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2026-04-28•Brazil•Brazilian Pension Funds Authority (PREVIC)
The Brazilian Pension Funds Authority has set the benchmark real interest rate and reference corridor that closed supplementary pension entities must use for 2026 benefit plan actuarial assumptions, with parameters higher than in previous years due to a shift in the interest rate curve linked to recent inflation-indexed federal bond yields. The corridor is derived from the five-year daily average of ANBIMA’s Estimated Term Structure of Interest Rates; rates within it are automatically authorized, while those outside require prior approval with technical justification.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsAccounting and financial reporting
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2026-04-28•Switzerland•Swiss National Bank
The Swiss National Bank published the Swiss Financial Accounts.
Data & statisticsFinancial and market indicators
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2026-04-28•Argentina•Ministry of Finance (Argentina)
Argentina’s Economy Minister Luis Caputo outlined the government’s near-term agenda, including continued concessions and privatizations through year-end expected to generate about USD 2 billion, stronger tax revenue, record exports near USD 100 billion and a resumption of disinflation from April with faster-than-expected growth. He cited 9,000 kilometres of road corridors under construction by July, tenders for 12,000 more, and road transfers to provinces. Caputo also flagged 7–8 additional RIGI projects worth USD 30–40 billion, mostly upstream, and projected cumulative surpluses of USD 350 billion in energy and USD 162 billion in mining through 2035.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-28•Jordan•Jordan Securities Commission
The Jordan Securities Commission held its second virtual training workshop with the International Finance Corporation and International Sustainability Standards Board experts for Amman Stock Exchange-listed and other public shareholding companies. The workshop explained requirements of the planned environmental, social and governance code of practice and ISSB standards S1 and S2, and clarified the roles of regulators and listed companies in applying international sustainability and climate-related disclosure standards.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsESG
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2026-04-28•Panama•Panama Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores
The Panama Superintendency of the Securities Market has concluded the forced liquidation of ES Bank Panama S.A. under Resolution No. SMV-208-25 dated 12 June 2025. The authority has also cancelled the securities house licence originally granted to the firm in 2013 under the consolidated text of the Securities Market Law.
EnforcementSanctions & designationsLicence withdrawal
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2026-04-28•Austria•Austrian National Bank (OeNB)
The Austrian National Bank published the Austrian results of the euro area Bank Lending Survey for Q1 2026, showing rising corporate loan demand but an expected decline in Q2 due to uncertainty and the war in the Near and Middle East. Banks reported continued tightening of corporate credit policies in response to a strained risk environment, with targeted adjustments related to the war but no broad additional tightening, and lower margins on standard corporate loans amid stronger competition. Housing loan demand has been recovering from historic lows, supported by lower interest rates, with banks expecting further growth and reporting no war-related impact on household lending.
Data & statisticsFinancial and market indicatorsSupervisory data
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2026-04-28•Philippines•Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission outlined a preventive regulatory framework for digital lending through proposed online lending platform guidelines. The measures would tighten market entry, platform oversight, conduct, data governance and consumer protection in response to rising complaints about unregistered platforms and harmful lending practices.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsLendingConsumer and investor protectionArtificial intelligence
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2026-04-28•United Kingdom•UK Parliament
The UK Parliament Treasury Committee has published a second update from Lloyds Banking Group on the IT glitch that exposed transaction data, with Lloyds now disclosing that an additional 80,805 joint account holders may have had their transactions shared despite not logging in. Lloyds reported a further GBP 62,000 in goodwill payments to 1,625 customers, bringing total payments to GBP 201,000 across 5,250 people, and made minor downward revisions to the number of affected customers who viewed others’ transactions.
SupervisionReviews, inspections & stress testsOperational risk and resilience
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2026-04-28•Libya•Central Bank of Libya
The Central Bank of Libya said it held a meeting with the United Nations mission in Libya to review the central bank-led economic reform package and conditions for economic stability. Discussions covered foreign exchange market developments, financial sustainability, implementation of Structured Dialogue recommendations, and a sequenced roadmap for reform after the unified public expenditure agreement.
