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General Principles for International Remittances Services

The General Principles for International Remittances Services (GPs) provide guidance on how to improve the national market for international remittances by increasing efficiency and ultimately reducing the cost of transfer.

The IRB Use Test: Background and Implementation

This document presents a number of principles that are intended to support banks and supervisors in interpreting the key use test provisions of the Basel II Framework.

High-Level Principles for Business Continuity

The document outlines business continuity principles that apply to industry participants and financial authorities.

Supervisory guidance on the use of the fair value option for financial instruments by banks

This document was issued to provide supervisors with guidance on the prudential supervision of banks’ implementation of the fair value option.

Home-host information sharing for effective Basel II implementation

This document addresses the question of information sharing between home and host supervisors under the Basel II Capital Framework.

Compliance Function at Market Intermediaries

This document sets out principles with measures for implementation to assist market intermediaries to increase the effectiveness of their compliance function.

General Guidance to Promote Effective Interrelationships among Financial Safety Net Participants

This paper provides practical advice to safety net participants on how to promote interrelationships that will contribute to financial stability.

General guidance for national payment system development

The document provides assistance and advice on the planning and implementation of reforms in national payment systems.

General Guidance for the Resolution of Bank Failures

This paper provides general guidance for deposit insurers and other safety net participants interested in establishing or enhancing their mechanisms for the resolution of failed or failing banks.

Anti-Money Laundering Guidance for Collective Investment Schemes

The document provides guidelines on how to apply global AMF/CFT standards to the operation of collective investment schemes (CIS).