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The rails, standards and rules your network runs on

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From the rule-makers to the rails

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Regulators and standard setters 24

Financial regulator or supervisor

Payment Systems Regulator

UK regulator of payment systems; sets the reimbursement requirement for authorised push payment scams.

  • United Kingdom
  • Payments
psr.org.uk (official website)

Source: PSR: APP scams, checked on

Financial regulator or supervisor

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

US charterer and supervisor of national banks and federal savings associations.

  • United States
occ.gov (official website)

Source: OCC: About, checked on

Financial regulator or supervisor

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Independent US agency that insures deposits and supervises and examines financial institutions.

  • United States
fdic.gov (official website)

Source: FDIC: About, checked on

Financial regulator or supervisor

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

US consumer finance regulator; administers Regulation E and issued the personal financial data rights rule under Section 1033.

  • United States
  • Data rights
  • Payments
consumerfinance.gov (official website)

Source: CFPB: The CFPB, checked on

Financial regulator or supervisor

Monetary Authority of Singapore

Singapore's central bank and financial regulator; published the FEAT principles for AI and data analytics in finance.

  • Singapore
  • Payments
mas.gov.sg (official website)

Source: MAS: FEAT principles, checked on

Data protection authority

Information Commissioner's Office

UK data protection regulator, responsible for how personal data is used, including by AI systems.

  • United Kingdom
  • Data rights
ico.org.uk (official website)

Source: ICO: About the ICO, checked on

International standard setter

Bank for International Settlements

Supports central banks' pursuit of monetary and financial stability; hosts the CPMI and the BIS Innovation Hub.

  • International
  • Payments
bis.org (official website)

Source: BIS Innovation Hub: overview, checked on

International standard setter

Financial Stability Board

Coordinates financial regulators internationally; has reported on the financial stability implications of AI.

  • International
fsb.org (official website)

Source: FSB: About the FSB, checked on

International standard setter

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Intergovernmental organisation; several jurisdictions use its definition of an AI system in their laws and guidance.

  • International
oecd.ai (official website)

Source: OECD.AI: AI Principles overview, checked on

Standards bodies 7

Standards body

Internet Engineering Task Force

Develops internet standards, including OAuth 2.0, rich authorization requests, token exchange, DPoP and HTTP message signatures.

  • International
  • Identity
ietf.org (official website)

Source: IETF: Introduction, checked on

Standards body

World Wide Web Consortium

Develops web standards, including Verifiable Credentials, Decentralized Identifiers and Secure Payment Confirmation.

  • International
  • Identity
  • Payments
w3.org (official website)

Source: W3C: About us, checked on

Identity and credential bodies 5

Identity or credential body

Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation

Operates the Global LEI System and the verifiable LEI (vLEI) for organisational identity.

  • International
  • Identity
gleif.org (official website)

Source: GLEIF: This is GLEIF, checked on

Payment networks and rails 10

Payment system

TARGET Instant Payment Settlement

Eurosystem service that settles instant payments in central bank money, around the clock.

  • European Union
  • Payments
  • Instant payments

Part of ECB

ecb.europa.eu (official website)

Source: ECB: What is TIPS?, checked on

Sandboxes and innovation hubs 8

Innovation hub or project

Project Orchid

MAS project exploring purpose-bound money: payments whose conditions of use are set in the money itself.

  • Singapore
  • Tokenisation
  • Payments

Part of MAS

mas.gov.sg (official website)

Source: MAS: Project Orchid, checked on

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