Bank for International Settlements

International financial institution owned by central banks

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2024 Scopus assigned the International Journal of Central Banking a CiteScore of 2.3, ranking 172nd out of 317 journals in the Finance category.
June 30 2024 BIS signed an agreement as a founding member of Project Nexus with Central Bank of Malaysia, Bank of Thailand, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the Reserve Bank of India to enable retail cross-border payments
June 24 2024 International conference hosted by Bank of Italy on 'The Transmission of Monetary Policy in the Post-Pandemic World'
June 22 2023 International conference hosted by Central Bank of Ireland on 'Global Supply Shocks, Trade Frictions, and Inflation'
August 10 2022 International conference hosted by Bank of Canada on 'The New Financial Landscape for Central Banks'
March 2022 Russia is suspended from the Global Economy Meeting (GEM), leaving 30 jurisdictions as members and 22 as observers.
March 2022 BIS suspended the Bank of Russia's membership following Russia's invasion of Ukraine
August 9 2021 International conference hosted by Bank of Korea and European Central Bank on 'The Macroeconomic Consequences of COVID-19'
August 20 2020 International conference hosted by Danmarks Nationalbank and European Central Bank on 'Structural changes in the financial system: new theory and evidence'
January 2020 Luc Laeven of the European Central Bank became the managing editor of the journal.
2019 The BIS Innovation Hub was launched to extend the BIS mission of collaboration through digital innovation, developing technology-based public goods to support central banks and enhance the functioning of the financial system.
June 4 2019 International conference hosted by Norges Bank on 'Commodity Prices and Monetary Policy: New Theory and Evidence'
March 31 2019 Bank for International Settlements reported a balance sheet total of SDR 291.1 billion (US$403.7 billion) and a net profit of SDR 461.1 million (US$639.5 million) as of this date.
2018 Final recorded membership extension of CPMI, reaching a total of 28 member central banks and financial institutions.
June 25 2018 International conference hosted by De Nederlandsche Bank on 'Ten Years after the Global Financial Crisis: What Have We Learned about Ensuring Financial Stability'
2017 Completion of the Basel III framework, which further strengthened international banking regulation and capital adequacy requirements.
June 19 2017 International conference hosted by Czech National Bank on 'The Interplay between Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy'
January 2017 Fernando Restoy assumes leadership of the Financial Stability Institute, succeeding Josef Tošovský.
December 2016 Josef Tošovský concludes his leadership of the Financial Stability Institute after 16 years.
November 21 2016 International conference hosted by Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on 'Challenges to Financial Stability in a Low Interest Rate World'
June 2016 Loretta J. Mester of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland became the managing editor of the IJCB.
November 23 2015 International conference hosted by Bank of Mexico on 'Challenges to Achieving Price Stability'
2014 Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) was renamed to Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI).
December 1 2014 International conference hosted by Reserve Bank of New Zealand on 'Reflections on 25 Years of Inflation Targeting'
September 26 2014 International conference hosted by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on 'Policies for Macroeconomic and Financial Stability'
2013 BIS membership grew to 60 shareholding central bank members, representing approximately 95% of global GDP
September 6 2013 International conference hosted by National Bank of Poland on 'Inflation Targeting and Its Discontents'
September 27 2012 International conference hosted by Central Bank of Chile on 'New Frameworks for Monetary Policy Analysis in an Era of Crises'
May 17 2012 International conference hosted by Hong Kong Monetary Authority on 'Financial Crises: Causes, Consequences and Policy Options'
September 29 2011 International conference hosted by Bank of Canada on 'Monetary Policy Issues in Open Economies'
May 26 2011 International conference hosted by Bank of England on 'The Real and Financial Effects of Basel III'
January 2011 John Williams of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco took over as managing editor of the journal.
2010 BIS began developing the Basel III framework in response to financial sector vulnerabilities exposed by the global financial crisis.
September 16 2010 International conference hosted by Bank of Japan on 'Monetary Policy Lessons from the Global Crisis'
June 17 2010 International conference hosted by Bank of Spain on 'The Theory and Practice of Macro-Prudential Regulation'

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