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Increased focus on resilience and preparedness
10/03/2025 -Increased focus on resilience and preparedness The geopolitical tensions in the world have also contributed to a clear increase in the focus on payments system preparedness and resilience. Several Nordic countries have developed the...
Preparations for a digital euro continue
10/03/2025 -Preparations for a digital euro continue Central banks around the world are continuing to explore different aspects of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) for the general public. The ECB is well advanced in its work on a digital euro. In 2023...
Measures taken to address the decline in cash use
10/03/2025 -Measures taken to address the decline in cash use The global payments market is characterised by faster and more efficient payments driven by technological developments. Individuals and businesses increasingly expect payments to be made...
Global trends in the payments market
10/03/2025 -Global trends in the payments market Cash use is declining in many parts of the world, and more and more countries need to take action to address this trend. Digital payments are gaining ground, not least through instant payment systems. To make...
The Riksbank is modernising RIX
14/03/2024 -The Riksbank is modernising RIX Apart from card payments, almost all digital payments between banks go through accounts they hold in RIX. The RIX system consists of two services: RIX-RTGS for wholesale payments and aggregated payments and...
Difficult to compete in the payments market
14/03/2024 -Difficult to compete in the payments market The payments market has some specific characteristics that create challenges for achieving good competition. Payments, except in the case of cash, are basically a service for transferring information.
The bank-owned payment infrastructure is facing major changes
14/03/2024 -The bank-owned payment infrastructure is facing major changes Banks’ infrastructure needs to be modernised The Riksbank assesses that the bank-owned payment infrastructure, particularly Bankgirot, needs to be modernised and that the banks need...
Problems with opening and maintaining payment accounts
14/03/2024 -Problems with opening and maintaining payment accounts Having access to a payment account is a prerequisite for making payments in today’s digital society. It is needed, for example, for debit cards and Swish. Without a payment account, it is...
Access to basic payment services is unsatisfactory
14/03/2024 -Access to basic payment services is unsatisfactory Everyone in Sweden shall have access to basic payment services at reasonable prices in accordance with the objective decided by the Riksdag. However, access to these services has deteriorated in...
The Riksbank’s work and policy
14/03/2024 -The Riksbank’s work and policy The Riksbank’s work and policy are based on an economic perspective. We provide solutions and act where it is difficult to achieve safety, efficiency and accessibility without government involvement, including by...