At the Black Sea and Balkans Security Forum in Bucharest, National Bank of Moldova Governor Anca Dragu presented the central bank’s role in safeguarding financial stability during Moldova’s European integration, with a focus on strengthening banking sector resilience against hybrid and cyber threats. In that context, she highlighted the bank’s commitment to transpose the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation and the Digital Operational Resilience Act as strategic priorities for modernising and securing the national financial system. Her remarks also pointed to progress in modernising payment infrastructure and advancing digital transformation, with the stated objective of building an inclusive, interoperable financial system aligned with European standards. The governor said the central bank is continuing to strengthen supervision of financial institutions, including in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, and linked Moldova’s European path to faster interconnection with European financial infrastructure and integration into the Single Euro Payments Area. She also referred to Moody’s recent upgrade of Moldova’s sovereign rating from B3 to B2 as evidence of stronger economic and institutional conditions and progress in implementing European reforms.
National Bank of Moldova 2026-05-12
National Bank of Moldova outlines MiCA and DORA transposition priorities and SEPA integration progress at Black Sea and Balkans Security Forum
The National Bank of Moldova Governor used the Black Sea and Balkans Security Forum to outline the central bank’s role in safeguarding financial stability during European integration, prioritising banking sector resilience to hybrid and cyber threats and transposition of the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation and Digital Operational Resilience Act. She highlighted modernisation of payment infrastructure, strengthened supervision in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, closer alignment with European financial infrastructure and the Single Euro Payments Area, and noted Moody’s upgrade of Moldova’s sovereign rating to B2 as evidence of improved economic and institutional conditions.