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2026-04-30•Australia•Department of Treasury (Australia)
The Australian Treasury has launched a consultation on reforms to how the Data Standards Body develops, maintains and communicates regulatory data standards for the Consumer Data Right and Digital ID, including clearer scope, a structured seven-phase lifecycle and more predictable release timing. Proposals include up to two Consumer Data Right standards releases per year with standardised implementation periods by impact level, less frequent Digital ID updates with set obligation dates, and shifting formal consultations from GitHub to the Treasury consultation platform while seeking feedback on GitHub’s future role.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesRegulatory burden
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2026-04-30•Australia•Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released its Monthly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Statistics for March 2026, providing selected data on the banking business of individual banks in the domestic market. The package includes the March 2026 data file, a back series from March 2019 to March 2026, and a glossary, and notes a series break from March 2002 due to changes in reporting coverage and definitions.
Data & statisticsSupervisory data
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2026-04-30•Australia•Australian Securities & Investments Commission
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has discontinued its winding-up proceedings against Liberty Bell Bay Pty Ltd. ASIC had sought the order due to the company’s failure to lodge annual financial reports, but the appointment of administrators has deferred its financial reporting obligations while the administration proceeds.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsAccounting and financial reporting
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2026-04-30•Australia•Reserve Bank of Australia
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s March 2026 Financial Aggregates show seasonally adjusted total credit up 0.7 percent in the month and 8.1 percent over the year, with business credit rising 0.8 percent in March and 9.9 percent annually, housing credit 0.6 percent and 7.3 percent, and personal credit 0.6 percent and 4.5 percent. Broad money increased 0.7 percent in March and 8.3 percent over the year. Historical data were revised, and the RBA warned that publication of financial aggregates and some statistical tables may be delayed due to the decommissioning of the Direct to APRA reporting system.
Data & statisticsMonetary data
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2026-04-30•Australia•Reserve Bank of Australia
The Reserve Bank of Australia, through the Account-to-Account Payments Roundtable, has launched a public consultation on a draft long-term vision for Australia’s account-to-account payments system. Developed with Australian Payments Network, Australian Payments Plus and Commonwealth Treasury, the draft sets outcomes for the system to remain safe, reliable, low cost, easy to use and inclusive, and outlines desired qualities as technology and user preferences evolve. Feedback will be used to finalise the vision and inform an industry roadmap for future A2A payment products and infrastructure.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesPayments and payment systems
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2026-04-30•United States•National Credit Union Administration
The National Credit Union Administration has liquidated People Trust Community Federal Credit Union in North Little Rock, Arkansas, after determining it was insolvent, operating in an unsafe and unsound manner, and violating multiple provisions of the Federal Credit Union Act and NCUA regulations. Member deposits remain protected by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, and NCUA’s Asset Management and Assistance Center will contact individuals with verified share accounts.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsPrudential risksFinancial stability and systemic risk
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2026-04-30•Chile•Central Bank of Chile
The Central Bank of Chile has reappointed Pablo García González as alternate economist member of the Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia for a further six-year term starting after 18 June 2026. The board also approved three-person shortlists for one permanent economist member, one permanent lawyer member and one alternate lawyer member, which have been sent to the relevant ministers for presidential appointment by Supreme Decree following a public, anonymized selection process.
Institutional developmentLeadership change & appointmentsLeadership change and appointments
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2026-04-30•Chile•Central Bank of Chile
The Central Bank of Chile has published its 2025 Integrated Annual Report, combining financial performance with environmental, social, and governance information and highlighting management during its centenary year. The report, the bank’s seventh under the 2021 Global Reporting Initiative standard, includes messages from senior leadership, a section on its 100th anniversary, thematic chapters on governance, mandate, operations, and stakeholder engagement, and the 2025 financial statements.
Institutional developmentOther
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2026-04-30•United States•U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Jason Burt, Deputy Director for Specialized Units in the Division of Enforcement, will depart the agency on May 1, 2026 after more than 22 years of service. Burt has overseen enforcement investigations and litigation across multiple specialized units, supervised the Office of the Whistleblower and the Cross-Border Task Force, and previously served as Regional Director of the Denver Regional Office overseeing examination and enforcement programs across eight states.
Institutional developmentLeadership change & appointmentsLeadership change and appointments
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2026-04-30•Canada•Canadian Bankers Association
The Canadian Bankers Association’s federal budget submission outlines six recommendations covering financial crime, AML/ATF, prudential capital, corporate tax, account transfers and internal trade barriers. It urges a more coordinated anti-fraud and AML/ATF framework with centralized reporting, better information sharing and a review of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, plus targeted capital changes such as lower risk weights for SME exposures. It also calls for reform of sector-specific taxes, a statutory ban on registered plan transfer fees, and stronger federal‑provincial alignment on AML/ATF, privacy and payment services oversight.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesFraud and scamsAML and CFT
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2026-04-30•Canada•Canadian Bankers Association
The Canadian Bankers Association told a parliamentary committee that Canadian banks already provide broad SME financing, with more than CAD 355 billion in credit outstanding and high approval rates, and that key growth constraints are input costs, tax, hiring and regulation rather than credit availability. It said technology-driven credit assessment has helped increase SME credit by about 80 percent since the global financial crisis, and reiterated recommendations to adjust capital adequacy frameworks, streamline guarantee programmes, expand data sharing with government and reduce non-financing barriers to support further lending.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesSME financing
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2026-04-30•Brazil•Brazil Securities Commission (CVM)
The Brazil Securities Commission’s April roundup details supervisory, rulemaking and market-monitoring actions, including the 2025 Sanctioning Activity Report showing a near tripling of stop orders year-on-year, the 2026 Economic Bulletin highlighting growth in share offerings, and Resolution CVM 242 aligning accounting rules with international standards. It also covers new technical cooperation agreements with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and the Central Bank, enforcement and warning actions, technical guidance on fixed income trading and FII in CRI reporting, selected settlement proposals, and the suspension of Cia Industrial Schlosser S.A.’s listed company registration.
