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TheBasel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)[1] is a committee of banking supervisory authorities that was established by thecentral bank governors of theGroup of Ten (G10) countries in 1974.[2] The committee expanded its membership in 2009 and then again in 2014. As of 2019, the BCBS has 45 members from 28 jurisdictions, consisting of central banks and authorities with responsibility of banking regulation.[3]
The committee agrees on standards for bank capital, liquidity and funding. Those standards are non-binding high-level principles. Members are expected but not obliged to undertake effort to implement them e.g. through domestic regulation.[citation needed]
The committee provides a forum for regular cooperation on banking supervisory matters. Its objective is to enhance understanding of key supervisory issues and improve the quality of banking supervision worldwide. The committee frames guidelines and standards in different areas – some of the better known among them are the international standards on capital adequacy, the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision and the Concordat on cross-border banking supervision.[4] The committee's Secretariat is located at theBank for International Settlements (BIS) inBasel, Switzerland. The BIS hosts and supports a number of international institutions engaged in standard setting and financial stability, one of which is BCBS. Yet like the other committees, BCBS has its own governance arrangements, reporting lines and agendas, guided by thecentral bank governors of the G10 countries.[5]
Globalization in banking and financial markets was not accompanied by global regulation. National regulators remained the most important actors in banking practices. They had a capacity problem and an information problem.[6] Therefore, the purpose of the BCBS is to encourage convergence toward common approaches and standards. The committee is not a classical multilateral organization, in part because it has no founding treaty. BCBS does not issue binding regulation; rather, it functions as an informal forum in which policy solutions and standards are developed.[7]
The Basel Committee formulates broad supervisory standards and guidelines and recommends statements of best practice in banking supervision (seebank regulation or "Basel III Accord", for example) in the expectation that member authorities and other nations' authorities will take steps to implement them through their own national systems.[citation needed]
Currently, committee members come fromArgentina,Australia,Belgium,Brazil,Canada,China, theEuropean Union,France,Germany,Hong Kong,India,Indonesia,Italy,Japan,Korea,Luxembourg,Mexico, theNetherlands,Russia,Saudi Arabia,Singapore,South Africa,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey, theUnited Kingdom, and theUnited States. The committee's Secretariat is located at theBank for International Settlements (BIS) inBasel, Switzerland. However, the BIS and the Basel Committee remain two distinct entities.
Until 2009, members included only developed countries: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States.[8]
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The Basel committee along with its sister organizations, theInternational Organization of Securities Commissions andInternational Association of Insurance Supervisors together make up theJoint Forum of international financial regulators.[citation needed] However, the committee is not autonomous. Although it has latitude, its work is reported to the central bank governors of the G10. It cannot communicate conclusions, nor make proposals, to bodies outside the Bank for International Settlements without the general agreement and support of these governors.[9]
The committee is sub-divided into groups, each of which have specific task forces to work on specific issues:
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