Bank for International Settlements

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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BIS: Financial Sector Among ‘Most Exposed’ to AI Benefits, Risks
BIS: Financial Sector Among ‘Most Exposed’ to AI Benefits, Risks
June 26, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

The financial sector is among the “most exposed” to both the benefits and the risks of artificial intelligence (AI), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said...

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Interoperability and Extensibility Will Define New Era for B2B Payments
Interoperability and Extensibility Will Define New Era for B2B Payments
June 10, 2024  |  B2B Payments

As the world gets increasingly globalized, the ways that businesses transact become more important. With the Bank for International Settlements’ Committee on Payments and Market...

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Basel Committee Warns Against Banking Digitalization Risks
Basel Committee Warns Against Banking Digitalization Risks
May 16, 2024  |  Banking

A global financial watchdog is warning against the risks of digitalization in the financial world. The Bank for International Settlements’ Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued a report Thursday (May...

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ECB Official: Central Banks Must ‘Speed Up’ CBDC Adoption
ECB Official: Central Banks Must ‘Speed Up’ CBDC Adoption
May 06, 2024  |  CBDC

Bundesbank’s president said central banks must speed the adoption of digital currency to remain viable. “If you would have asked me 20 years ago if...

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Currency Matching Key to Effectively Competing in International B2B Markets 
Currency Matching Key to Effectively Competing in International B2B Markets 
April 04, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

A business-to-business (B2B) payment is never just a payment. The global B2B marketplace, with an annual payments volume over $100 trillion, is supported by a...

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