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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has released a consultative document on the implications of fintech for the financial sector. 

 

"Sound practices: Implications of fintech developments for banks and bank supervisors" assesses how technology-driven innovation in financial services, or "fintech", may affect the banking industry and the activities of supervisors in the near to medium term.

Various future potential scenarios are considered, with their specific risks and opportunities. 

 

In addition to the banking industry scenarios, three case studies focus on technology developments (big data, distributed ledger technology, and cloud computing) and three on fintech business models (innovative payment services, lending platforms and neo-banks).

Although fintech is only the latest wave of innovation to affect the banking industry, the rapid adoption of enabling technologies and emergence of new business models pose an increasing challenge to incumbent banks in almost all the scenarios considered.

Banking standards and supervisory expectations should be adaptive to new innovations, while maintaining appropriate prudential standards. Against this background, the Committee has identified 10 key observations and related recommendations on the following 

supervisory issues for consideration by banks and bank supervisors: 

1. The overarching need to ensure safety and soundness and high compliance standards without inhibiting beneficial innovation in the banking sector;
2. The key risks for banks related to fintech developments, including strategic/profitability risks, operational, cyber and compliance risks;
3. The implications for banks of the use of innovative enabling technologies;
4. The implications for banks of the growing use of third parties, via outsourcing and/or partnerships;
5. Cross-sectoral cooperation between supervisors and other relevant authorities;
6. International cooperation between banking supervisors;
7. Adaptation of the supervisory skillset;
8. Potential opportunities for supervisors to use innovative technologies ("suptech");
9. Relevance of existing regulatory frameworks for new innovative business models; and
10. Key features of regulatory initiatives set up to facilitate fintech innovation.

The Committee says that it welcomes comments on all aspects of the consultative document. 

 

Comments should be uploaded by Tuesday 31 October 2017 via the following BCBS link.

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