To extend global reach, BIS is establishing four new Innovation Hub Centres over the next two years to foster international collaboration on innovative financial technology within the central banking community.

A Nordic Innovation Hub Centre will serve as a focal point for a network of experts on innovation, for research on critical trends in financial technology of relevance to central banks, and for promoting international cooperation to enhance the functioning of the global financial system.

Located in Stockholm, the Nordic Innovation Centre will keep Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and Norway in the forefront of research into digital solutions and analysis of fintech innovation. According to BIS, this centre will offer great depth of expertise in many areas of financial innovation relevant for central banks.

About BIS Innovation Hub Centres

During 2019, BIS established Innovation Hub Centres in Hong Kong, Switzerland and Singapore. BIS is now expanding its network and establishing four new Innovation Hub Centres in collaboration with the Bank of Canada (Toronto), the Bank of England (London), the Eurosystem (Frankfurt and Paris) and four Nordic central banks (Danmarks Nationalbank, the Central Bank of Iceland, Sveriges Riksbank and Norges Bank) in Stockholm. In addition, BIS will also form a strategic partnership with the Federal Reserve System in New York.