"Financial technology (fintech) is the digital delivery of financial products and services via the Internet or a mobile phone. Entrepreneurial start-ups, mature businesses, digital-only banks, and global technology companies are leveraging technology to solve customer pain points and provide...

The Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) is a new Basel III liquidity requirement designed to limit funding risk arising from maturity mismatches between bank assets and liabilities. This study explains the NSFR and estimates this ratio for banks in 15 countries. Banks below the ratio need to...

The Chinese TechFins Ant Financial and Tencent's WePay are harnessing technology to redefine financial services and increase financial inclusion. TechFins purport to use technology to create a world where customers have access to financial services just like tap water – you open the tap and...

This article provides an overview of the foreign exchange components of the Triennial Central Bank Survey. It highlights key dimensions of this dataset and methodological issues that are important to interpret it correctly. It also compares the methodology of the Triennial to that of more...

We analyse the wide array of rescue programmes adopted in several countries, following Lehman Brothers' default in September 2008, in order to support banks and other financial institutions. We first provide an overview of the programmes, comparing their characteristics, magnitudes and...