REGULATORS

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REGULATORS BY COUNTRY


COUNTRY             FINANCIAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY


Afghanistan   Da Afghanistan Bank


Albania           Financial Supervisory Authority (AMF)


Algeria        Commission d'Organisation et de Surveillance des Opérations de Bourse (COSOB)


Andorra    Andorran Financial Authority (AFA)


Angola      Capital Markets Commission (CMC) ; 


Agência       Angolana de Regulação e Supervisão de Seguros (ARSEG)


Anguilla        Eastern Caribbean Central Bank ; Financial Services Commission (FSC)


Antigua & Barbuda 

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank ; 

Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC)


Argentina

Central Bank of Argentina ; 

Comisión Nacional de Valores [es] (CNV) ;
Superintendency of Insurance (SSN)


Armenia

Central Bank of Armenia


Aruba

Central Bank of Aruba


Australia

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) ;
Australian  Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ; 
Australian  Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA)


Austria 

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

Financial Market Authority (FMA)


Azerbaijan

Central Bank of Azerbaijan ;

 Financial Market Supervisory Authority of Azerbaijan (FIMSA)


Bahamas

Central Bank of The Bahamas ;

 Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) ; 
Insurance Commission of The Bahamas

Bahrain Central Bank of Bahrain


Bangladesh

Bangladesh Bank ;

 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ; 
Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA)


Barbados

Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) ; 
Central Bank of Barbados 

 Financial Services Commission (FSC)


Belarus  National Bank of the Republic of Belarus


Belgium

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

National Bank of Belgium ; 

Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA)


Belize

International Financial Services Commission (IFSC) ;

 Office of Supervisor of Insurance & Private Pensions (OSIPP)


Benin

Banking Commission of the West African Monetary Union (CB-UMOA) ; 

Financial Markets Authority of the West African Monetary Union (AMF-UMOA) ;

 Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Bermuda  Bermuda Monetary Authority


Bhutan  Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan


BoliviaAutoridad de Supervisión del Sistema Financiero (ASFI)


Bosnia and Herzegovina

Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina ; 

Securities Commission of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (KOMVP)


Botswana

Bank of Botswana ;

 Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA)


Brazil

Central Bank of Brazil ; Securities Commission (CVM) ; 

Superintendency of Private Insurance (SUSEP) and

 Agência Nacional de Saúde Suplementar [pt] (ANS)


British Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVIFSC)


BruneiBrunei Darussalam Central Bank


Bulgaria

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

Bulgarian National Bank ; 

Financial Supervision Commission [bg] (FSC)


Burkina Faso

Banking Commission of the West African Monetary Union (CB-UMOA) ; 

Financial Markets Authority of the West African Monetary Union (AMF-UMOA) ; 

Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Burundi

Banque de la République du Burundi(BRB) ; 

Autorité de Régulation des Marchés des Capitaux (ARMC) 

Agence de Régulation et de Contrôle des Assurances (ARCA)


Cabo VerdeBank of Cape Verde


Cambodia

National Bank of Cambodia ; 

Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC)


Cameroon 

Central African Banking Commission (COBAC) ; 
Central African Financial Market Supervisory Commission (COSUMAF) ;

 Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Canada

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) ; 

Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) ;

 Financial Consumer Agency of Canada ; 

Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) ; C

anadian Public Accountability Board (CPAB)


Cayman Islands  Cayman Islands Monetary Authority


Central African Republic

Central African Banking Commission (COBAC) ;

 Central African Financial Market Supervisory Commission (COSUMAF) ;

 Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Chad   

Central African Banking Commission (COBAC) ; 
Central African Financial Market Supervisory Commission (COSUMAF) ; 

Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Chile

Central Bank of Chile ; 

Comisión para el Mercado Financiero [es] (CMF) and 

Superintendencia de Pensiones de Chile [es] (SP)


China

Central Financial Commission (CFC) ; 

Central Financial Work Commission (CFWC) ; 

National Administration of Financial Regulation (NAFR) ; 

China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)


Colombia  Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia


Comoros

Central Bank of the Comoros ;

Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Democratic Republic of the Congo

Central Bank of the Congo ; 

Autorité de Régulation et de Contrôle des Assurances (ARCA)

Republic of CongoCentral African Banking Commission (COBAC) ;

 Central African Financial Market Supervisory Commission (COSUMAF) ; 

Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Costa Rica

Superintendencia General de Valores (Sugeval) and 

Superintendencia General de Seguros [es]


Côte d'Ivoire  Central Bank of West African States


Croatia

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

Croatian National Bank and Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency [hr] (Hanfa)


Curaçao  Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten


Cyprus

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

Central Bank of Cyprus ; 

Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CYSEC) ;

 Insurance Companies Control Service (ICCS) ; 

Registrar of Occupational Retirement Benefit Funds


Czech Republic  Czech National Bank


DenmarkFinancial Supervisory Authority 


Dominica

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank ; 

Financial Service Unit of the Commonwealth of Dominica (FSU)

Dominican Republic Superintendencia de Bancos de la República Dominicana [es] (SB) ; 

Superintendencia de Seguros de la República Dominicana ; 

Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores (SIMV)


Ecuador

Superintendencia de Bancos del Ecuador [es] ; 

Superintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros


Egypt        Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority


El Salvador

Superintendencia del Sistema Financiero (SSF) ;

 Instituto De Garantía De Depósitos[1] (IGD)


Equatorial Guinea

Central African Banking Commission (COBAC) ; 
Central African Financial Market Supervisory Commission (COSUMAF) ; 

Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Estonia  European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 


Bank of Estonia ; Financial Supervisory Authority (Finantsinspektsioon)


Eswatini   

Central Bank of Eswatini ; 

Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA)


Ethiopia   National Bank of Ethiopia


European Union (see also individual member states)

European Central Bank (ECB) ; 

Single Resolution Board (SRB) ; 

European Banking Authority (EBA) ; 

European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ; 

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) ; 

European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)


Faroe Islands   Insurance Authority of the Faroe Islands for insurance, pension and mortgages ; all other finance is regulated by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority


FijiReserve Bank of Fiji


Finland

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ;

 Financial Supervision Authority (Finanssivalvonta or FIN-FSA) ; 

Finnish Financial Stability Authority (RVV)


France

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) ; 

Financial Markets Authority (AMF) ; 

Haut Conseil du commissariat aux comptes [fr] (H3C)


Gabon

Central African Banking Commission (COBAC) ; 

Central African Financial Market Supervisory Commission (COSUMAF) ;

 Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Georgia National Bank of Georgia


Germany

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and

 Abschlussprüferaufsichtsstelle [de] (APAS, Auditor Oversight Body)

Ghana Bank of Ghana ; Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ;

 National Insurance Commission (NIC)


Gibraltar

Financial Services Commission (FSC)


Greece

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

Bank of Greece ; 

Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC)


Georgia Insurance State Supervision Service of Georgia


Grenada

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank ; 

Grenada International Financial Services Authority (GIFSA)


Guatemala  Superintendencia de Bancos de Guatemala [es] (SB)


Guernsey  Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC)


Guinea

Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea ; 

Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)

Guinea-BissauBanking Commission of the West African Monetary Union (CB-UMOA) ; 

Financial Markets Authority of the West African Monetary Union (AMF-UMOA)


Honduras National Banks and Securities Commission


Hong Kong

Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) ;

 Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) ;

 Hong Kong Insurance Authority (IA) ; 

Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) ; 

Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC)


Hungary Hungarian National Bank


IcelandCentral Bank of Iceland (the Financial Supervisory Authority (FME), merged into it in 2020)


IndiaReserve Bank of India (RBI) (including the Banks Board Bureau)


Indonesia

 Bank Indonesia (BI) ; 

Financial Services Authority (OJK) ; 

Deposit Insurance Agency (LPS)


Iran  Central Bank of Iran ; Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO)


Iraq  Iraq Securities Commission (ISC)


Ireland

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

Central Bank of Ireland ;

 Pensions AuthorityIsraelIsrael Securities Authority (ISA) ; 

Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority (CMISA)


Italy

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

Bank of Italy ; including the Institute for the Supervision of Insurance (IVASS) ; 

Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) ; 

Commissione di Vigilanza sui Fondi Pensione (COVIP)


Ivory CoastBanking Commission of the West African Monetary Union (CB-UMOA) ; 

Financial Markets Authority of the West African Monetary Union (AMF-UMOA) ; 

Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Jamaica

Bank of Jamaica ; 

Financial Services Commission (FSC)


Japan  Financial Services Agency (FSA) ; including the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC)


Jersey  Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC)


