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Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

The BIS is the international organisation owned by central banks — the bank for central banks. Owned by 63 shareholding members that account for about 95% of world GDP.

Offices

• Headquarters: Basel, Switzerland
• Asia and the Pacific representative office: Hong Kong SAR
• Americas representative office: Mexico City
• Innovation Hub centres: Frankfurt/Paris, Hong Kong SAR, London, Singapore, Stockholm, Switzerland (Basel and Zurich), Toronto. NYIC (New York Fed) is a strategic partnership.

History

• 1930 — Founded under the Hague Agreements to handle German WWI reparations under the Young Plan; opens in Basel on 17 May 1930. Oldest international financial institution. (source)
• 1939–1945 — During WWII the Board suspends meetings; the Bank continues limited technical work. Controversies later arise over wartime gold dealings. (source)
• 1944 — Bretton Woods Conference votes to liquidate the BIS "at the earliest possible moment". The resolution is never carried out. (source)
• 1948 onward — Post-war focus shifts to European reconstruction and central-bank cooperation; the Bank becomes the standing meeting place for central bankers. (source)
• 1988 — Basel I (Basel Capital Accord): first international bank capital standard from the Basel Committee hosted at the BIS. (source)
• 2004 — Basel II: revised capital framework with three pillars (minimum capital, supervisory review, market discipline). (source)
• 2010 — Basel III: higher capital standards announced after the Great Financial Crisis. (source)
• Today — The "bank for central banks": banking services for central banks, host of the Basel Process committees, statistics, research and the BIS Innovation Hub. (source)

Official resources

• bis.org — Bank for International Settlements homepage — the bank for central banks
• bis.org — Official BIS press / media releases
• bis.org — Speeches by BIS management and central bankers
• bis.org — Flagship Annual Economic Report
• bis.org — BIS Data Portal and international banking / financial statistics
• bis.org — BCBS: Basel capital and supervisory standards (hosted by the BIS)
• fsb.org — FSB: G20 financial-stability coordination (secretariat hosted by the BIS)
• bis.org — CPMI: payments, clearing and settlement standards
• bis.org — BIS Innovation Hub centres for central-bank tech experiments
• bis.org — BIS Historical Archive
• bis.org — BIS 90 Years exhibition / museum-style history

Explainers

• en.wikipedia.org — Independent encyclopedia overview of the BIS
• federalreserve.gov — U.S. central bank; BIS shareholding member and frequent partner on Innovation Hub work

Member central banks

Africa

• bank-of-algeria.dz — Bank of Algeria
• bkam.ma — Bank Al-Maghrib
• resbank.co.za — South African Reserve Bank

Americas

• bcra.gob.ar — Central Bank of Argentina
• bcb.gov.br — Central Bank of Brazil
• bankofcanada.ca — Bank of Canada
• bcentral.cl — Central Bank of Chile
• banrep.gov.co — Central Bank of Colombia
• banxico.org.mx — Bank of Mexico
• bcrp.gob.pe — Central Reserve Bank of Peru
• federalreserve.gov — Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Asia-Pacific

• rba.gov.au — Reserve Bank of Australia
• pbc.gov.cn — People's Bank of China
• hkma.gov.hk — Hong Kong Monetary Authority
• rbi.org.in — Reserve Bank of India
• bi.go.id — Bank Indonesia
• boj.or.jp — Bank of Japan
• bok.or.kr — Bank of Korea
• bnm.gov.my — Central Bank of Malaysia
• rbnz.govt.nz — Reserve Bank of New Zealand
• bsp.gov.ph — Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
• mas.gov.sg — Monetary Authority of Singapore
• bot.or.th — Bank of Thailand
• sbv.gov.vn — State Bank of Viet Nam

Europe

• oenb.at — Central Bank of the Republic of Austria
• nbb.be — National Bank of Belgium
• cbbh.ba — Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• bnb.bg — Bulgarian National Bank
• hnb.hr — Croatian National Bank
• cnb.cz — Czech National Bank
• nationalbanken.dk — Danmarks Nationalbank
• eestipank.ee — Bank of Estonia
• ecb.europa.eu — European Central Bank
• suomenpankki.fi — Bank of Finland
• banque-france.fr — Bank of France
• bundesbank.de — Deutsche Bundesbank
• bankofgreece.gr — Bank of Greece
• mnb.hu — Central Bank of Hungary
• cb.is — Central Bank of Iceland
• centralbank.ie — Central Bank of Ireland
• bancaditalia.it — Bank of Italy
• bank.lv — Bank of Latvia
• lb.lt — Bank of Lithuania
• bcl.lu — Central Bank of Luxembourg
• dnb.nl — De Nederlandsche Bank
• nbrm.mk — National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia
• norges-bank.no — Central Bank of Norway
• nbp.pl — Narodowy Bank Polski
• bportugal.pt — Banco de Portugal
• bnr.ro — National Bank of Romania
• cbr.ru — Central Bank of the Russian Federation
• nbs.rs — National Bank of Serbia
• nbs.sk — National Bank of Slovakia
• bsi.si — Banka Slovenije
• bde.es — Bank of Spain
• riksbank.se — Sveriges Riksbank
• snb.ch — Swiss National Bank
• bankofengland.co.uk — Bank of England

Middle East

• boi.org.il — Bank of Israel
• cbk.gov.kw — Central Bank of Kuwait
• sama.gov.sa — Saudi Central Bank
• tcmb.gov.tr — Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye
• centralbank.ae — Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates