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Customers are exclusively central banks and international organisations.
Customers are exclusively central banks and international organisations.


It 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 now a principle hub of cooperation between central banks and non-central-bank bank supervisors generally.
It 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 now a principal hub of cooperation between central banks and non-central-bank bank supervisors generally.
 
 
It has 60 central banks as its members.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Bank of England]]
* [[Bank supervision]]
* [[Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System]]
* [[Central bank]]
* [[Central bank]]
* [[European Central Bank]]
* [[Markets Committee]]
* [[Markets Committee]]

Revision as of 16:09, 15 August 2016

(BIS).

An international organisation fostering international monetary and financial cooperation, the Bank serves as a bank for central banks and also hosts a number of international organisations.

Customers are exclusively central banks and international organisations.

It 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 now a principal hub of cooperation between central banks and non-central-bank bank supervisors generally.


It has 60 central banks as its members.


See also