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Important to prepare legislation prior to an e-krona
14/03/2024 -Important to prepare legislation prior to an e-krona Legislative work on a possible e-krona needs to begin now. Otherwise, the lead time for the introduction of the e-krona could be long if the Riksdag decides to authorise the Riksbank to issue...
Modernisation of the payment infrastructure necessary
14/03/2024 -Modernisation of the payment infrastructure necessary The Riksbank is working to modernise its payment system RIX. As a result, more payments can now go through RIX, which improves both security and efficiency. The Riksbank is also investigating...
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...
Poorer access to cash at bank offices
03/11/2021 -In Sweden, the county administrative boards have the task of ensuring that the possibility to use basic payment services corresponds to the needs of society. Their assessment is that access to basic payment services for private persons is in...
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...
The Riksbank intends to use the Eurosystem’s payment platform
03/11/2021 -RIX-INST will be launched in May 2022, and the Riksbank has signed an agreement on using the Eurosystem’s platform for instant payments, known as TIPS (Target Instant Payment Settlement), for the system. Using TIPS as a platform supports the...
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...
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...
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...
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...