SupervisionOtherEnforcement statistics
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2026-04-30•Egypt•Central Bank of Egypt
The Central Bank of Egypt said Governor Hassan Abdalla and Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye Governor Fatih Karahan co-chaired a virtual meeting of the Financial Stability Board’s MENA Regional Consultative Group, with central bank governors from 11 countries, the IMF and other officials. They discussed FSB and G20 priorities, global and regional risk assessments, and how heightened geopolitical risks—such as oil price volatility, supply chain disruption and capital flow pressures—affect financial stability in the Middle East. The Central Bank of Egypt detailed regional shocks, their impact on Egypt and its policy response, while other jurisdictions shared their own risk assessments and containment measures.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-30•Panama•Superintendencia de Bancos de Panama
The Superintendency of Banks of Panama has signed a cooperation agreement with the Superintendency of Non-Financial Subjects to establish reciprocal technical cooperation and the exchange of statistical and strategic information. The framework provides for joint initiatives such as information sharing, working groups, secondments and training to strengthen supervisory capacity and risk management to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
SupervisionCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-30•Panama•Superintendencia de Bancos de Panama
The Superintendency of Banks of Panama reported that the International Banking Center maintained a robust financial position, with continued balance sheet expansion despite compressed margins and high funding costs. Total deposits rose 6.59 percent to USD 118,521.6 million, the net loan portfolio increased 3.9 percent to USD 101,414.5 million, and net assets grew 4.50 percent to USD 164,208.5 million, while liquidity and solvency ratios of 55.51 percent and 16.27 percent remained well above regulatory minimums. The authority will maintain supervisory focus on financial soundness, risk management, portfolio quality, capital adequacy and efficiency.
Data & statisticsCapital adequacyLiquidity riskAsset quality
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2026-04-30•Europe•European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s April 2026 Insurance Risk Dashboard finds overall risks in the European insurance sector remain stable at a medium level, with higher inflation expectations, persistent geopolitical tensions and uncertainty around the conflict in Iran weighing on the outlook. Credit risk is steady despite some portfolio reallocation toward riskier bonds, while market risk has increased amid higher bond and equity volatility. Solvency, profitability and insurance risks are also assessed at a medium level, supported by stronger capital positions, strong premium growth and stable underwriting performance.
Data & statisticsFinancial and market indicatorsSupervisory data
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2026-04-30•Europe•European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has published its April 2026 risk dashboard for institutions for occupational retirement provision, highlighting elevated geopolitical tensions, higher inflation projections and market risks as key concerns. While bond spreads have widened and equity and corporate market volatility has increased, liquidity and funding risks are contained and the financial position of defined benefit IORPs has strengthened. The dashboard covers defined contribution and defined benefit schemes in the European Economic Area, based on Q4 2025 regulatory data from 625 IORPs and market data up to end-March 2026.
SupervisionRisk monitoring & watch pointsMarket risk and volatilityGeopolitical risk
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2026-04-30•Australia•Australian Securities & Investments Commission
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of ABL Funds Management Pty Ltd for failing to lodge statutory audit and financial reports for the financial years ending 30 June 2023, 2024 and 2025. The cancellation, which affects ABL’s authority to provide advice, deal in financial products and offer custodial and depository services to wholesale clients, is recorded on the regulator’s professional register, and ABL may seek review by the Administrative Review Tribunal.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsAuditingAccounting and financial reporting
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2026-04-30•Philippines•Central Bank of the Philippines
The Central Bank of the Philippines’ latest Senior Bank Loan Officers’ Survey indicates most banks expect lending standards to remain unchanged in Q2 2026 for both business and household loans, though the diffusion index still points to net tightening. A net 23.1 percent of banks foresee tighter standards for business loans and 22.9 percent for household loans, while loan demand is expected to be broadly stable, with a net increase only for enterprise loans.
Data & statisticsLending
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2026-04-30•United States•U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, has sent information requests to 15 major credit card issuers regarding fees on credit card use for sports-betting and prediction market platforms, particularly when transactions are treated as cash advances. The letters highlight risks of undisclosed or poorly disclosed fees that can lead to expensive, compounding debt and note that a prior Warren probe reportedly prompted about 80 percent of the sports gambling market to stop accepting credit card transactions.
SupervisionRisk monitoring & watch pointsConsumer and investor protection
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2026-04-30•United States•U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
U.S. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren, joined by 31 Senate Democrats, submitted a comment letter opposing the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s proposal to roll back the housing disparate impact rule. The senators argue the January 14, 2026 proposal would weaken Fair Housing Act enforcement, including against discriminatory effects from AI-based property technologies, and call on the agency to rescind the rule and resume disparate impact investigations.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOther
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2026-04-30•Australia•Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has finalised targeted amendments to Prudential Standard CPS 230 Operational Risk Management, Prudential Practice Guide CPG 230 and the Material Service Provider Register template. The changes introduce limited exemptions from certain contractual requirements for material arrangements with specified non-traditional service providers, including central banks and clearing and settlement facilities, and clarify expectations for managing these arrangements and reporting on exempt providers.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOperational risk and resilience
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2026-04-30•Argentina•Argentina Securities Commission (CNV)
The Argentina Securities Commission has released for consultation four draft General Resolutions that would shift significant parts of the capital markets authorization framework from prior approval to automatic public offering authorization based on information filings, while preserving supervisory powers. Draft Resolutions 1132 and 1133 would establish Expanded Medium Impact automatic regimes for issuers and fiduciary negotiable securities, and Draft Resolutions 1134 and 1135 would introduce automatic authorization for establishing and amending open-ended common investment funds and certain closed-ended funds, including real estate funds, when targeted at qualified investors or below a specified issuance limit.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsMarket development
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2026-04-30•Australia•Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has issued a letter to regulated entities outlining findings from a 2025 supervisory review of artificial intelligence use, warning that governance, risk management, assurance and operational resilience are not keeping pace with rapidly expanding deployments. The review highlights board-level technical literacy gaps, lagging information security controls, fragmented assurance, concentration risks in AI suppliers and weak contingency planning, and sets expectations for stronger oversight, cyber hygiene, human involvement in high-risk decisions and integrated assurance. APRA is finalising a supervisory plan and signalled it will escalate enforcement where entities fail to manage AI risks proportionately.
