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RIX-INST can increase the efficiency of the Swedish payment system
15/12/2022 -RIX-INST can increase the efficiency of the Swedish payment system Instant payments are increasingly in demand. This is illustrated not least by the popularity of Swish. It is also illustrated by a regulatory proposal from the European...
Competition contributes to efficient payments
15/12/2022 -Competition contributes to efficient payments Competition means that market players must constantly develop and improve their services and products to avoid falling behind their competitors. This often leads to efficiency in the form of lower...
Some lack access to a payment account
15/12/2022 -Some lack access to a payment account In today’s society, having access to a payment account and payment services is essential for managing one's finances. Within the EU, the Payment Accounts Directive gives all consumers legally resident in the...
Payments must be energy efficient
15/12/2022 -Payments must be energy efficient Climate change affects society and therefore our economy, which can create risks in the financial system. To this end, the Riksbank monitors the climate risks in its policy work. Last year’s Payments Report...
Cross-border payments must be made more efficient
15/12/2022 -Cross-border payments must be made more efficient It is difficult to assess the effectiveness of external payments because statistics are often lacking. However, the statistics that are available show that people send large amounts of money...
The Riksbank’s work and policy
15/12/2022 -The Riksbank’s work and policy The Riksbank shall promote safe and efficient payments. The digitalisation of the payment market is proceeding apace and the Riksbank is modernising its systems to meet this development. The Riksbank is also working...
RIX is the hub of the Swedish payment infrastructure
15/12/2022 -RIX is the hub of the Swedish payment infrastructure Apart from card payments, almost all electronic payments between banks are made through accounts that the banks have in RIX (see Most payments in Sweden go through the Riksbank’s system). The...
RIX-INST may facilitate instant payments between different currencies
15/12/2022 -RIX-INST may facilitate instant payments between different currencies At present, TIPS only allows payments to be settled in the same currency, meaning that the payer and the recipient have accounts in the same currency. As a result of the...
Payments moving to ISO 20022
15/12/2022 -Payments moving to ISO 20022 Digital payments rely on communication between the parties involved in the payment – systems must therefore communicate using the same ‘language’. All around the world, central banks, banks and financial...
The Riksbank is making preparations for a possible e-krona
15/12/2022 -The Riksbank is making preparations for a possible e-krona The Riksbank is investigating the possibility of issuing a digital complement to cash, known as the e-krona. This would preserve public access to government-issued money even if cash...