National Bank of Moldova recaps IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings engagement and signals November report on reserve management

The National Bank of Moldova published a recap of its delegation’s participation in the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings in Washington, DC, describing high-level discussions on Moldova’s macroeconomic outlook, structural reforms and financial-sector modernisation. The update highlights Moldova’s completion of Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) evaluations and its accession to the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) as key milestones referenced in the dialogues. Governor Anca Dragu, together with First Deputy Governor Petru Rotaru and Deputy Governor Tatiana Ivanicichina, held meetings with IMF Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura and World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Antonella Bassani, as well as IMF constituency representatives including Executive Director Jeroen Clicq and Alternate Executive Director Marnix van Rij, and World Bank Executive Director Eugene Rhuggenaath. The agenda also included the IMF constituency meeting and Regional Economic Outlook sessions hosted by IMF Europe Department Director Alfred Kammer, alongside engagement on payments digitalisation, financial inclusion and sustainable finance; the central bank also noted Dragu’s contribution to the Annual Meetings’ official publication, which framed SEPA integration as reducing administrative barriers and improving the speed, safety and cost-efficiency of payments for citizens and businesses. The National Bank of Moldova said takeaways from the OMFIF conference on reserve management, the OMFIF Global Public Investor 2025 results and information from bilateral meetings with major central banks will be used for a research report scheduled for publication in November 2025.