The Basel Committee implementation programme has been integral to international financial architecture. Having celebrated its 50th anniversary on 24-25 April, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has journeyed from a humble forum for G7 bank supervisors to a titan among global financial standard-setting bodies. Its standards and principles – especially the Basel framework, and the core principles for effective banking supervision – remain critical at a time when a wide range of risks, vulnerabilities and transformation impacts the global banking system. Now with a membership of 45 members from 28 jurisdictions, ... (full story)