Key Topics

The IIF is leading efforts to help our members and the public sector understand and leverage the technology-driven transformations reshaping financial services. We focus on distributed ledger technology, artificial intelligence (AI), quantum, data policy, fraud & scams, digital identity, cloud, cross-border payments and other areas where financial technology is rapidly evolving. Our industry-leading work on digital asset regulation engages global standard setting bodies and central banks to help understand and shape the use of distributed ledger technology, development of stablecoins, and other tokenization solutions. Effective and responsible use of AI applications in financial services is a focus area as we advocate for the appropriate policy approaches to this fast-changing field. We support development of new payments infrastructure and innovation for more efficient and secure cross-border payments. Our events bring together senior public sector officials, financial services leaders, and technology experts.

The IIF is the leading voice for the financial services industry on global regulatory and policy issues. The IIF engages continuously and constructively with global standard setters and other policymakers through formal submissions, staff papers and reports, as well as through regular dialogue, targeted events, industry surveys, and podcasts. We help shape the global policy and regulatory agenda by providing industry input and feedback on critical issues such as sustainable finance, international capital and liquidity standards for banks and insurers, resolution, non-bank financial intermediation, accounting standards, combatting financial crime, operational resilience, cyber security, and crypto-assets.

The IIF promotes global efforts to enhance the global debt architecture and closely monitors the rapidly evolving sectoral debt dynamics across mature and emerging markets, with particular emphasis on sovereign debt.  In addition, the IIF works to implement the Principles for Stable Capital Flows and Fair Debt Restructuring – a set of guidelines formulated by a working group of representatives of emerging market borrowers and their official and private creditors.

The IIF identifies and promotes capital markets solutions that support the development and growth of sustainable finance, with transition finance and blended finance as key components. We partner with representatives from major institutional investors, commercial banks, insurance companies, ratings agencies, as well as public sector collaborators to scale the sustainable finance market, globally, and help shape official sector initiatives that address the environmental, social and governance concerns impacting the finance industry.  In addition, the IIF advocates for sustainable finance policies that prioritize prudential risk management, financial stability, and economic growth.