Policy & regulationCooperationFinancial stability and systemic riskForeign exchange policy and markets
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2026-04-28•Canada•British Columbia Securities Commission
The British Columbia Securities Commission joined a second Global Week of Action Against Unlawful Finfluencers, targeting social media promotions of financial products that may breach securities rules. It sent 14 letters to YouTubers and other promoters of B.C. issuers explaining disclosure obligations, and conducted investor education and outreach with 15 other regulators. The commission reiterated that under B.C.’s Securities Act, sponsored securities promotions and promotions by shareholders must be clearly disclosed, with non-compliance subject to significant penalties.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsConsumer and investor protection
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2026-04-28•United States•Commodity Futures Trading Commission
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued the State of Wisconsin after it brought civil cases against Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com, Robinhood, and Coinbase, arguing that Congress granted the Commission exclusive jurisdiction over derivative products including event contracts traded on designated contract markets and that states cannot apply gambling laws to CFTC-regulated prediction markets. The action follows similar CFTC litigation against New York and interventions in Connecticut, Illinois, Arizona, and Massachusetts challenging state efforts to regulate prediction markets.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsUnlicensed or unauthorized activity
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2026-04-28•Czech Republic•Czech National Bank
The Czech National Bank’s April Financial Market Inflation Expectations survey shows the average one-year consumer price inflation forecast rising to 2.7% while the three-year forecast remains at 2.1%, close to the 2% target, with medium-term expectations anchored. Analysts revised down Czech GDP growth to 2.2% for 2026 and 2.3% for 2027, expect key policy rates to stay broadly unchanged over the next year, and project the two-week repo rate at 3.52% and 12-month PRIBOR at 3.68% in one year.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-28•United States•U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission addressed its Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee on reducing the cost, timing and execution risks of IPOs for smaller companies while preserving rigor, as part of broader efforts to make going and remaining public more attractive. The remarks highlighted staff work to review Regulation S-K to cut compliance costs that do not enhance investor protection, clarified that mandatory arbitration provisions do not affect decisions on accelerating registration effectiveness, and commended the committee’s principles-based recommendation on finders.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationSecurities offerings and listings
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2026-04-28•United States•U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
The Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said reviving the public offering market is a top priority and has directed staff to evaluate near-term rulemaking to help more companies, particularly smaller businesses, go public and remain public. Potential measures include extending the IPO regulatory on-ramp, expanding access for small public companies to Form S-3 shelf registration by addressing baby shelf rules, and allowing issuers to choose between quarterly or semiannual reporting. He emphasized these remarks reflect his own views and not necessarily those of the SEC or other Commissioners.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesMarket development
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2026-04-28•United States•U.S. Financial Services Committee
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing on newly released federal bank capital proposals, including revised Basel III rules for the largest banks, changes to the standardized approach capital rule, and an adjustment to the global systemically important bank surcharge. Vice Chairman Bill Huizenga said the review will assess whether the package is appropriately risk-based, supports lending and growth, and maintains U.S. banks’ global competitiveness, noting that the revised Basel III framework responds to criticism of the 2023 proposal and aligns U.S. requirements more closely with international norms.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsCapital adequacy
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2026-04-28•United States•New York State Department of Financial Services
The New York State Department of Financial Services would take a more proactive role in auto insurance fraud enforcement under Governor Kathy Hochul’s affordability budget proposals, part of a broader package to lower motor insurance costs. The measures envisage coordinated enforcement with other state agencies, expanded tools to pursue staged accidents and related medical fraud, and extended reporting windows for suspected fraud. The package would also cap certain non-economic damages for drivers engaged in criminal conduct, limit damages where a driver is mostly at fault, and tighten New York’s serious injury threshold amid an 80 percent rise in suspected motor vehicle insurance fraud incidents over five years.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOther
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2026-04-28•Canada•Canadian Securities Administrators
The Canadian Securities Administrators have published an oversight review report on the Canadian Investor Protection Fund, concluding that it has adequate policies and procedures in place in the areas reviewed, subject to one low-priority finding. The risk-based review focused on selected processes within the Corporate Governance and Financial functional areas and assessed compliance with approval order terms and the effectiveness, efficiency, consistency, and fairness of regulatory processes.
