Bank for International Settlements

BIS Report: BNPL Plans Pose Risks and ‘Warrant Monitoring’
BIS Report: BNPL Plans Pose Risks and ‘Warrant Monitoring’
December 04, 2023  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) plans have been marked by higher delinquency rates even as growth and enthusiasm for those payments offerings have soared, the...

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UK Lawmakers Still Not Sold on Digital Pound
UK Lawmakers Still Not Sold on Digital Pound
December 03, 2023  |  CBDC

British lawmakers say they’re still not sure their country needs a digital currency. “It must be clearly evidenced that a retail digital pound will provide...

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BIS: CBDCs Need Risk Management Framework to Counter ’Operational Risks’
BIS: CBDCs Need Risk Management Framework to Counter ’Operational Risks’
December 01, 2023  |  CBDC

Scores of central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiatives are in the works or already active — and yet pose some key concerns for central banks....

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IMF, World Bank and BIS Collaborating on Uses of Tokenization
IMF, World Bank and BIS Collaborating on Uses of Tokenization
November 28, 2023  |  Payments Innovation

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have reportedly joined forces to explore the concept of tokenization. This collaboration aims to leverage tokenization...

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Bank for International Settlements: Digital Euro Project Enters ‘Preparation Phase’
Bank for International Settlements: Digital Euro Project Enters ‘Preparation Phase’
November 22, 2023  |  CBDC

The digital euro is feasible, and now comes the next chapter. In a speech delivered Tuesday (Nov. 21) and published by the Bank for International...

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BIS Sees Promise, Challenges in Interlinking Faster Payment Systems
BIS Sees Promise, Challenges in Interlinking Faster Payment Systems
October 23, 2023  |  Faster Payments

Faster payments have the potential to vastly improve cross-border payments, particularly across retail payments and remittances. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in a...

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Central Banks, BIS and FI Projects Point to Growing Embrace of Tokenized Deposits
Central Banks, BIS and FI Projects Point to Growing Embrace of Tokenized Deposits
October 05, 2023  |  Banking

The Bank for International Settlements, central banks and traditional financial institutions (FIs) are in the midst of tackling various ways and means of creating and...

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Will CBDCs Pave Path to Better Liquidity Management and X-Border Trade?
Will CBDCs Pave Path to Better Liquidity Management and X-Border Trade?
October 03, 2023  |  CBDC

For companies large and small and their financial institutions (FIs) navigating operations and trade across borders, foreign exchange (FX) represents a key cost of doing...

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BIS and Central Banks Complete Test of Cross-Border Trading of CBDCs
BIS and Central Banks Complete Test of Cross-Border Trading of CBDCs
September 28, 2023  |  CBDC

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and three central banks concluded a central bank digital currency (CBDC) project. Project Mariana was developed by three BIS...

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