Congo's Ministry of Finance and Economy held a working session with the General Directorate of National Financial Institutions (DGIFN) to review the directorate’s mandate and discuss priorities for supervising the national financial ecosystem. The agenda covered mobile money and financial inclusion, a prospective regulatory framework for transactions involving the electronic currency Bitcoin, and the operationalization of the Automobile Guarantee Fund. DGIFN was presented as the technical body supporting the minister on oversight of national financial institutions, including banks and similar credit institutions, microfinance institutions, payment institutions, intermediary companies and insurance experts, with responsibility for ensuring the application of applicable regulations. Forward-looking workstreams cited included establishing a BVMAC-Congo national agency to promote the unified Central African Stock Exchange, creating a national register of financial institutions, and introducing fees for the administrative processing of licensing approval applications.

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