Public institutional portal
Digital Bank of International Settlements
DBIS
- Treasury modernization under the Order of Hospitallers
- Settlement governance and regulated counterparty coordination
- Auditable operating architecture across banking, ledger, and settlement environments
The Digital Bank of International Settlements (DBIS) functions as the Order's tripartite institution for treasury modernization, settlement governance, and regulated counterparty coordination. It aligns sovereign treasury authority, regulated financial counterparties, and technical settlement infrastructure into a single auditable operating framework.
Public access covers mandate, governance, research, and policy documents. Secure services for submissions, requests, reporting, and member operations are available through the authenticated portal.
Official seal of DBISInstitutional mark for public documents, portal identity, and member materials
Institutional scale indicators
120+
Institutional participants
current intake envelope
6
Continents
active geographic coverage
4
Control mandates
treasury, compliance, settlement, evidence
3
Institutional chambers
sovereign, financial, technical
Figures summarize current institutional scope and operating posture. Expanded published series appear in the data and dashboard surfaces as they are released.
Tripartite institutional mechanism
DBIS is constituted as the tripartite institutional mechanism of the Order of Hospitallers, aligning sovereign treasury authority, regulated financial counterparties, and technical settlement infrastructure into a single auditable operating framework.
| Chamber | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Sovereign Chamber | Order, Treasury, legal authority | Mandate, constitutional authorization, treasury policy, appointment authority, reserve policy, signatories, and internal approvals. |
| Financial Chamber | Banks, custodians, correspondent institutions, regulated PSPs | KYC, AML/CFT, custody, payment execution, fiat settlement, bank acknowledgements, and counterparty monitoring. |
| Technical Chamber | DBIS, OMNL, HYBX, Chain 138, ISO 20022 rails | Workflow orchestration, ledger posting, reconciliation, evidence hashes, audit trails, and optional Chain 138 attestation. |
Operational doctrine
- Treasury Control
- Mandates, signatories, internal approvals, reserve policy, and appointment authority.
- Compliance Control
- EDD, KYC/CDD, sanctions screening, source-of-funds review, and ongoing monitoring.
- Settlement Control
- ISO 20022 payment spine, bank acknowledgements, OMNL journal entries, and HYBX workflow state.
- Evidence Control
- Reconciliation packets, message references, payload hashes, and optional Chain 138 attestation.
ILO tripartism = State + Employers + Workers. DBIS tripartism = Sovereign Treasury + Regulated Financial Counterparties + Technical Settlement Infrastructure.
Institutional access
Structured entry points for public readers, participating institutions, accredited operators, and policy teams.
- GovernanceTripartite chambers, mandate, charter, councils, and authorities
- MembersParticipating institutions and membership framework
- GRUReserve programme under treasury, settlement, and evidence controls
- DocumentsStandards, directives, notices, and reports
- ResearchPolicy studies, technical papers, and program analysis
- SecurityTrust anchors, evidence hashes, disclosure, and reporting channels
- DashboardPublished indicators and institutional system views
- Secure accessSign in for submissions, requests, reporting, and member workflows
Global member map— headquarters coordinates and participation footprint.