SupervisionReviews, inspections & stress testsArtificial intelligence
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2026-04-30•Argentina•Argentina Securities Commission (CNV)
The Argentina Securities Commission has launched a public consultation on draft reforms to the regime for Global Programs, Frequent Issuers and standalone negotiable obligations, including under the CNV SME framework. The proposal would shift various filings from prior CNV approval to automatic authorization upon submission via the TAD platform and disclosure on the Financial Information Highway, extend this treatment to prospectus updates, introduce a 30-day minimum term for series or classes under Global Programs, and adjust internal delegated powers.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsMarket development
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2026-04-30•Argentina•Argentina Securities Commission (CNV)
The Argentina Securities Commission has launched a public consultation on draft amendments to broaden the digital representation regime for publicly offered negotiable securities and extend the regulatory sandbox to 31 December 2027. The proposal would expand tokenization to securities issued under any automatic authorization regime, including low- and medium-impact regimes, and to all closed-end mutual funds eligible for automatic public offering authorization, subject in some cases to voluntary prospectus preparation and specific authorization.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsTokenization
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2026-04-29•Mexico•Mexico Comision Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV)
Mexico’s National Banking and Securities Commission has released its quarterly report on financial savings and financing, alongside a public database with data through December 2025. Total financial savings reached MXN 34.7 trillion (95.6 percent of gross domestic product), while total financing stood at MXN 36.7 trillion (101.1 percent of gross domestic product), with domestic financing to the private sector at 38.4 percent of gross domestic product.
Data & statisticsFinancial and market indicatorsSupervisory data
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2026-04-29•Colombia•Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia
The Financial Superintendence of Colombia and the Colombian Securities Market Self-Regulatory Organization AMV have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation and information exchange in supervision, investigations and disciplinary coordination in the capital market. The agreement sets conditions for confidential information sharing, establishes a Coordination and Monitoring Committee to define operational protocols, and clarifies that it does not delegate functions or alter the existing legal framework.
SupervisionCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-29•Colombia•Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia
The Financial Superintendence of Colombia used the Regional Commercial Forum 2026 to warn citizens to verify that any entity, person or platform is authorized to raise money from the public before investing or accepting credit offers. It highlighted red flags such as promises of quick, safe, risk-free returns, very high short-term profits or doubling/tripling money via supposed international platforms, as well as fake lenders offering easy loans but requiring upfront payments for studies, insurance, procedures, commissions or administrative expenses.
SupervisionAlertsUnlicensed or unauthorized activity
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2026-04-29•Global•International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation
The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation has clarified that entities applying IFRS S2 to greenhouse gas emissions reporting should use the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard unless a jurisdictional authority or listing exchange requires a different method. All 15 Scope 3 categories in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Value Chain Standard must be assessed for relevance and materiality. The equity share, operational control or financial control approach may be used only where not in conflict with IFRS S2. Scope 3 emissions must be measured under IFRS S2, with the Value Chain Standard used only for definitions and categorisation. Entities must disclose which Scope 3 categories are included and provide IFRS S2 disclosures on measurement approach, inputs and assumptions.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationAccounting and financial reportingClimate risk and sustainable finance
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2026-04-29•St. Vincent & the Grenadines•St. Vincent & the Grenadines Financial Services Authority
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Financial Services Authority warned that more online platforms are falsely claiming to be registered, licensed or otherwise authorised to conduct virtual asset business in or from the jurisdiction, and clarified that no virtual asset service provider is currently authorised by it. It stressed that such providers must be licensed and subject to AML/CFT and proliferation financing supervision, and that operating without authorisation may lead to regulatory, civil or criminal action. It ordered firms to stop misleading claims, signalled ongoing monitoring and enforcement, including cooperation with foreign authorities, and urged the public to verify firms’ regulatory status and report suspicious activity.
SupervisionAlertsUnlicensed or unauthorized activity
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2026-04-29•Cuba•Ministry of Finance & Prices (Cuba)
Cuba’s Ministry of Finance and Prices has issued updated procedures for supervising bookkeeping activities to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. The measure designates self-employed workers, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, non-agricultural cooperatives, and local development projects providing bookkeeping services as obliged entities, requiring risk assessments, client screening against national and international lists, suspicious transaction reporting, data retention, and cooperation with authorities. A national training programme coordinated with local governments will support implementation.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsAML and CFT
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2026-04-29•Peru•Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP del Peru
The Superintendency of Banking, Insurance and Private Pension Fund Administrators of Peru is consolidating rules for implementing the Open Finance System and will establish a permanent committee with other authorities to strengthen financial system security against emerging risks. Superintendent Sergio Espinosa said Open Finance will enable financial institutions to broaden their reach and offer users who voluntarily share their data access to improved products and services, and that an agreement to create the committee will be signed with the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the Superintendency of the Securities Market.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOpen banking and finance
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2026-04-29•Kuwait•Kuwait Capital Markets Authority
The Kuwait Capital Markets Authority has granted Gulf Capital Investment a one-year private marketing licence to offer 1,323,571 shares of the Luxembourg CVC Private Equity Strategies Funds S.A SICAV - CVC - PE Global Private Equity in Kuwait, capped at KWD 50 million or equivalent. The offer, priced at net asset value per share plus a one-off 1.50% subscription fee, is restricted to professional clients as defined in Book One of the Executive Bylaws to Law No. 7 of 2010, with subscriptions accepted through Gulf Capital Investment and Gulf Bank.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLicence approval
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2026-04-29•Kuwait•Kuwait Capital Markets Authority
The Kuwait Capital Markets Authority has authorised National Investments Company to privately place 50,000,000 shares in Leasing and Finance Fund 50 LTD, a Cayman Islands collective investment scheme, to professional clients in Kuwait at USD 10 per share plus a one-off subscription commission of up to 2.25%. Subscription requests may be received by National Investments Company and National Bank of Kuwait, and the marketing licence is valid for one year from the licence certificate date, subject to timely payment of prescribed fees.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsSecurities offerings and listings
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2026-04-29•Iceland•Central Bank of Iceland
The Central Bank of Iceland has published minutes of the Financial Stability Committee’s March 2026 meeting, highlighting real estate market risks, particularly residential housing, the construction sector, and developments following amended borrower-based measures after late-2025 Supreme Court interest rate rulings. The committee also reviewed a new housing affordability indicator, private sector indebtedness, financial institutions’ resilience, implementation of the EU’s third Capital Requirements Regulation, financial market infrastructure and contingency planning, pension funds’ 2026 investment strategies, and Iceland’s deposit insurance framework.
