Banks must disclose their exposure to crypto-assets.

Switzerland) Global banking regulators have approved templates for banks to disclose information about their crypto assets from January 2026. The rules will be published at the end of July. These regulations aim to achieve greater transparency in the banking sector regarding the holding of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets.

“This disclosure is intended to improve the availability of information and support market discipline,” the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said in a statement.

The committee, which met on July 2 and 3, also made a number of adjustments to interest rate shocks and the methodology related to the bank’s portfolio interest rate risk standard, and agreed to consult on updating the principles of good third-party risk management.

In the field of crypto-assets, it approved a disclosure framework for banks’ exposures with a standardized set of public tables and templates aimed at improving the availability of information and supporting market discipline

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