BISness
Bank for International Settlements
Experts from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) explain their work and discuss current issues for the global economy. As a hub for central banks and other financial regulatory and supervisory authorities, the BIS seeks to build a greater collective understanding of the world economy, foster international cooperation and support policy making.
Episodes
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Aug 18, 2020 • 25min
Jean-François Rigaudy on reserve management and the BIS
Jean-François Rigaudy, outgoing Deputy Head of the BIS Banking Department, offers some insights on the evolution of reserve management, and of BIS banking services, from a long career serving central bank customers.
Jun 30, 2020 • 21min
Agustín Carstens and Claudio Borio on the central bank response to the Covid-19 crisis
Agustín Carstens discusses the monetary and fiscal response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges facing central banks ahead. Claudio Borio talks about the steps central banks took as regulators and supervisors. https://www.bis.org/publ/arpdf/ar2020e.htm
Jun 24, 2020 • 11min
Hyun Song Shin: Central banks and payments in the digital era
Hyun Song Shin discusses how central banks, as guardians of the safety and integrity of the payment system, must keep evolving to meet the challenge of rapidly accelerating digital innovation, as outlined in Chapter III of the BIS Annual Economic Report.
May 17, 2020 • 24min
The BIS at 90
Piet Clement explains the origins of the BIS and the roles it has played since opening on 17 May 1930.
Mar 26, 2020 • 20min
FSI crisis management series - the banking crisis in Iceland publication
Patrizia Baudino speaks about Iceland in 2008 as part of the Financial Stability Institute’s new series on bank crisis management. https://www.bis.org/fsi/fsicms1.htm
Mar 1, 2020 • 10min
Morten Bech: Technology is transforming payments
In this episode, Morten Bech explains what’s shaping the future of payments.
Feb 24, 2020 • 18min
Geoff Summerhayes on climate change, insurance and the role of financial supervisors
Global warming has increased the frequency and severity of natural catastrophes. Geoff Summerhayes explains the challenges related to climate risk assessment and the transition to a low-carbon economy, and the role that financial supervision can play.
Feb 17, 2020 • 24min
Bruno Tissot speaks about "big data" and its implications for central banks
"Big data" is an increasingly important topic in the creation, storage, retrieval, methodology and analysis of multiple sources of information – for both the private and public sectors. Bruno Tissot discusses how we can best use big data, the opportunities and challenges it presents, and the policy issues it creates.
Jan 21, 2020 • 18min
Luiz Pereira da Silva speaks about “green swan” risks
Climate change poses new challenges to central banks, regulators and supervisors. Luiz Pereira da Silva reviews ways of addressing these new risks within central banks' financial stability mandate, based on a new research paper, The green swan. "Green swan" risks are potentially extremely financially disruptive events that could be behind the next systemic financial crisis.
Dec 18, 2019 • 12min
Hyun Song Shin explains what the BIS Innovation Hub is all about
Hyun Song Shin explains how the BIS Innovation Hub, a new project designed to support central bank collaboration on new technology and to pool resources, puts central bankers at the cutting edge of innovation. Read the transcript on the BIS website.
