Basel Committee Consolidates Banking Guidelines and Sound Practices

Basel Committee Publications

Published February 26th, 2026

Detected March 13th, 2026

Summary

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has launched a new website section consolidating its banking guidelines and sound practices. This initiative aims to improve accessibility for banks and supervisors. A consultative document is open for feedback until June 26, 2026.

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What changed

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has released a consolidated version of its banking guidelines and sound practices, presented on a new, user-friendly website section. This initiative consolidates existing PDF documents into a modular format, aiming to enhance accessibility for banks and supervisors. The BCBS is seeking stakeholder feedback on this new structure and content through a consultative document.

Interested parties, including banks and financial advisers, are invited to submit comments by June 26, 2026. The feedback will be used to refine the consolidated guidelines. While this is a non-binding consolidation of existing practices, participation in the consultation is encouraged to shape the final presentation of these important supervisory materials.

What to do next

Review the consolidated banking guidelines and sound practices on the new BCBS website.
Submit comments on the consultative document by June 26, 2026.

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Consolidated guidelines and sound practices

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pages Topics: The Basel Committee on Banking supervision has launched a new section of its website that sets out a consolidated version of its guidelines and sound practices for banks and supervisors. The consolidated guidelines and sound practices aim to improve the accessibility of the Committee's outputs in a user-friendly format. The website has been published, initially in draft form, together with a consultative document to gather feedback from stakeholders.

Guidelines and sound practices are currently published on the Committee's section of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) website, as a series of pdf documents. The new website reorganises the contents of existing guidelines and sound practices into a modular format.

The Committee welcomes comments from a broad range of interested stakeholders on the three questions set out in the consultative document. Comments should be uploaded here by Friday 26 June 2026. All comments will be published on the Bank for International Settlements website unless a respondent specifically requests confidential treatment.