How to Build Financial Resilience Through AR Intelligence

whitePaper | May 17, 2022

COVID-19 has highlighted the urgent need for collective action to augment the existing global health security financing system and mobilize additional resources for increased investments in pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR). Avoiding future pandemics requires investing substantially more in PPR; these investments will help avert the much larger costs that the world would have to incur if we were to be caught unprepared for the next global health crisis. Countries must step up domestic investments in the core capacities needed to prevent and contain future pandemics, in accordance with the International Health Regulations. This must be complemented by enhanced external financing, particularly for developing countries. The joint World Bank-WHO paper on PPR financing needs and gaps1 prpeared for the G20 Joint Finance and Health Task Force (JFHTF) estimated that external financing amounting to an additional $10.5 billion per year, over the next five years, is needed for investments at the country, regional and global level to strengthen the capacity of low-income and middle-income countries. PPR is a global public good. Mobilizing the needed external financing to strengthen PPR in lowand middle-income countries and regions, that are the most fiscally stretched and in need of financial support, is the collective responsibility of the international community.

whitePaper | May 11, 2023

Financial institutions are transforming how they interact with customers and employees. They are seeing the immense value of implementing digital tools to meet today’s expectations and demands — specifically, mobile technology tools that enable banking from anywhere.

whitePaper | June 28, 2023

Central banks have different motivations for exploring or developing central bank digital currency (CBDC), and the demand for improved domestic and cross-border payment rails differs across jurisdictions. To help central banks in the planning and development of their CBDCs and to make sure that interoperable functionalities are considered in time, the central bank community should take steps at the beginning of the design process to include these considerations. Although this paper does not take a stance on the choice to issue a CBDC, it considers interoperability in a global future state where a CBDC may exist.

whitePaper | September 3, 2022

Money has transformed human society, enabling commerce and trade even between widely dispersed geographic locations.

whitePaper | May 23, 2023

In May 2020, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published new guidelines on loan origination and monitoring that represent a demanding set of regulations aimed at enhancing banks’ lending processes from the point of underwriting to ongoing monitoring throughout the loan life cycle. Implementing these guidelines has significant implications for systems, data management and internal processes.

whitePaper | August 1, 2022

The Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) is pleased to present the August 2022 edition of the Bank Accounting Advisory Series (BAAS). The BAAS expresses the OCA’s interpretations of accounting topics relevant to national banks and federal savings associations (collectively, banks or institutions, unless otherwise specified). We hope that you find this publication useful and that it continues to be a practical resource for bankers and examiners. The BAAS is updated annually to address ongoing accounting questions, newly issued and updated accounting standards, and emerging issues observed through March 31. Consistent with prior editions of the BAAS, the 2022 update does not focus on questions related to the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and does not reflect policy statements and rules issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 policy statements and rules address specific challenges and are not intended to be used by analogy in non-COVID-19 situations.