The National Bank of Moldova and the Bank of France have signed a memorandum of understanding in Paris, establishing a broad framework for bilateral cooperation focused on exchanging expertise and strengthening institutional capacity. The cooperation scope covers monetary policy and financial stability, financial-market regulation and supervision across banking, non-bank and insurance sectors, capital account liberalisation, macroeconomic research and studies, and the digital transformation of business processes and risk management. The memorandum also provides National Bank of Moldova experts with access to training programmes delivered by the Bank of France’s International Banking and Financial Institute, aimed in particular at developing skills in macroeconomic analysis and financial policy.