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Re:A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters by adolph on Friday February 25, 2022 @05:23PM (#30473082)
It seems like the linked regulation is not yet implemented. Further, your response to a question about a guarantee is regulation and reports? How does anyone know the reports of another central bank are true? When a central bank fakes numbers, what are the consequences, if any, and who adjudicates them?

Basel III was agreed upon by the members of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in November 2010, and was scheduled to be introduced from 2013 until 2015; however, implementation was extended repeatedly to 1 January 2022 and then again until 1 January 2023, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Re:A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters by lxgr on Friday February 25, 2022 @05:48PM (#30473334)
Good point – I should have linked to the general concept instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel_Accords

> Further, your response to a question about a guarantee is regulation and reports? How does anyone know the reports of another central bank are true? When a central bank fakes numbers, what are the consequences, if any, and who adjudicates them?

Money, especially fiat money, is a social construct. The conformance with and violation of it is therefore within the domains of law and politics.

> How does anyone know the reports of another central bank are true?

Monetary theory is not my expertise, but I'm curious how a central bank report can even be "false" (assuming it is issuing fiat currency and isn't falsely claiming to be backed by foreign reserves or commodities, for example).

Re:A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters by chii on Friday February 25, 2022 @10:30PM (#30475030)
> how a central bank report can even be "false"

they issued money to institutions or individuals, but pretended that they didn't in the reports, thus creating untraceable money without oversight.

Re:A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters by remram on Saturday February 26, 2022 @12:15AM (#30475358)
How do they "issue money" if they don't report that transaction? Do you mean cash?