The Central Bank of Oman announced that its board, at its first meeting of the year, approved a set of governance, financial and policy decisions. The main actions were approval of the audited financial statements of the Central Bank of Oman, the Bank Deposits Protection Scheme and the Oman Credit and Financial Information Center (Mala'a) for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2025, along with approval of a regulatory policy for non-banking financial institutions. The board also approved the future strategy for the College of Banking and Financial Studies and amendments to the financial regulations of Mala'a. In addition, it approved the Central Bank's financial position for the last quarter of 2025 and reviewed recent developments in the banking and economic sectors. The meeting also covered other agenda items, with decisions taken on those matters.