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Downturn in number of card frauds
03/11/2021 -Paying by card is on the whole safe in Sweden, but sometimes card fraud occurs when a debit card or credit card is read during a payment or when withdrawing cash from an ATM. However, the number of card frauds in Sweden has declined. During the...
One system with two services – RIX-RTGS and RIX-INST
03/11/2021 -The current RIX consists of a software and an IT platform where the software is run. The system is from 2009 and works well. The agreement the Riksbank has with the software provider expires in 2025, and the Riksbank is therefore investigating...
Test of technical solution for an e-krona
03/11/2021 -The Riksbank has a pilot project to examine technical alternatives for a possible issue of the Swedish krona in digital form – an e-krona. A technical solution is now being tested with external participants. However, no decision has yet been made...
Glossary
11/02/2022 -Application programming interface (API): Enables FinTech companies, for example, to connect to the banks’ systems and collect customer account information from different banks or initiate a payment from a customer’s bank account. Bigtech: Major...
Technical solution for an e-krona tested with external participants
03/11/2021 -The Riksbank has been conducting a pilot project since 2020 together with the company Accenture, to produce a technical solution for an e-krona and in this way learn more about how such a solution could look like. By testing a technical...
International collaboration on central bank digital currencies and cross-border payments
03/11/2021 -At the start of 2020, an international working group was formed on behalf of the central bank governors from a group of countries, including Sweden, to share lessons, create a common stance and discuss the way forward with regard to central bank...
Payments have continued to function well during the coronavirus pandemic
29/10/2020 -In 2020, the coronavirus spread with devastating consequences for both individual people and social life. Public authorities around the world introduced comprehensive restrictions to prevent the virus from spreading, to protect human life and to...
Central bank digital currencies an important international issue
03/11/2021 -When a group of companies headed by Facebook launched the idea of creating their own currency in 2019, which was then called Libra but later changed name to Diem, central banks around the world took note. With Facebook’s global network, this type...
Many people make payments by mobile, for example with Swish
29/10/2020 -Electronic commerce and mobile payments, such as Swish, are becoming increasingly common. Other payment applications such as Apple Pay and Google Pay are also becoming more popular. About five per cent of young people in Sweden own some form of...
New ways of using Swish
29/10/2020 -For purchases in physical shops, it is much more unusual to use Swish or invoicing. Only one per cent of respondents state that they have done so for their latest purchase. However, Swish is developing its services for payment using QR code and...