SupervisionRisk monitoring & watch pointsFinancial stability and systemic risk
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2026-04-29•Slovenia•Slovenia Securities Market Agency
The Slovenia Securities Market Agency’s Council has adopted amendments to the rules on valuation of alternative investment fund assets and the calculation of net asset value and unit value. It also approved amendments to the rules on the capital of alternative investment fund managers.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsValuation
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2026-04-29•Russia•Ministry of Finance (Russia)
Russia’s Finance Ministry reported that Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev, in talks with UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, discussed bilateral economic cooperation with a focus on the proposed BRICS grain exchange. The exchange, backed by all BRICS leaders and now under operational development, is intended to create independent pricing benchmarks within BRICS and support more objective global valuation of agricultural commodities.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-29•Italy•Bank of Italy
The Bank of Italy’s 2026 Financial Stability Report says the Middle East conflict has raised risks to Italy’s financial stability via weaker global growth, higher inflation expectations, tighter financial conditions and renewed volatility, though domestic markets remain orderly and banks and insurers are starting from sound positions. The central bank confirmed macroprudential measures for 2026, keeping the systemic risk buffer at 1 per cent and the countercyclical capital buffer at 0 per cent, and set a 0.50 per cent buffer for BPER Banca and Monte dei Paschi di Siena from 1 April. It also updated capital requirements for other systemically important institutions involved in mergers, flagged risks from elevated global market valuations, particularly in technology, noted Italian investors’ limited exposure to US technology securities, and said it will adjust its macroprudential stance if needed.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsGeopolitical riskFinancial stability and systemic risk
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2026-04-29•Canada•Ontario Securities Commission
The Ontario Securities Commission has opened applications for membership on its independent Investor Advisory Panel, which provides the primary retail investor perspective on policy, rule-making and other regulatory initiatives. New members will be appointed by a selection committee of the Chief Executive Officer and two Executive Vice Presidents to staggered terms of up to two years as vacancies arise, aiming to maintain a broad mix of experience, skills, knowledge and investor perspectives.
Institutional developmentLeadership change & appointmentsHiring and recruitment
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2026-04-29•Canada•Ontario Securities Commission
The Ontario Securities Commission announced settlements with three individuals over failures to comply with director and officer bans imposed by the Capital Markets Tribunal, with each admitting misconduct, accepting an additional ban and paying a penalty. The cases form part of the Enforcement Division’s ongoing review of non-compliance with multi-year or permanent director and officer bans, and the authority said it will continue monitoring compliance and pursue further enforcement where breaches are identified.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsCorporate governance
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2026-04-29•Chile•Chile Financial Market Commission
The Chile Financial Market Commission, in its 2025 Institutional Public Account, set supervisory and regulatory priorities centered on closer technical engagement with market participants and a more proportionate, risk-based framework, emphasizing artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, climate change and other structural risks. Chairwoman Catherine Tornel detailed plans to advance Basel III standard risk models in banking and promote a Risk-Based Supervision Act for insurers, backed by data-driven, technology-enabled oversight. The CMF reported supervising over 8,000 entities representing about 74 percent of financial system assets, registering 42 fintech entities of which 37 were authorized, and imposing fines totaling UF 535,969 in 2025.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesOther
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2026-04-29•Chile•Chile Financial Market Commission
The Chile Financial Market Commission has published Chairwoman Catherine Tornel’s 2025 Institutional Public Account, outlining a supervisory agenda focused on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity risks, advanced banking risk measurement, a risk-based supervision bill for insurers, and expanded data-driven supervision. Tornel highlighted a complex macro-financial backdrop and reported that by end-2025 the Commission supervised over 8,000 entities managing about 74 percent of financial market assets, with 37 entities authorised under the Fintech Act and monetary fines totaling UF 535,969.
SupervisionSupervision approach, priorities & toolkitOther
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2026-04-29•Chile•Chile Financial Market Commission
The Chile Financial Market Commission’s March 2026 report shows bank lending returned to annual growth of 1.57 percent to USD 299,389 million, driven by commercial lending, while cumulative banking profits fell 9.15 percent to USD 1,439 million and profitability ratios declined despite improved credit risk indicators. Savings and credit cooperatives recorded loan growth of 7.72 percent to USD 3,843 million, led by consumer and housing portfolios, but saw mixed risk metrics and a 16.09 percent drop in cumulative results to USD 28 million with lower profitability ratios.
SupervisionRisk monitoring & watch pointsSupervision process and methodologies
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2026-04-29•Chile•Chile Financial Market Commission
The Chile Financial Market Commission reported that in March 2026 bank lending returned to annual growth and aggregate credit risk indicators improved, while cumulative profits declined for both banks and savings and credit cooperatives. Bank loans rose 1.57 percent in real terms over 12 months to USD 299,389 million as credit quality indicators eased, but cumulative profits fell 9.15 percent to USD 1,439 million. Cooperative loans grew 7.72 percent to USD 3,843 million with mixed credit risk trends, while cumulative results declined 16.09 percent to USD 28 million.
SupervisionRisk monitoring & watch pointsSupervision process and methodologies
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2026-04-29•Brazil•Central Bank of Brazil
The Central Bank of Brazil convened the BC Cyber Resilience Forum 2026 Critical Providers to discuss cybersecurity and operational resilience in the National Financial System, stating that cyber risk has become a structural risk for financial stability and that its cybersecurity regulatory agenda will continue. Officials emphasized coordinated action across critical technology providers, robust third-party risk management and secure arrangements for services such as Pix and the Reserve Transfer System. The central bank reported a sharp increase in critical incident reports and incidents involving diversion of financial institutions’ funds between 2020 and 2025 and signalled it will continue to assess potential regulatory enhancements.
Policy & regulationCooperationCyber resilience
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2026-04-29•Europe•European Financial Reporting Advisory Group
The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group has launched a consultation on its draft comment letter responding to the International Sustainability Standards Board’s proposed amendments to three Sustainability Accounting Standards Board standards and related industry-based guidance supporting IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures. The proposals cover Electric Utilities and Power Generators, Agricultural Products, and Meat, Poultry and Dairy, and are relevant for Europe given the continued role of SASB Standards in interoperability and potential use under the draft simplified ESRS 1 for entity-specific disclosures.
Policy & regulationInternational standards & recommendationsAccounting and financial reporting
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2026-04-29•Qatar•Qatar Central Bank
Central Bank of Qatar’s Monetary Policy Committee kept the QCB Deposit Rate at 3.85 %, Lending Rate at 4.35 % and Repo Rate at 4.10 %. The stance holds cumulative 75 bp cuts delivered through three 25 bp reductions between September and December 2025.
