Ripple joins BIS cross-border payments task force
The task force is a part of the Bank of International Settlements' Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructure.
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BIS gives CBDCs a thumbs up, crypto the middle finger in reports to G20 ministers
G20 finance ministers and central bank governors are meeting this month, and the Bank for International Settlements has...
BIS, 3 central banks look at DeFi technology for wCBDC FX in interim project report
Project Mariana uses an automated market maker to reduce settlement risk and to create a liquidity pool in place of orde...
BIS releases unified ledger proposal for cross-border, tokenized asset transactions
Like the IMF’s single ledger proposal released a day earlier, BIS' unified ledger uses familiar concepts, such as tokeni...
BIS issues comprehensive paper on offline CBDC payments
According to the Bank for International Settlements, offline payments with CBDC raise new risks related to counterfeitin...
BIS, Bank of England concludes blockchain int’l settlements pilot
The insights of Project Meridian would be used by the Bank of England in its Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system.
BIS wraps exploration project on retail CBDC payment system
The bank concluded that a ‘hub-and-spoke’ model between CBDC domestic systems could “reduce settlement and counterparty...
Crypto distribution is uneven among banks as prudential exposure rises: BIS report
One bank accounts for almost 62% of all crypto asset prudential exposure; almost two-thirds of banks holding crypto are...
BIS head describes ideal ‘unified ledger’ for central banks and other financial users
peaking in Singapore, Agustín Carstens described a ledger that would accommodate a variety of public and private project...
BIS head claims fiat won battle with crypto, Bitcoin community disagrees
BIS General Manager Agustín Carstens reckons the war between fiat and crypto has been won by fiat. The community would t...
