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01/02/2018 -We are now launching our new website, with a new appearance, updated contents and a flexible technical platform. The aim is that the website will be easy to use and you can quickly find what you are seeking.
Impact of the new accounting standard IFRS 9 on major Swedish banks
16/02/2018 -IFRS 9 is a new accounting standard for financial instruments and introduces a new approach of recognising credit losses, based on forward-looking macroeconomic conditions. This may provide more and better information on banks’ asset quality and...
Bitcoin is not money
14/03/2018 -Crypto-assets or cryptocurrencies are not the same thing as money. This is because these assets lack an official issuer and because at present they do not meet the conditions required of an efficient means of payment. For instance, crypto-assets...
Sharp rise in number of borrowers among older people
20/03/2018 -The average debt-to-income ratio of households increased from 289 to 311 per cent between 2010 and 2016. During the same period, the median debt-to-income ratio rose from 221 to 258 per cent. The number of people aged around 35 who borrow – the...
The Swedish retail payments council on payments in a crisis
16/10/2018 -If the communication between a bank and a shop does not work, it is in some cases nevertheless possible to shop using a bank card. This possibility for so-called off-line payments differs between cards, however. Withdrawing cash from an ATM in a...
All banks should be obliged to handle cash
22/10/2018 -The Riksbank mainly welcomes the Riksbank Committee’s proposal to impose an obligation on most major banks to offer access to cash services throughout Sweden. But the Riksbank wishes to go a step further. “It is our opinion that all banks and...
Next step: a technical solution for the e-krona
26/10/2018 -“The next step in the Riksbank's work on the e-krona should be to build an e-krona to learn more and test which solutions are viable and possible to realise,” says Eva Julin, project manager of the Riksbank's e-krona project. A technical...
The major banks Pillar 1 requirements will increase
30/10/2018 -The major Swedish banks have for a long time now needed to meet several different types of capital requirement. They are often divided up into so-called Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 requirements. Finansinspektionen has recently decided to move the...
E-krona theme in new edition of Economic Review
05/11/2018 -The Riksbank is investigating the possibility and consequences of introducing a Swedish central bank digital currency, a so-called e-krona. The latest issue of our journal Economic Review is a special theme issue discussing the e-krona from...
Eberstein continues as Chairperson of the General Council
21/11/2018 -At the inaugural meeting of the Riksbank's General Council, held today, Susanne Eberstein and Michael Lundholm were re-elected as Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the General Council. The General Council of the Riksbank consists of eleven...