Monetary policyPolicy rate decisionsMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-04-29•United Arab Emirates•Central Bank of the UAE
Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates held the Overnight Deposit Facility base rate at 3.65 % on 29 April 2026, in line with the U.S. Federal Reserve’s pause and continuing the post-January stability following 75 bp of cuts in late 2025. It also left the short-term liquidity borrowing rate 50 bp above the base rate, preserving the policy corridor for interbank funding.
Monetary policyPolicy rate decisionsMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-04-29•Portugal•Portuguese Insurance Regulator (ASF)
Portugal’s Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority has amended its reporting framework to implement the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act for insurers, reinsurers, pension fund managers and larger insurance intermediaries. Covered entities must report registers of third-party ICT service contracts, planned ICT arrangements supporting critical or important functions, severe ICT-related incidents and, voluntarily, significant cyber threats, and maintain ICT risk management review reports and cost and loss estimates for ASF review. The amendments repeal prior ASF rules on ICT security, cloud outsourcing and ICT incident reporting to eliminate overlaps.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOperational risk and resilience
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2026-04-29•Israel•Bank of Israel
The Bank of Israel reported a 0.2 percent decline in its monthly Index of Economic Activity for March 2026, likely understating the slowdown due to incomplete data and Operation Roaring Lion. The fall was driven by weaker credit card purchases, retail trade, construction-related industrial production, goods exports and imports, and softer labor market indicators, partly offset by recent Tel Aviv Stock Exchange General Shares Index performance. The index’s growth pace remains below its long-term trend of about 0.3 percent, with recent months and fourth quarter 2025 data revised downward.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-29•Peru•Central Bank of Peru
The Central Bank of Peru reported that total credit to the private sector reached PEN 439.718 billion in March, up 7.3 percent year on year and 0.5 percent from February, with the annual growth rate rising from 7.1 percent in February. Lending to individuals increased 7.6 percent year on year to PEN 185.360 billion and credit to companies grew 7.1 percent to PEN 254.358 billion, while credit in soles expanded 5.9 percent and foreign currency credit growth remained at 12.7 percent.
Data & statisticsFinancial and market indicators
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2026-04-29•Bahrain•Central Bank of Bahrain
Central Bank of Bahrain left its overnight deposit rate unchanged at 4.25%, a level held since January 2026 following cumulative cuts of 75 bp between September and December 2025.
Monetary policyPolicy rate decisionsMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-04-29•India•Securities & Exchange Board of India
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has operationalised the Past Risk and Return Verification Agency framework by recognising Care Ratings Limited as PaRRVA and National Stock Exchange India Limited as the PaRRVA Data Centre, with services commencing on May 04, 2026. Investment advisers and research analysts wishing to communicate certified past performance must enrol with PaRRVA and use only PaRRVA-verified risk and return metrics. SEBI has also revised the composition requirements for the PaRRVA oversight committee, including minimum size, independence criteria, and seniority expectations, while leaving other provisions of the April 4, 2025 circular unchanged.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsRegulatory reporting
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2026-04-29•United States•U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs released Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren’s opening statement opposing President Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh as Chair of the Federal Reserve, noting the markup was the committee’s first party line vote on a Fed chair nominee. Warren argued that advancing Warsh would help President Trump tighten control over the central bank, citing ongoing pressure on Federal Reserve officials, concerns over Warsh’s independence, and what she described as over USD 100 million in secret financial assets and an unclear divestment plan.
Institutional developmentLeadership change & appointmentsLeadership change and appointments
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2026-04-29•United States•U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congresswoman Maxine Waters have urged Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman to rescind the Federal Reserve’s October 2025 stress testing proposals and overhaul its internal stress testing models before the 2027 cycle. They argue the proposals would weaken the stress testing framework, publicize internal models, allow banks to influence economic scenarios, and reduce capital cushions at the riskiest banks by more than USD 35 billion, increasing payouts and lowering loss-absorbing capacity.
Policy & regulationOtherStress testing
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2026-04-29•Philippines•Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission cleared Top Line’s shelf registration of up to 150 million preferred shares, subject to remaining requirements. The initial tranche could raise up to PHP 1.5 billion, with issuance and listing planned for June 11.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsSecurities offerings and listings
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2026-04-29•United States•Federal Reserve Board
The Federal Open Market Committee held the federal funds target at 3.50–3.75 percent, keeping a data-dependent stance after 75 bp of cumulative cuts in late-2025 amid solid growth, modest job gains and still-elevated energy-linked inflation and Middle East risks. Policy views diverged, with one member seeking a 25 bp cut and three supporting the hold but rejecting the statement’s easing bias.
Monetary policyPolicy rate decisionsMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-04-29•United States•U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs has advanced Kevin Warsh’s nomination to serve as Governor and Chair of the Federal Reserve, moving it to the full Senate for consideration. Chairman Tim Scott highlighted Warsh’s prior experience as a Federal Reserve Governor during the financial crisis and emphasized the need for a central bank focused on inflation, interest rates and responsiveness to American families.
Institutional developmentLeadership change & appointmentsLeadership change and appointments
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2026-04-29•Moldova•Ministry of Finance (Moldova)
The Ministry of Finance of Moldova announced government approval of a draft law amending the Law on Accounting and Financial Reporting No. 287/2017 to align national rules with the EU directive revising size criteria for entities and groups. The draft updates thresholds for classifying micro, small, medium-sized and large entities and groups from the 2027 reporting period, enabling more entities to use simplified financial reporting and reducing groups required to prepare consolidated financial statements.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsAccounting and financial reporting
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2026-04-29•Libya•Central Bank of Libya
The Central Bank of Libya has invited commercial banks to subscribe to Issue No. 14-2026 of unrestricted Mudaraba Deposit Certificates under the procedures and controls used for previous issuances and in line with the tenors and maturity dates set out in the subscription announcement.
Monetary policyMonetary policy instruments & operationsSecurities offerings and listings
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2026-04-29•Iceland•Central Bank of Iceland
The Central Bank of Iceland’s Financial Stability Committee kept the countercyclical capital buffer at 2.5% of domestic exposures, citing a strong financial system but heightened geopolitical risks from the Persian Gulf war and potential pressures on inflation, interest rates and foreign funding. It flagged housing and construction vulnerabilities, including high financing costs, rising construction loan shares and increased high loan-to-value lending to first-time buyers. Banks’ capital and liquidity were deemed strong, supported by CRR III, and the Bank plans to finalise offline card payment arrangements by end-H1 2026 to bolster financial infrastructure resilience.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsFinancial stability and systemic risk
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2026-04-29•United States•U.S. Financial Services Committee
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee released opening remarks by Task Force Chairman Frank Lucas for a hearing on derivatives in the Treasury market, emphasizing that Treasury-linked swaps, options and futures are critical for hedging, liquidity and price discovery as mandatory central clearing and bank capital rule changes approach. Lucas highlighted that derivatives liquidity supports cash Treasury market functioning and lower-cost public financing, welcomed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of two additional central counterparties and recent exemptive relief from the SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission for customer cross-margining, and stressed that clearing capacity must expand and bank capital proposals should reflect the risk-reducing benefits of clearing.
