- BIS Innovation Summit 2023: Technological innovation in an age of uncertainty
Event · 21 March 2023
21–22 March 2023The BIS Innovation Summit brings together global policymakers, senior executives from the financial and technology industries, and academics to discuss how technological innovation…
- BIS Innovation Hub publications
18 September 2025
Publications by the Innovation Hub deal with critical trends in technology-driven innovation in financial services. Most of our publications are the outcomes of our various projects.Date…
- BIS Innovation Hub and Hong Kong Monetary Authority conclude first green finance project
News · 4 November 2021
Press release | 04 November 2021BIS and HKMA conclude a project to build prototype digital platforms that aim to enable green bond issuance with higher transparency and greater access to retail…
- Big techs in finance – implications for public policy
Report · 8 February 2023
8-9 February 2023Overview Day 1 videos Day 2 videosHow should big techs' involvement in finance be regulated and supervised?This conference is a forum for policymakers, regulators, supervisors and…
- Beyond the doomsday economics of "proof-of-work" in cryptocurrencies
Report · 21 January 2019
BIS Working Papers | No 765 | 21 January 2019by Raphael AuerPDF full text (638kb) | 31 pagesSummaryFocusThe paper focuses on how Bitcoin and related cryptocurrencies verify that payments are final…
- Benoît Coeuré speaks on central bank digital currencies
Speech · 12 November 2020
Interview (only available in French) with Mr Benoît Cœuré, Head of the BIS Innovation Hub, in L'Express, conducted by Mr Raphaël Bloch and published on 12 November 2020.BIS, Innovation Hub speech |…
- UK FinTech: Regulating for innovation
Speech · 22 February 2016
Good evening everyone. It’s a pleasure to be hosting you all this evening, it is very good to see so many of you here at the start of UK Fintech week. Fintech week is looking at innovation in the…
- Disruptive innovation in financial markets
Speech · 26 October 2025
In her 2015 speech to the OECD, Mary Starks used the "Back to the Future" hoverboard as a metaphor for the rapid transition from concept to market. She argued that while the first internet revolution…
- World Bank issues first international CHF digital bond.
News · 15 May 2024
The World Bank has priced the first Swiss franc-denominated digital bond issued by an international entity. It will be settled using Swiss franc wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC)…
- Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) open Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS).
Accelerator / Incubator · 30 September 2024
The Digital Securities Sandbox policy statement sets out the Bank and the FCA’s joint approach to safely adopting new technologies in the operation of financial market infrastructure. The DSS is now…
- The suptech generations
Report, Taxonomy · 1 October 2019
This paper examines the evolving definition and scope of suptech by analysing initiatives across 39 global financial authorities through surveys and data collection. The authors categorise…
- Basel Committee to review recent market developments, advances work on climate-related financial risks, and reviews Basel Core Principles
News · 23 March 2023
Press release | 23 March 2023Basel Committee to review recent bank and market developments.Progresses work on developing a potential bank disclosure framework for climate-related financial…
- Banking in the shadow of Bitcoin? The institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies
Report · 18 May 2022
BIS Working Papers | No 1013 | 18 May 2022by Raphael Auer, Marc Farag, Ulf Lewrick, Lovrenc Orazem and Markus ZossPDF full text (1,405kb) | 25 pagesSummaryFocusThe market capitalisations of…
- Application of the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures to stablecoin arrangements
Report · 13 July 2022
CPMI Papers | 13 July 2022PDF full text (295kb) | 24 pagesThe Bank for International Settlements' Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of…
- HKMA launches Supervisory Incubator to foster responsible adoption of distributed ledger technology
Accelerator / Incubator · 9 January 2025
The HKMA has introduced a ‘supervisory incubator’ to help banks adopt DLT while managing associated risks. The platform offers supervisory feedback, live trials, and guidance on risk management, with…
- Fintech Promotion Blueprint
Blueprint · 2 February 2026
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) published today (3 February) a Fintech Promotion Blueprint (Blueprint) to foster responsible innovation and fintech advancement. Under “Fintech 2030”, this…
- Andréa M Maechler speaks about the future financial system
Speech · 13 May 2024
Interview (originally in German) with Ms Andréa M Maechler, Deputy General Manager of the BIS, in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, conducted by Mr Thomas Fuster and Mr Peter Fischer and published on 13 May…
- Project Agorá: central banks and banking sector embark on major project to explore tokenisation of cross-border payments
News · 3 April 2024
Press release | 03 April 2024Project Agorá will explore how tokenisation of wholesale central bank money and commercial bank deposits on programmable platforms can improve the monetary system. The…
- Prudential treatment of cryptoasset exposures – Executive Summary
Report · 31 May 2023
FSI Executive Summaries | 31 May 2023PDF full text (199kb) | 3 pagesThe rapid evolution of cryptoassets and their growing interaction with mainstream finance could raise financial stability concerns…
- Bridge of Cryptos: The Impact of Cross-Chain Technology on Market Efficiency
9 June 2025
Financial technology (fintech) plays a crucial role in shaping the efficiency of financial markets, with advancements that enhance market interoperability typically leading to greater overall…
- Blockchain Technology: Transforming Industries and Shaping the Future
22 May 2025
This paper explores the transformative potential of blockchain technology across a wide array of industries, moving beyond its origins in cryptocurrency to examine its applications in finance…
- Blockchain Technology: Its Ability to Transform Corporations' Corporate Social Responsibility Practices
4 June 2019
The technology of blockchain (‘Blockchain’) realises a more efficient, equitable, and transparent distributed ledger system. An important characteristic of Blockchain is its automated…
- Blockchain Technology Applications in Businesses and Organizations
8 April 2022
Blockchain technology has the ability to disrupt industries and transform business models since all intermediaries and stakeholders can now interact with little friction and at a fraction of the…
- Block Chain Technology in Digital Accounting
18 October 2022
The manual system of business process has been restricted by the Novel Covid-19, and people have begun to work digitally. Block chain technology cannot be ignored when it comes to digitalization.…
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