SupervisionReviews, inspections & stress testsSupervision process and methodologies
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2026-04-28•Canada•Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario has imposed penalties of CAD 60,000 on Harold Gerstel and CAD 150,000 on Esther Gerstel Inc, and issued a compliance order restricting Esther Gerstel Inc from mortgage lending unless it complies with the law. A Financial Services Tribunal found Gerstel dealt in mortgages for remuneration outside his brokerage and that Esther Gerstel Inc operated as an unlicensed private mortgage lender, causing significant harm to borrowers and denying them protections under the Mortgage Brokerages, Lenders and Administrators Act, 2006. FSRA said this enforcement follows an earlier decision revoking and refusing licences of Gerstel and his brokerage and imposing CAD 70,000 in penalties, which is under judicial review.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsUnlicensed or unauthorized activity
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2026-04-28•United Kingdom•Financial Conduct Authority
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a voluntary pilot for ESG rating providers expected to fall within the forthcoming UK ESG ratings regime, to test proposed regulatory reporting metrics. The pilot will assess whether the metrics are clear, feasible, proportionate across business models and useful for supervision, with data not used for authorisation assessments or indicating final policy. Feedback may lead to revisions of the proposed metrics, and the authority will consult again before finalising Handbook rules.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsESG
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2026-04-28•United Kingdom•Financial Conduct Authority
The Financial Conduct Authority published a speech by Sarah Pritchard setting priorities for mutuals and the wider retail finance market, including a shift to a less prescriptive, outcomes-focused, Consumer Duty-centred regime and a June consultation on revised responsible lending standards for first-time buyers and underserved borrowers. The speech stressed focus on consumer vulnerability and mortgage refinancing as fixed-rate deals expire, firms’ duties to support customers in financial difficulty, greater lender flexibility on the 15% loan-to-income flow limit, stress-testing clarifications, open finance TechSprints, the launch of Targeted Support, consultation on simplified advice, a senior adviser for mutuals, and joint work with the PRA to reduce barriers for credit unions.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesConsumer and investor protection
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2026-04-28•Global•International Association of Insurance Supervisors
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors is consulting on a draft Issues Paper covering customer value from insurance products. It finds that buyer-beware approaches may be insufficient and outlines product, pricing, distribution and claims practices that affect value, alongside supervisory tools for identifying low-value products. The consultation closes on July 28, 2026.
Policy & regulationInternational standards & recommendationsConsumer and investor protectionClaims managementCorporate governance
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2026-04-28•Poland•Ministry of Finance (Poland)
Poland’s Ministry of Finance announced that the Council of Ministers has adopted a draft law to shift Employee Capital Plans (PPK) reminder notices from postal delivery to electronic delivery via employers’ Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) accounts. Notices will be electronically signed and deemed served when read in the ZUS account or after 14 days of availability, after which employers will have 30 days to conclude a PPK management agreement.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOther
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2026-04-28•Canada•Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions is sharpening its supervisory and policy agenda around risks in its Annual Risk Outlook, including real estate secured lending, non-bank financial institutions, and liquidity and funding risks, supported by a new Credit Risk Management Guideline consultation, liquidity framework refinements, and earlier supervisory engagement with boards and senior management. OSFI has streamlined its policy suite, signalled willingness to recalibrate capital and liquidity requirements, and continues to benchmark Canadian capital rules internationally. On climate, tokenization, stablecoins, and artificial intelligence, OSFI is pursuing a measured, prudentially focused approach that emphasises governance, accountability, and keeping activity within the regulated perimeter.
SupervisionSupervision approach, priorities & toolkitCredit riskLiquidity riskPrudential risks
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2026-04-28•Ireland•Central Bank of Ireland
The Central Bank of Ireland set 2026 supervisory priorities for credit unions: financial resilience, sustainable growth, operational risk, and governance and culture, stressing that the revised lending framework supports prudent, not unchecked, expansion. It cited a 34% loan-to-asset ratio as evidence of a savings–lending imbalance, highlighting the need for stronger strategic planning, asset–liability management, and credit risk controls. The Bank will also develop a regulatory framework for shared service organisations, continue policy work on corporate credit unions, update the Credit Union Handbook, and supervise remediation of IT gaps ahead of the Digital Operational Resilience Act’s application from January 2028.
SupervisionSupervision approach, priorities & toolkitCredit riskSupervision process and methodologies
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2026-04-28•Peru•Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP del Peru
The Superintendency of Banking, Insurance and Private Pension Fund Administrators of Peru has begun a second round of Deposit Insurance Fund reimbursements for Compensation for Time of Service account holders at CRAC Del Centro in liquidation, with payments made nationwide via Arequipa Municipal Savings and Credit Bank branches. Coverage is capped at PEN 117,200 per depositor, foreign currency deposits are converted at PEN 3.3740 per USD, and remaining depositors, including legal entities and those with debts, will be paid in subsequent lists.
SupervisionInterventionsConsumer and investor protection
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2026-04-28•Greece•Bank of Greece
The Bank of Greece reported broadly stable bank lending conditions in the first quarter of 2026, with credit standards and overall demand largely unchanged for non-financial corporations and households. Terms and conditions tightened slightly only for housing loans due to higher non-interest charges, while rejection rates for corporate, housing and consumer loans were stable. Banks expect credit standards to remain unchanged in the second quarter, with overall corporate loan demand steady but a rise anticipated from small and medium-sized enterprises, and housing and consumer loan demand unchanged.
