BIS
Gen
11
2019
The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) issued a research paper addressing the hypothetical benefits and risks of central bank digital currencies (CBDC), which are being widely discussed in recent times. The paper adds to these discussions by taking stock of ...more »
Dic
16
2018
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today published a consultative document entitled Revisions to leverage ratio disclosure requirements. The Basel III leverage ratio standard comprises a 3% minimum level that banks must meet at all times, a buffer for global systemically ...more »
Dic
08
2018
Insurers have made increasing use of cloud computing in recent years. Cloud services were initially applied to business support functions, such as customer management or collaboration applications. Currently, cloud computing is being used in core business functions, such as product ...more »
Nov
24
2018
The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) published a snapshot of the outstanding OTC derivatives transactions statistics at the end of the first semester of this year. The main results are summarized as follows: The notional value of outstanding OTC derivatives ...more »
Nov
10
2018
Mr Hyun Song Shin, Economic Adviser and Head of Research of the Bank for International Settlement (BIS), examines the liquidity properties of decentralised payment systems in an economic model of payments, in which the cost of credit to finance payments enters ...more »
Ott
27
2018
US dollar credit to non-bank borrowers outside the United States rose to nearly $11.5 trillion at end-June 2018, up by 6% over the previous year, with debt securities continuing to grow much faster than loans: by 8.5% compared with 2.5%. Euro-denominated credit to non-bank ...more »
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BIS: Bank stress testing principles
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Ott
20
2018
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has issued its Stress testing principles, which replace the Principles for sound stress testing practices and supervision published in May 2009. The 2009 principles were designed to address key weaknesses in stress testing practices as highlighted by ...more »
Ott
06
2018
Trading in foreign exchange and other fast-paced electronic markets is increasingly spread across a range of platforms, with non-bank intermediaries, most notably principal trading firms, gaining a stronger foothold. In addition, access to data and data-centric technologies increasingly defines competitive ...more »
Set
27
2018
The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) published an extended report aimed at assessing which factors can determine local lending by banks’ foreign subsidiaries. The literature on the behaviour of global banks has focused mainly on cross-border. It is however interesting to ...more »
Set
01
2018
The Basel Committee today released a technical amendment on additional Pillar 3 disclosure requirements for those jurisdictions implementing an expected credit loss (ECL) accounting model as well as for those adopting transitional arrangements for the regulatory treatment of accounting provisions. ...more »