Jordan

Central Bank of Jordan ;

 Jordan Securities Commission (JSC)


Kazakhstan

National Bank of Kazakhstan ; 

Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Development of Financial Market


Kenya

Central Bank of Kenya ; 

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) ; 

Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA)


South Korea

Financial Services Commission (FSC) ; 

Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) ; 

Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC)


Kosovo  Central Bank of Kosovo


Kuwait

Central Bank of Kuwait ; 

Capital Markets Authority (CMA)


Kyrgyzstan  State Service for Financial Market Regulation and Supervision (FSA)


Laos  Lao Securities Commission (LSC)


Latvia

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

Bank of Latvia ;

 Financial and Capital Market Commission [lv](FCMC)


Lebanon

Banking Control Commission of Lebanon (BCCL) ; 

Capital Market Authority (CMA) and Insurance Control Commission (ICC)


Lesotho Central Bank of Lesotho


Liechtenstein  Financial Market Authority (FMA)


Lithuania

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ;

 Bank of Lithuania


Luxembourg

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) ;

 Commissariat aux Assurances (CAA)


Macau   Monetary Authority of Macao


Malawi   Reserve Bank of Malawi


Malaysia

Central Bank of Malaysia ; 

Securities Commission Malaysia


Maldives

Maldives Monetary Authority ;

 Capital Market Development Authority (CMDA)


Mali

Banking Commission of the West African Monetary Union (CB-UMOA) ; 

Financial Markets Authority of the West African Monetary Union (AMF-UMOA) ;

Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Malta

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

Central Bank of Malta ; Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)


Isle of Man  Isle of Man Financial Services Authority (IOMFSA)


Mauritania 

Central Bank of Mauritania

MauritiusBank of Mauritius ;

 Financial Services Commission (FSC)


Mexico

Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) ; 

Comisión Nacional de Seguros y Fianzas (CNSF) ; 

Comisión Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Usuarios de Servicios Financieros [es] (CONDUSEF)


Moldova National Commission for Financial Markets


Monaco Commission de Contrôle des Activités Financières (CCAF)


Mongolia

Bank of Mongolia ; 

Financial Regulatory Commission (FRC)


Montenegro

Central Bank of Montenegro ; 

Capital Market Authority of Montenegro (SCMN) ; 

Insurance Supervision AgencyMontserratEastern Caribbean Central Bank ; 

Montserrat Financial Services Commission


Morocco

Moroccan Capital Market Authority [fr] (AMMC) ; 

Autorité de Contrôle des Assurances et de la Prévoyance Sociale (ACAPS)


Mozambique

Bank of Mozambique ; 

Instituto de Supervisão de Seguros de Moçambique (ISSM)


Namibia    Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA)


Nepal

Nepal Rastra Bank ; 

Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) ;

 Nepal Insurance Authority (Beema Samiti)


Netherlands

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

De Nederlandsche Bank ; 

Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)


New Zealand

Reserve Bank of New Zealand ; 

Financial Markets AuthorityNigerBanking Commission of the West African Monetary Union (CB-UMOA) ; Financial Markets Authority of the West African Monetary Union (AMF-UMOA) ; 

Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Nigeria

Central Bank of Nigeria ;

 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ; 

National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) ; 

National Pension Commission (PENCOM)


North Macedonia

National Bank of North Macedonia ; 

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ;

 Insurance Supervision Agency (ISA)


Norway  Financial Supervisory Authority 


Oman   Capital Market Authority


Pakistan

State Bank of Pakistan ; 

Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP)


Palestinian National AuthorityPalestine Capital Market Authority (PCMA)


Panama

Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá [es] ; 

Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores [es] and 

Superintendencia de Seguros y Reaseguros de Panamá [es]


Papua New Guinea

Bank of Papua New Guinea ; 

Securities Commission of Papua New Guinea (SCPNG)


ParaguayCentral Bank of Paraguay ; 

National Securities Commission (CNV)


Peru

Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP [es] (SBS) and 

Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores [es] (SMV)


Philippines

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ; 

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ;

Komisyon ng Seguro (Insurance Commission) ; 

Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC)


Poland

Financial Supervision Authority (KNF)

PortugalEuropean Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

Bank of Portugal ; 

Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM) and 

Autoridade de Supervisão de Seguros e Fundos de Pensões [pt] (ASF)


Qatar

Qatar Central Bank ;

 Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA)


