National Bank of Moldova holds talks with European Commission DG ECFIN on Growth Plan reforms and SEPA integration

The National Bank of Moldova reported on a bilateral meeting in Brussels between Governor Anca Dragu and Maarten Verwey, Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), focused on Moldova’s macroeconomic stability and EU integration agenda. The discussions covered recent macroeconomic and banking-sector developments and the National Bank’s priorities for maintaining a robust prudential framework aligned with European standards. A central topic was Moldova’s Growth Plan in connection with reforms under the International Monetary Fund-supported programme, alongside the National Bank’s measures aimed at ensuring and maintaining price stability. The meeting also addressed Moldova’s integration into the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), which is expected to become operational next week, and reiterated the importance of implementing recommendations under the EU Enlargement Package and assessing the equivalence of Moldova’s banking prudential framework with that of the EU under the European Banking Authority methodology.