Dominican Republic's Superintendency of the Securities Market (SIMV) held an awareness and capacity-building session focused on its new regulation for investment crowdfunding, aimed at clarifying the framework’s scope and supporting implementation across the local financial ecosystem. The initiative positions investment crowdfunding as an additional financing route, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises. Organised by SIMV’s Directorate of Regulation and Innovation, the event brought together national authorities, international specialists, and representatives from the Central Bank and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs for technical presentations, open discussions and Q&A. SIMV highlighted that the rulemaking process drew on working groups, a public consultation period, and technical input from the World Bank and Colombia-based Carvajal & Abogados, and the programme included coverage of global crowdfunding trends, key risks and benefits, regulatory approaches in other markets, and a detailed walkthrough of the Dominican framework’s processes, requirements, definitions and investor protection mechanisms. SIMV indicated it will continue running dialogue, training and technical-support activities to accompany implementation of the investment crowdfunding framework.
Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores de la Republica Dominicana 2026-01-30
Dominican Republic's Superintendency of the Securities Market holds implementation session on new investment crowdfunding regulation
The Superintendency of the Securities Market of the Dominican Republic (SIMV) held a session to explain its new investment crowdfunding regulation for supporting small and medium-sized enterprises. National and international experts, including the Central Bank and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs, discussed global trends, risks, and regulatory approaches. SIMV plans ongoing dialogue and training to facilitate the framework's implementation.