Media Center

Welcome to the 19th International Conference of Banking Supervisors (ICBS) Media Center. Here you can find press releases, photos and background documents about this meeting.

ICBS is a private meeting and media access is restricted to press conferences. All requests from press are subject to review and approval; please send a mail from the Contact section.

The BIS Media and Public Relations team is located in Basel, Switzerland, and is available Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00 Central European Time. E-mail: press@bis.org Telephone: (+41 61) 280 8188. The SBIF Communications is located in Santiago, Chile, and is available Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00 (UTC -3). E-mail: erojas@sbif.cl Telephone: (+56 2) 2887 9309.

Press Releases

Access copies of press releases from the Conference and other materials from press conferences.

• BIS - Basel Committee announces Chile as host of the 2016 International Conference of Banking Supervisors - 12 June 2015
• SBIF - Comité de Basilea anuncia que Chile será sede de Conferencia Internacional de Supervisores Bancarios 2016 - 12 June 2015

Background Documents

We offer the following documents for the press and analyst community.

• About the Basel Committee
• History of the Basel Committee
• Chairmen of the Basel Committee
• History of the Basel Committee (PDF)

Photos and Videos

During the conference, we will provide photos and video files from the conference meetings and from the press conference.

Available photos

• Senior BIS officials
• BIS buildings
• Photos from Chile (Chile.travel)
• Videos de Chile (Chile.travel)