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New Sveriges Riksbank Act clarifies the Riksbank's responsibility but does not give the necessary flexibility
03/11/2021 -Bild 3.2 New Sveriges Riksbank Act clarifies the Riksbank's responsibility but does not give the necessary flexibility The Riksbank’s current responsibility for ensuring there is access to cash in society is clarified in the proposal for a new...
Parts of cash infrastructure secured
03/11/2021 -The Riksbank, politicians and other authorities share concerns that the development towards a cashless society entails problems and have therefore implemented a number of measures. In January 2021, for instance, a new act came into force that...
Payments in Sweden 2020
29/10/2020 -People in Sweden are paying more frequently by card or the app Swish, instead of in cash. This trend has grown stronger during the coronavirus pandemic. To prepare for the future, the Riksbank is investigating the possibility of issuing digital...
BIS has opened an innovation hub in Stockholm
03/11/2021 -In June 2021, the BIS established an innovation centre in Stockholm in collaboration with the central banks of Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. This Nordic Innovation Centre will focus on a more in-depth analysis of technological financial...
The Riksbank is actively participating in the international cooperation
03/11/2021 -The development towards an increasing number of digital payments has received an extra push from the pandemic. At the same time, central banks and international organisations are addressing the fact that cross-border payments can still be...
1. The payment market is being digitalised
29/10/2020 -Sweden is at the forefront of the digitalisation of the payment market. Among other things, this is because fewer and fewer people in Sweden are using cash while more and more payment solutions are emerging. For example, it is becoming more...
Increased focus on central bank digital currency
29/10/2020 -During the pandemic, the central banks’ work on developing central bank digital currency has intensified. In Sweden, there has long been a trend towards a cashless society but, in other countries, cash payments did not decrease until the...
The coronavirus pandemic has affected how people in Sweden and abroad are making payments
29/10/2020 -During the coronavirus pandemic, the Swedish people have chosen to use Swish and contactless card payments more often when paying in shops. Payments have continued to function well during the pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic has affected how...
Electronic commerce is becoming increasingly common
29/10/2020 -Purchasing goods and services on the Internet is common. In the Riksbank’s survey of the payment behaviour of the Swedish population in 2020, 66 per cent of respondents state that they have purchased goods and services on the Internet in the last...