The 17th BIS Annual Conference took place in Zurich, Switzerland, on 22 June 2018. The event brought together a distinguished group of central bank Governors, leading academics and former public officials to exchange views on the topic "Ten years after the Great Financial Crisis: what has...

Technology is transforming payments. Digital innovation is disrupting the instruments (eg cash) and institutions (eg banks) that have historically dominated payments. New players are developing innovative payment solutions that compete with traditional means of payment provided by banks....

As the globalization of financial markets continues, we urgently need to understand the crises that have plagued these markets and the policies best suited to preventing such crises in the future. In this book, a prominent group of economists and policymakers blend conceptual analysis and policy...