Policy & regulationOtherTrading
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2026-04-29•United States•U.S. Financial Services Committee
The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing on the Trump Administration’s revised 2026 bank capital proposals, including Basel III measures, assessing whether they are better calibrated than the 2023 version to safeguard safety and soundness while supporting lending and market making. Lawmakers and industry witnesses argued the 2026 package is more tailored and analytically grounded, citing an expanded impact analysis and changes that reduce capital increases for mortgages, mortgage servicing assets and derivatives, with expected benefits for market liquidity and access to credit.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesCapital adequacy
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2026-04-29•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has amended its NBFC registration and scale-based regulation framework to exempt NBFCs with no public funds, no customer interface and asset size below INR 1,000 crore from registration and reserve fund requirements, and to formalise three categories: Type I NBFCs, Unregistered Type I NBFCs and Type II NBFCs. The amendments set eligibility, disclosure and audit conditions for Unregistered Type I NBFCs, clarify that indirect public funds include group and associate funding with group-wide asset aggregation for the INR 1,000 crore threshold, and require larger or customer-facing firms to obtain Type I or Type II registration. Related directions now specify that regulatory relaxations apply only to NBFCs holding a Type I Certificate of Registration.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsLicensing framework and process
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2026-04-29•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has amended its Small Finance Banks Credit Risk Management Directions to require credit assessments to factor in the possible impact of calamities on affected borrowers. The change, implemented through a new paragraph 12A and linked to earlier revisions to the stressed assets resolution framework for small finance banks, will take effect on July 1, 2026.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsCredit riskStress testing
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2026-04-29•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has amended income recognition, asset classification and provisioning norms for small finance banks to align with revised Resolution of Stressed Assets Directions, allowing certain restructured borrower accounts under Chapter VI-A to retain or regain Standard classification. Banks must hold an additional specific provision of 5 percent of outstanding debt for each restructuring under Chapter VI-A, with defined conditions for reversal and differentiated interest income recognition for repeatedly restructured accounts.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsAsset quality
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2026-04-29•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has amended its stressed asset directions for small finance banks to introduce a dedicated framework for resolving standard borrower accounts affected by natural calamities and specified external events. The new Chapter VI-A replaces earlier restructuring provisions, sets eligibility criteria and timelines for resolution plans, and permits measures such as payment rescheduling, interest conversion and additional finance subject to viability. The amendments also introduce CIMS-based reporting of calamity notifications and relief data and align related credit risk, asset classification, provisioning and conduct requirements, effective July 1, 2026.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsNature-related risk
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2026-04-29•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has amended directions for small finance banks to introduce specific requirements for maintaining banking services in areas where a calamity is declared. Banks must ensure continuity of services through temporary premises and alternative delivery channels, restore ATM access, and may open small accounts for displaced or adversely affected persons lacking identification, as well as waive or reduce fees and charges for up to one year.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsFinancial inclusion
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2026-04-29•Czech Republic•Czech National Bank
Czech National Bank Governor Aleš Michl said the bank’s USD 1 million in bitcoin, a USD stablecoin and a tokenised deposit is a fixed test portfolio representing 0.0006% of assets, not an endorsement or step toward reserve inclusion. Internal modelling suggests a 1% bitcoin allocation could raise expected returns without increasing overall risk due to low long‑term correlations, but he likened bitcoin to venture capital and said this supports testing rather than reserve use. Michl added a tokenised Czech koruna could potentially feature in reserves, while reiterating the country does not need a central bank digital currency given its highly digitalised payments and the koruna’s legal‑tender status.
Monetary policyOtherCBDC
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2026-04-29•Malta•Central Bank of Malta
The Central Bank of Malta found that the net balance reporting improved business conditions fell to 33% in the first quarter of 2026, while the near-term expectations balance rose to 42%, its highest in almost two years. Cost and selling-price pressures increased, alongside stronger employment and investment plans. Firms reported limited effects from the Middle East conflict so far but saw risks from a prolonged escalation.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-29•Czech Republic•Ministry of Finance (Czech Republic)
The Cyprus Ministry of Finance said Finance Minister Makis Keravnos met European Securities and Markets Authority Chair Verena Ross to discuss priorities for Cyprus’s upcoming EU Council Presidency, focusing on financial stability, market integration and supervision. Keravnos said the Presidency would prioritise strengthening and enhancing ESMA’s effectiveness, guided by proportionality, risk-based supervision and supervisory convergence.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperationFinancial stability and systemic risk
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2026-04-29•Europe•European Banking Authority
The European Banking Authority has amended its Guidelines on connected clients to delete sections that are now superseded by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1728, which sets binding regulatory technical standards on when institutions must identify groups of connected clients. The changes aim to keep the framework for credit institutions clear, consistent and aligned across the European Union, and a consolidated version of the Guidelines reflecting the deletions has been published.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationOther
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2026-04-29•Europe•European Banking Authority
The European Banking Authority has issued final Guidelines on supervisory independence under the Capital Requirements Directive, setting minimum harmonised standards for managing conflicts of interest for staff and governance body members of competent authorities. The Guidelines cover pre-employment, annual and ad hoc declarations of interest, restrictions and disposal procedures for financial instrument holdings, governance body appointment criteria and tenure caps, cooling-off arrangements, and internal reporting and corrective measures for breaches.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationCorporate governance
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2026-04-29•Latvia•Ministry of Finance (Latvia)
The Ministry of Finance (Latvia) reported that retail trade volumes rose 4.6% year on year in the first quarter of 2026, driven by fuel and non-food sales, while food sales remained weak. The ministry warned that sustained price increases, including sharply higher fuel costs amid Brent crude above EUR 100 per barrel and geopolitical risks in the Middle East, could erode purchasing power and weigh on retail and services, although retail volume growth in 2026 could still reach 3% to 4% if the conflict eases.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-29•Global•World Bank
The World Bank’s latest Western Balkans Regular Economic Report projects subdued regional growth of 2.8 percent in 2026, 0.3 percentage points below previous forecasts, rising to 3.2 percent in 2027, reflecting spillovers from the Middle East conflict, persistent inflation, and heightened uncertainty. It highlights rapid population aging, emigration of working-age people, and labor shortages, estimating that matching EU labor force participation could add over 2.8 million workers and that higher female employment could lift annual growth by about 0.35 percentage points. The report calls for reforms to tax and benefit rules, expanded affordable childcare and eldercare, improved job training, and more flexible, decent working conditions, including for online platform workers.
ResearchEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-29•Global•International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund, drawing on its April 2026 World Economic Outlook, warns that war-related disruptions to maritime and air transport in the Middle East pose lasting risks to global growth by slowing trade, raising supply chain costs, and hitting tourism-dependent and import-reliant economies hardest. The analysis notes that Red Sea shipping transits remain at about half their pre-attack level and that prolonged uncertainty around the Strait of Hormuz and regional air traffic could extend the drag on growth and make transport network resilience a central policy concern.
ResearchEconomic data and developmentsFinancial and market indicators
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2026-04-29•Bahamas•Insurance Commission of the Bahamas
The Insurance Commission of the Bahamas reaffirmed its role as a partner in developing the proposed Bahamas Climate Shield Project to strengthen financial protection for climate‑vulnerable households, fishers, and farmers. It hosted a multi‑stakeholder consultation and validation workshop to examine how mechanisms in local financial institutions, including credit unions and cooperatives, could help close the financial protection gap and support faster post‑shock recovery in fisheries and agriculture.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsClimate risk and sustainable finance
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2026-04-29•United States•Commodity Futures Trading Commission
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has appointed Raagnee Beri as director of its Whistleblower Office, which administers monetary incentives and anti-retaliation protections for individuals reporting possible violations of the Commodity Exchange Act. Beri previously served in the Commission’s Division of Enforcement and Office of the General Counsel, and earlier held trial attorney roles at the U.S. Department of Justice and judicial clerkships.
Institutional developmentLeadership change & appointmentsWhistleblowing
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2026-04-29•Ukraine•Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market
The Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market adopted rulemaking measures, including new depository reporting rules, amendments on ratings and enforcement, and opinions on draft laws and government measures on sanctions, corporate governance, financial literacy and tax reporting. It also adjusted the asset list of sanctioned Freedom Finance Ukraine and made registration and licensing decisions, including approvals and cancellations of securities issuances, licence terminations, and senior appointments at professional market participants.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsSanctions list update
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2026-04-29•Ukraine•Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market
The Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market agreed to deepen cooperation with France’s Autorité des marchés financiers on capital markets regulation and supervision, including regulatory alignment, exchange of experience, and development of modern supervisory tools such as SupTech. Discussions also addressed financial literacy, investor protection, market integrity, and combating insider trading and money laundering, with further cooperation to continue via International Organization of Securities Commissions initiatives as Ukraine seeks to join the IOSCO Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperationSupervision process and methodologies
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2026-04-29•United Kingdom•Prudential Regulation Authority
The Prudential Regulation Authority is consulting on changes to the Solvency UK treatment of funded reinsurance used by life insurers, aiming to align valuation with economically similar assets and curb incentives for excessive use in the bulk purchase annuity market. The proposals would define funded reinsurance in the rulebook, link the counterparty default adjustment to the Solvency UK fundamental spread for matching financial corporate bonds, and update supervisory expectations. The PRA estimates total valuation and capital charges on an average funded reinsurance deal would rise to about 10% of underlying annuity liabilities, from 2% to 4% currently, and will monitor impacts via the 2028 life insurance stress test.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsPrudential risks
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2026-04-29•United Kingdom•Prudential Regulation Authority
The Prudential Regulation Authority will consult in Summer 2026 on a new insurance captives regime, expected to launch in Summer 2027, and has welcomed HM Treasury proposals to reform the UK risk transformation regime for insurance special purpose vehicles and enable Protected Cell Company (PCC) captives. PCCs will not be included in the initial consultation or launch due to legislative timing, but the PRA intends to consult on their inclusion once legislation is in place and will separately consult on further changes to simplify the regime, increase flexibility and access, and enhance PCC use.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesOther
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2026-04-29•United Kingdom•Prudential Regulation Authority
The Prudential Regulation Authority has issued a policy statement on how it will conduct cost benefit analysis for rule changes, focusing on the net economic impact of prudential policy, with the main benefit assessed as the effect on UK financial stability and economic output. The framework combines quantitative and qualitative analysis, explains when analysis may be limited or omitted, and confirms it will be published in consultation papers and updated where final rules differ significantly.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationRegulatory burden
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2026-04-29•Russia•Central Bank of Russia
The Central Bank of Russia has tightened macroprudential limits on several higher-risk retail lending segments for 2026 Q3, including mortgages for housing under construction and existing apartments, individual housing construction mortgages, home equity loans and consumer loans secured by motor vehicles, while leaving unsecured consumer loan limits and capital-based tools unchanged. The stricter caps target borrowers with high debt service-to-income ratios, low down payments or high loan-to-value ratios amid rising arrears, while the 100% add-on for claims on large highly leveraged companies and the 0.5 percentage point national countercyclical buffer remain unchanged.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsLendingMacroprudential policy and tools
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2026-04-29•United Kingdom•Prudential Regulation Authority
The Prudential Regulation Authority has published a technical note detailing the standard assumptions and inputs used in its Standard Cost Model for estimating firms’ direct operational compliance costs or savings from changes to prudential requirements. The Bank of England will also use the model to assess direct compliance impacts on central counterparties and central securities depositories, treating such financial market infrastructures as large firms based on systemic importance and operational complexity.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationRegulatory burden
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2026-04-29•Greece•Bank of Greece
The Bank of Greece reported March 2026 monetary statistics showing a modest pickup in lending and deposits, with annual growth in total credit at 4.4% and total deposits at 5.9%, alongside positive monthly net flows. Private sector credit growth accelerated to 7.6%, driven by non-financial corporations at 10.4%, while credit to sole proprietors and unincorporated partnerships stayed negative at -1.5%. Private sector deposits rose by EUR 2.126 billion, led by corporate deposits, and general government deposits increased by EUR 394 million, with their annual growth rate jumping to 17.4% from -0.8%.
