The Bank for International Settlements has proposed a concept called the Finternet. This briefing note explores the key elements of this vision, focusing on the central roles played by digital identity and trust in ensuring the security, reliability, and integrity of financial interactions.

This week s Digital Finance Developments discusses recent proposals for the future of the financial system and considers what role the private sector can play in realizing these visions.

This members-only briefing note looks at the main issues addressed by the Instant Payments Regulation, evolutions in instant payments in the euro area, and how the regulation relates to digital identity developments, the digital euro project, and broader cross-border payments initiatives.

This week s Developments considers changes in data sharing frameworks, such as the EU s Common European Data Spaces initiative and Hong Kong s push toward Open Finance, highlighting that while some advancements in effective data sharing policies have been made, more coordinated work is needed.

This week s Developments examines Digital ID as an enabler for digital initiatives in the financial industry.

This week s Digital Finance Developments considers the recent European Union digital finance policy announcements, highlighting that the overlapping effects of these multi-faceted policy proposals will need to be carefully studied and likely be felt beyond Europe.

This week s Digital Finance Developments examines digital identities. Digital identities are embedded in every aspect of the digital economy, and global policymakers are paying increasing attention to their creation and management, including establishing governance principles.

This briefing note summarizes some of the key digital finance themes that emerged throughout the dedicated digital finance track, as well as in other sessions throughout the week.

This briefing note highlights three major areas of potential commercial benefit for banks and insurers: modernizing relationships with consumers by maintaining the bank’s position of centrality as an identity provider; supporting SMEs in the eCommerce economy through protecting their use of customer data; and exploring new product and revenue opportunities.

This briefing note describes the major themes and developments observed during this festival.

This briefing note summarizes some of the key digital finance themes that emerged throughout the Annual Membership Meeting, focusing on six main topical themes that surfaced in various discussions during the weeklong virtual event, including customer-centricity, cross-border standardization, regulatory frameworks, digital identity, ethical use of data, and artificial intelligence.

This briefing note summarizes some of the key themes from the IIF Digital Interchange: The Global Dialogue on Digital Finance, a virtual event which brought together leading executives, specialists, and policymakers to discuss the economy of tomorrow.

On September 24, 2020, the European Commission published a package of digital finance strategy and legislative proposals.

This briefing note on digital inclusion examines the use of digitalization, digital identity, and changing infrastructures to promote a more inclusive economy.

This note summarizes the major themes and developments from the IIF's Digital Financial Inclusion Summit on November 7th, 2019 in Cairo, Egypt.

This paper looks at global digital identity developments, the implications and opportunities for financial service providers, and how the emerging digital identity ecosystem is increasing access to finance and financial inclusion.

As the first in a new 3-part series on Digital Identity, this paper explores the key considerations for international standard setters and local regulators on how to embed Digital Identity and promote widespread uptake.

The IIF is engaging in a thematic, 3-part series of papers on Digital Identities, covering AML frameworks, financial inclusion and business opportunities.

The June 2019 IIF Global Regulatory Update provides updates on Advocacy on Addressing Market Fragmentation, Evaluation of Too-Big-To-Fail (TBTF) Reforms and the Basel III Finalization & Cumulative Capital Impact Study.

Despite enormous effort and investments from the financial and public sectors to detect and counter money laundering, illicit flows in the financial s.