Daniel Hinge

The Bank for International Settlements announced a change in strategic direction today (June 28), as it looks to build resilience in a complex global environment. The new strategy, BIS 100, will guide the institution until it hits the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2030. Whereas the previous strategy, under former general manager Agustín Carstens, had innovation as its key goal, his successor Pablo Hernández de Cos has shifted the focus to resilience. De Cos told journalists the previous

Additional data breakdowns reveal different approaches to payments across cohorts The Payments Benchmarks 2026 model banks analysis highlights the differences between central banks of different sizes and economic groups. As is the general trend, larger central banks have larger teams. It is the largest emerging market economy (EME) central banks that have the biggest payments teams. These institutions also see the highest values and volumes of payments, on average, over the year.