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Broadband and mobile phones enable new solutions
07/11/2019 -Via the internet, smartphones and other information technology (IT), digitalisation has changed our way of working, communicating and shopping. The payment market and the way we pay are also undergoing major change to meet the new needs. This...
The Riksbank is testing a technical solution for the e-krona
29/10/2020 -In partnership with the consulting company Accenture, the Riksbank is conducting a pilot project to develop a technical solution for an e-krona that can work as a complement to cash. The aim of the project is to show how an e-krona could be used...
Payments in peacetime crisis situations and heightened alert
29/10/2020 -One of the Riksbank’s tasks is to promote a safe and efficient payment system. According to the proposed new Sveriges Riksbank Act, the Riksbank shall have a planning and control responsibility in relation to those private enterprises that are...
Cooperation with the ECB for instant cross-currency payments
29/10/2020 -The increased international interest in cross-border and cross-currency payments has led the ECB and Riksbank to plan to investigate the possibility of using the ECB’s TIPS platform to implement instant payments between European currencies such...
Sector responsibility for the financial sector
29/10/2020 -At present, the financial sector does not have a designated public authority in charge of leading the financial sector's planning for total defence or for coordinating operations in a critical situation. However, the Civil Defence Inquiry has...
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating work
29/10/2020 -The central banks in the group are agreed that it is urgent to make progress in this work now and that this is due, to an even greater extent than previously, to the crisis that the coronavirus pandemic has triggered. This has led to cash being...
Digital money – the Riksbank’s e-krona pilot
29/10/2020 -The Riksbank is investigating whether it would be possible to issue kronor to the general public in digital form, an ‘e-krona’. This would allow the general public access to the Riksbank’s money even if cash were to become further marginalised...
International cooperation on central bank digital currency
29/10/2020 -In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, cash payments have decreased in many countries. This has led to central bank cooperation on central bank digital currency landing high up on the policy agenda. International cooperation on central bank...
Rapid payments require innovation
07/11/2019 -When new technology means that new types of company are processing payments, the Riksbank needs to adapt its systems and routines. In addition, demand is growing for instant payments around the clock. If the Riksbank ensures that it is simple...
Payments to other countries are more complicated
07/11/2019 -Payments to other countries than neighbouring ones or the euro area are more complicated. This is because the Swedish banks do not have direct access to those countries’ payment infrastructures. The Swedish bank must then rely upon a network of...