International standard setting organisations

Organisations whose responsibilities include defining prudential and other standards applicable to a specific group of financial industry participants operating in a particular financial services sector and in a geographic region encompassing more than one country. Examples include the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, the standard setters for the banking, securities and insurance sectors respectively, and the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems, a forum for coordinating the oversight functions of central banks with respect to payment systems.