Project Agorá, launched by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a group of leading central banks and the Institute of International Finance (IIF), is requesting the private sector to join its ...

The initiative aims to solve cross-border payment challenges using smart contracts, enhancing transaction efficiency and financial integrity Smart contracts in Project Agorá are expected to unlock new ...

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) together with seven central banks has recently announced plans to join forces with the private sector to explore how tokenisation can enhance the ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. The BIS and the IIF selected a diverse set of firms from applicants that ...

A global group of central banks is exploring how tokenization can be used to improve existing financial systems with a new project, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced Wednesday.

Cross-border payments sit at the heart of global finance, yet the infrastructure underpinning them remains one of the most fragmented and inefficient parts of the financial system. Despite decades of ...