Basel Committee on Banking Supervision(BCBS)

Objectives and Business Areas

The BCBS, established in 1974 in accordance with the resolution of the central bank Governors of the G10, is an international organization to set standards for bank regulation and supervision and promote international cooperation. Its members have increased to include 28 countries now. Member institutions are central banks and supervisory authorities of each country. The member institutions representing Korea are the Bank of Korea and the Financial Supervisory Service entrusted by the Financial Services Commission.

BCBS's activities focus on bank regulation, and major issues for discussion in 2014 include policy reform, with the primary goal of completing the crisis-initiated reforms, monitoring and assessing implementation of the Basel framework, further examining the balance between simplicity, comparability and risk-sensitivity and improving the effectiveness of supervision. The BCBS is also in charge of assessing the compliance of individual jurisdiction's domestic regulations with the international minimum requirements defined by the Basel Committee through the Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP).

Organization

BCBS consists of the Meeting of Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and a number of working groups including the Risks and Vulnerabilities Assessment Group (RVG), the Supervisory Cooperation Group (SCG), the Policy and Standards Group (PSG) and the Basel Consultative Group (BCG).

BCBS Organogram

The Bank of Korea's Activities

The Bank of Korea joined the BCBS in March 2009 when it was expanding its members from 13 nations to 28. The start of the Bank’s membership coincided with the nascent discussion of a new set of bank regulation standards, the ‘Basel III’ in order to overcome the global financial crisis and prevent another one from occurring. Therefore, the Bank actively participated not only in the GHOS Meeting and the BCBS Meeting but also in working groups such as the RVG, the SCG, the PSG and the BCG contributing considerably to the success of each group. In October 2024, the Bank hosted the PSG Meeting. Moreover, the Bank has hosted numerous working group meetings.

List of Member Institutions

BCBS Member Institutions