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Stablecoins follow the value of another type of asset
03/11/2021 -A sub-group to crypto currencies is known as stablecoins. Their value is tied to the value of other assets, such as one or more national currencies or other financial assets. The issuers of stablecoins claim that they hold a reserve of, for...
Further political decisions are required to safeguard the entire cash infrastructure and cash as a means of payment
03/11/2021 -The new legislation increases the requirements of the banks to supply cash services and the proposed depot responsibility contributes to safeguarding parts of the cash infrastructure. However, these measures are not enough to ensure the entire...
New types of fraud increasingly common
03/11/2021 -As Swish and Bank-ID are used increasingly often they are also being used as tools to conduct fraud. They are used in combination with internet banks to access the victim’s money. Telephone fraud, also known as vishing or voice phishing, has...
E-krona access to state money in digital form
03/11/2021 -Today, the general public has access to Swedish krona in two forms – state issued money in the form of cash and digital money issued by the commercial banks. As cash is used less and less, there is a risk that the general public will in future...
Digital means of payment are more cost-efficient
03/11/2021 -Payments are efficient if it costs relatively little for society as a whole to implement them. Society’s costs include the payment intermediary's costs, such as costs for technical equipment, insurance, transportation, and also other costs such...
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...
The retail payments council
19/05/2026 -The Swedish market for payment services is important to the Swedish economy and to society as a whole. On the initiative of the Riksbank, actors and authorities involved in the payment market have formed a Swedish retail payments council as a...
Payments and sustainability
24/02/2026 -The Riksbank shall promote a well-functioning payment system. This includes the general public being able to make payments even during peacetime crisis situations and states of heightened alert. The Riksbank has set the objective that payments...
Strengthening needed in the future
07/11/2019 -Households and companies are expected to demand instant payments to an ever greater degree and, eventually, new arrangements dimensioned for larger payment flows will probably be needed. In 2018, Swish was responsible for six per cent of the...