Romania

National Bank of Romania ; 

Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF)


Russia

Central Bank of Russia


Rwanda

National Bank of Rwanda ; 

Capital Market Authority (CMA)


Saint Lucia

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank ;

 Financial Sector Supervision Unit


Saint Kitts and Nevis

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank ; 

Financial Services Regulatory Commission ; 

Nevis Financial Regulatory Services Commission


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank ;

 International Financial Services Authority


SamoaCentral Bank of Samoa ; Samoa International Finance Authority


San MarinoCentral Bank of San Marino (BCSM)


Saudi Arabia

Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) ; 

Capital Markets Authority (CMA)


Senegal

Banking Commission of the West African Monetary Union (CB-UMOA) ; 

Financial Markets Authority of the West African Monetary Union (AMF-UMOA) ;

 Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Serbia National Bank of Serbia ; Securities Commission (SEC)


Seychelles

Central Bank of Seychelles ; 

Financial Services Authority (FSA Seychelles)


Singapore

Monetary Authority of Singapore ; 

Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)


Slovakia

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; 

National Bank of Slovakia ; 

Slovak Resolution Council


Slovenia

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ;

 Bank of Slovenia ; 

Securities Market Agency (ATVP) ; 

Insurance Supervision Agency (AZN)


South Africa

South African Reserve Bank hosting the Prudential Authority ; 

National Credit Regulator ; 

Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA)


Spain

European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision 

 Bank of Spain ; 

Fondo de Reestructuración Ordenada Bancaria ;

 National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) ; 

Dirección General de Seguros y Fondos de Pensiones (DGSFP) and 

Instituto de Contabilidad y Auditoría de Cuentas [es] (ICAC)


Sri Lanka

Central Bank of Sri Lanka ; 

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ; 

Insurance Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (IRCSL)


Suriname

Central Bank of Suriname


Sweden

Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) and 

Swedish Inspectorate of Auditors [sv] (Revisorsinspektionen)


Switzerland

Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)


Syria

Central Bank of Syria ; 

Syrian Commission on Financial Markets and Securities (SCFMS) ;

 Syrian Insurance Supervisory CommissionTaiwanFinancial Supervisory Commission (FSC)


TanzaniaCapital Markets and Securities Authority (CMSA) ; 


Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority (TIRA)


Thailand

Bank of Thailand ; 

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ;

 Office of Insurance Commission (OIC)


Togo

Banking Commission of the West African Monetary Union (CB-UMOA) ;

 Financial Markets Authority of the West African Monetary Union (AMF-UMOA) ; 

Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA)


Trinidad and Tobago

Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago ; 

Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC)


Tunisia

Conseil du marché financier (CMF) ;

 Comité Général des Assurances (CGA)


Turkey

Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency of Turkey (BRSA) ; 

Capital Markets Board (SPK) ; 

Insurance and Private Pension Regulation and Supervision Agency (IPRSA)

Turks and CaicosTurks and Caicos Islands Financial Services Commission (TCIFSC)


Uganda Bank of Uganda ; 

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) ; 

Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda


Ukraine  National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC)


United Arab Emirates

Central Bank of the UAE ; 

Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) ;

 Insurance Authority (IA)


United Kingdom  Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ;


Uruguay

Central Bank of Uruguay ;

 Superintendencia de Servicios Financieros (SSF)


Uzbekistan Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan


Vanuatu Reserve Bank of Vanuatu


Vatican CitySupervisory and Financial Information Authority


Venezuela

Superintendencia de las Instituciones del Sector Bancario de Venezuela [es] (SUDEBAN) ; 

Superintendencia Nacional de Valores (SNV)


Vietnam

State Securities Commission (SSC)


Zambia

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Zambia) ; 

Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA)


Zimbabwe

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) ; 

Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SECZIM) ; 

Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC)


Others authorities by sovereign states and dependencies


Bosnia and Herzegovina

Republika Srpska Securities Commission of the Republika Srpska (SECRS)


Canada

Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)

Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) ;

India

GIFT International Financial Services CentreInternational Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)


Kazakhstan

Astana International Financial CentreAstana Financial Services Authority (AFSA)


Malaysia

Labuan International Business and Financial CentreLabuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA)


Qatar

Qatar Financial CentreQatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA)


United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi Global MarketFinancial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA)


United Arab Emirates

Dubai International Financial CenterDubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)


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