JPMorgan Joins BIS Cross-Border Payments Project Using Digital Currencies
September 18, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Some of the world’s biggest banks and payments firms are teaming to rethink cross-border payments. As Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (Sept. 18), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has...

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Tokenization’s Rise Offers New Ways to Monetize Data and Real World Assets
Tokenization’s Rise Offers New Ways to Monetize Data and Real World Assets
August 01, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

The concept behind tokenization is simple. Tokenization is a tech-enabled way to safeguard sensitive information by replacing it with non-sensitive, scrambled strings of information. The...

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Regulators Wary of Banks Outsourcing to Tech Firms
Regulators Wary of Banks Outsourcing to Tech Firms
July 09, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

A top global banking regulator wants financial institutions to take more responsibility in outsourcing services. “Ongoing digitalisation has led to rapid adoption of innovative approaches...

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BIS: Central Banks See Opportunities and Challenges From AI
BIS: Central Banks See Opportunities and Challenges From AI
July 02, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is poised to transform the financial sector and broader economy, creating opportunities and risks that central banks must navigate carefully, according to a...

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BIS Plans to Expand World’s Instant Payment Systems
BIS Plans to Expand World’s Instant Payment Systems
July 01, 2024  |  Real-Time Payments

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) wants to expand the world’s largest instant payment system (IPS). BIS announced Monday (July 1), that it had completed...

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