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(BIS). | (BIS). | ||
An international organisation fostering international monetary and financial cooperation, the | An international organisation fostering international monetary and financial cooperation, the BIS serves as a bank for central banks and also hosts a number of international organisations. | ||
Customers are exclusively central banks and international organisations. | Customers are exclusively central banks and international organisations. | ||
The BIS was established by agreement between the parties (plus Switzerland) to arrangements after World War I for payment of reparations by Germany to the principal allied victors. Its mandate and membership was extended and it is now a principal hub of cooperation between central banks and non-central-bank bank supervisors generally. | |||
The BIS hosts a number of other bodies including the: | |||
*Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; | |||
*Financial Stability Board; | |||
*International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS); and | |||
*International Association of Deposit Insurers. | |||
The BIS is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Bank of England]] | |||
* [[Bank supervision]] | |||
* [[Basel Committee on Banking Supervision]] | |||
* [[BIS Innovation Hub]] | |||
* [[Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System]] | |||
* [[Central bank]] | * [[Central bank]] | ||
* [[European Central Bank]] | |||
* [[Financial Stability Board]] | |||
* [[FX Global Code]] | |||
* [[International Association of Deposit Insurers]] | |||
* [[International Association of Insurance Supervisors]] | |||
* [[Markets Committee]] | * [[Markets Committee]] | ||
==External link== | |||
*[https://www.bis.org/about/member_cb.htm?m=1_2_601 BIS member central banks] | |||
[[Category:Long_term_funding]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:53, 18 March 2023
(BIS).
An international organisation fostering international monetary and financial cooperation, the BIS serves as a bank for central banks and also hosts a number of international organisations.
Customers are exclusively central banks and international organisations.
The BIS was established by agreement between the parties (plus Switzerland) to arrangements after World War I for payment of reparations by Germany to the principal allied victors. Its mandate and membership was extended and it is now a principal hub of cooperation between central banks and non-central-bank bank supervisors generally.
The BIS hosts a number of other bodies including the:
- Basel Committee on Banking Supervision;
- Financial Stability Board;
- International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS); and
- International Association of Deposit Insurers.
The BIS is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.
See also
- Bank of England
- Bank supervision
- Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
- BIS Innovation Hub
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Central bank
- European Central Bank
- Financial Stability Board
- FX Global Code
- International Association of Deposit Insurers
- International Association of Insurance Supervisors
- Markets Committee
