World’s Central Banks Tackle Technology With Innovation Hub

World’s Central Banks Tackle Technology With Innovation Hub
World’s Central Banks Tackle Technology With Innovation Hub
The old and the new in Frankfurt: The European Central Bank and the Dreikönigskirche (Three Kings' Church). Frankfurt Tourist+Congress Board
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ZURICH—Central banks grappling with fast-changing financial technology and companies like Facebook moving into finance will aim to work together more closely through an innovation hub approved on Sunday by the Bank for International Settlements.

The BIS said the intention of the hub, which will be based in Basel, Hong Kong and Singapore, is to improve the functioning of the global financial system and it will identify and develop insights into trends in technology affecting central banking.