Data & statisticsMonetary data
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2026-04-29•Spain•Spanish Securities Commission (CNMV)
The Spanish Securities Commission (CNMV) has published a guide on “finfluencers” to help investors assess financial content on social media and digital platforms, highlighting risks such as misleading information, fraud and unauthorized investment services. The guide defines finfluencers broadly and sets out ten recommendations, including not relying on follower metrics as a proxy for reliability, checking links to authorized firms, being wary of emotionally charged or urgent messaging and promises of high returns, and reporting misleading or potentially fraudulent conduct.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationConsumer and investor protection
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2026-04-29•Thailand•Thailand Securities & Exchange Commission
The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a public consultation on amendments to the prohibited characteristics of major shareholders of securities, derivatives and digital asset business operators, aiming to broaden and clarify suitability screening and introduce a unified standard. The proposal would extend assessments to money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing offences in Thailand and overseas, and to serious offences under all laws supervised by the regulator, with transitional provisions to allow firms and shareholders time to prepare.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsCorporate governance
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2026-04-29•Global•Bank for International Settlements - Financial Stability Institute
The Bank for International Settlements Financial Stability Institute has published a brief on how digitalisation and innovation affect financial health, finding that while expanded access to payments, credit, savings and insurance can strengthen households’ resilience, outcomes are mixed and financial health has deteriorated in some countries despite wider digital use. It highlights rising scams and fraud, overindebtedness among some digital borrowers, and unsuitable retail investment products as key vulnerabilities, citing global scam losses of USD 1 trillion. It urges authorities to reinforce regulation, consumer protection, fraud liability and digital lending rules, monitor AI and digital engagement in retail investing, and build inclusive public digital infrastructure to support responsible innovation.
ResearchFintech and insurtechFinancial inclusion
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2026-04-29•Hong Kong•Hong Kong Monetary Authority
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and 18 banks in the Taskforce on SME Lending have launched new measures to support local SMEs facing oil price volatility and global uncertainty. The package expands SME lending capacity to over HKD 450 billion, enhances credit relief and flexible repayment under the SME Financing Guarantee Scheme, and promotes greater use of fintech and commercial data, including the Cargo x Pilot Programme, to improve credit assessment and trade finance. Since 2024, three rounds of SME support have covered more than 89,000 cases with aggregate credit limits exceeding HKD 209 billion.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsSME financing
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2026-04-29•Hong Kong•Hong Kong Monetary Authority
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has issued a public warning on fraudulent websites, internet banking login screens, phishing emails and other scams reported by banks. The alert reiterates that banks do not send SMS or emails with embedded hyperlinks for transactions or request sensitive information such as login or one-time passwords, and advises affected individuals to contact their bank and report incidents to the Crime Wing Information Centre of the Hong Kong Police Force.
SupervisionAlertsFraud and scams
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2026-04-29•United Arab Emirates•ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority
The ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority has finalised a regulatory framework for the staking of virtual assets, specifying which categories of Authorised Person may conduct staking using clients’ virtual assets and the applicable conduct and disclosure requirements. Compared with the consulted version, the framework now covers non-Proof of Stake models with similar characteristics, restricts client rewards to Accepted Virtual Assets and Accepted Fiat-Referenced Tokens, and clarifies key terms, client disclosures, and reporting obligations.
Policy & regulationRules & requirements
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2026-04-29•Italy•Italian Institute for Insurance Supervision (IVASS)
The Italian Institute for Insurance Supervision will participate in the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s second joint mystery shopping exercise on the online sale of non-life insurance in 10 EU member states, including Italy. Using a common methodology with national authorities, the exercise aims to generate comparable evidence on distribution practices to support stronger policyholder protection, building on the first joint exercise on life insurance sales completed in 2025.
SupervisionCooperationSales and distribution
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2026-04-29•Greece•Ministry of National Economy and Finance (Greece)
Greece's Ministry of National Economy and Finance reported remarks by Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis and former Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem highlighting Greece’s shift from crisis to sustainable growth, citing fiscal surpluses, declining debt and growth above the EU average, and linking this progress to Greece’s Eurogroup presidency. Dijsselbloem described Greece’s prospects as very positive and stressed the need for stronger European growth through higher investment and leadership in advanced technologies.
Other
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2026-04-29•Barbados•Central Bank of Barbados
The Central Bank of Barbados Governor, Dr Kevin Greenidge, delivered a speech reviewing Barbados’ economic performance in the first quarter of 2026, covering economic growth, the debt-to-GDP ratio, inflation, unemployment, international reserves and the Government’s fiscal year 2025/26 performance. He also outlined his outlook for the economy in 2026 and took questions from the media and the public.
Monetary policyMonetary policy assessments & outlooksEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-29•Canada•Bank of Canada
Bank of Canada kept its overnight rate at 2.25 % (Bank Rate 2.50 %, deposit rate 2.20 %), judging the Iran-related energy price surge transient amid modest growth. It expects CPI to peak near 3 % in April before reverting to the 2 % target by early 2027 and warned it will tighten if inflation expectations weaken.
Monetary policyPolicy rate decisionsMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-04-29•Namibia•Bank of Namibia
Bank of Namibia’s Monetary Policy Committee held the repo rate at 6.50 % for another two months, keeping prime lending at 10 %, to safeguard the Namibia dollar–rand peg while balancing a forecast inflation upturn against muted growth and credit demand. The committee flagged heightened external uncertainty and energy-price pressures and said it will retain a cautious stance.
Monetary policyPolicy rate decisionsMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-04-29•Cyprus•Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission hosted the European Securities and Markets Authority’s Board of Supervisors and Management Board meetings in Nicosia on 28 and 29 April, in the context of Cyprus’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The in-person meetings gathered supervisory and regulatory authorities from European Union and European Economic Area member states to discuss market priorities, supervisory convergence and investor protection initiatives.
SupervisionCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-29•Isle of Man•Isle of Man Financial Services Authority
The Isle of Man Financial Services Authority has published a Q&A document addressing common industry questions on its approach to National Risk Assessments, complex structures, technology risk assessments, and preparations for interviews with MONEYVAL assessors. The material follows recent outreach including conference speeches, workshops, and industry sessions, and is accompanied by related resources such as slides, a video, a MONEYVAL preparation briefing pack, and sector-specific guidance.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationAML and CFTSupervision process and methodologies