The Albania Financial Services Authority published an update on its ongoing cooperation with experts from the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) to strengthen Albania’s non-bank financial markets, with a particular focus on developing the country’s capital market. In a recent meeting, AMF Executive General Director Adela Xhemali and her team reviewed the progress of the technical assistance with OTA representatives Arthur Simonson and Ralph Scholtz and discussed next steps toward establishing a functional and sustainable capital market. The cooperation spans several areas including information technology, the insurance market, consumer protection and financial education, while the project’s stated objective includes expanding the range of financial instruments and encouraging bond issuance to create new financing alternatives for Albania’s economy.