SupervisionRisk monitoring & watch pointsLending
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2026-04-28•Indonesia•Bank Indonesia
Bank of Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo told investors in Singapore that the central bank has raised yields on instruments including Bank Indonesia Rupiah Securities to adjust the term structure of market interest rates and support rupiah stability amid global uncertainty. He outlined a three-pillar policy mix of interest rate policy, foreign exchange intervention, and domestic liquidity management, underpinned by monetary-fiscal coordination, projected 2026 inflation within the 2.5±1% target, growth of 4.9–5.7%, macroprudential liquidity incentives, and payment system digitalisation.
Monetary policyMonetary policy instruments & operationsMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-04-28•Mexico•CONDUSEF
Mexico’s National Commission for the Protection and Defense of Users of Financial Services renewed MetLife Mexico’s Sáasil badge for its Te Quiero Segura program, recognizing its incorporation of a gender perspective in products and policies aimed at women. The program includes a free online financial education course and a financial health calculator, with CONDUSEF stating that the badge is intended to expand intentionally designed financial products for women and encourage broader institutional adoption.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsDiversity and inclusion
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2026-04-28•Malta•Malta Financial Services Authority
The Malta Financial Services Authority has issued three Dear CEO letters on a 2025 Outcomes-Based Supervision review of complaints handling at credit institutions, insurers and investment firms, highlighting recurring weaknesses in governance, implementation and consumer outcomes. Deficiencies include outdated policies, weak root cause analysis, incomplete complaints registers, delays, unclear client information, inadequate decision explanations and cross-border challenges. Firms must align frameworks with regulatory requirements, strengthen monitoring, reporting and Board oversight, with supervisory assessments planned in 2027 to test progress.
SupervisionReviews, inspections & stress testsComplaints and dispute resolution
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2026-04-28•Global•World Bank
The World Bank Group and the Government of Morocco have released two reports outlining reforms that could generate 1.7 million additional jobs by 2035, raise real GDP by nearly 20 percent above baseline, and expand formal opportunities for women and youth. The Morocco Growth and Jobs Report urges reforms to improve market efficiency and competition, firm dynamism, public investment impact, and labor market inclusiveness. The Morocco Country Private Sector Diagnostic highlights investment potential in decentralized solar, low-carbon textiles, argan-based cosmetics, and marine aquaculture, estimating that regulatory and administrative improvements could unlock about USD 7.4 billion in private investment and support more than 166,000 jobs in these four sub-sectors over the next 5 to 10 years.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-28•Global•World Bank
The World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook projects that the war in the Middle East will push energy prices up 24% and overall commodity prices up 16% in 2026, driven by attacks on energy infrastructure and shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. Under its baseline, Brent crude is forecast to average USD 86 per barrel in 2026, fertilizer prices to rise 31%, and inflation in developing economies to reach 5.1% with growth slowing to 3.6%. The World Bank warns that more severe or prolonged disruptions could lift Brent to USD 115, raise developing-economy inflation to 5.8%, and drive up to 45 million additional people into acute food insecurity.
ResearchEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-28•Slovenia•Slovenia Securities Market Agency
The Slovenia Securities Market Agency published information on fees for maintaining securities holdings. No further details were provided.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOther
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2026-04-28•Slovenia•Slovenia Securities Market Agency
The Slovenia Securities Market Agency has launched a public consultation on draft guidelines on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. The guidelines aim to strengthen the regulatory framework for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationAML and CFT
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2026-04-28•Slovenia•Slovenia Securities Market Agency
The Slovenia Securities Market Agency announced that Milos Cas has concluded his term as the agency’s director.
Institutional developmentLeadership change & appointmentsLeadership change and appointments
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2026-04-28•Ukraine•Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market
The Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market is examining Poland’s regulatory framework for municipal bonds, including issuance procedures, issuer requirements and their use as an alternative to bank lending, for potential adaptation in Ukraine. In discussions with the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, the parties also reviewed FTSE capital market classification criteria and agreed to further study Poland’s experience to support Ukraine’s potential frontier market status under FTSE standards.
Policy & regulationCooperationMarket development
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2026-04-28•Uzbekistan•Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan
The Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan reported on Islamic finance training sessions in the Tashkent region for the public and business representatives, focusing on principles and instruments such as murabaha, ijara and musharaka. The interactive sessions, attended by more than 200 participants, highlighted questions on access to Islamic financial products. The central bank plans to continue educational initiatives and support the introduction of Islamic financial products in the market.
Financial literacy & educationFinancial literacy and education
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2026-04-28•Greece•Bank of Greece
The Bank of Greece reported on a visit by senior Single Supervisory Mechanism officials focused on supervisory cooperation, risk discussions and priorities for Greek banks, including both Significant and Less Significant Institutions. Discussions with Bank of Greece leadership and supervisors highlighted improvements in the Greek economy and banking system, current geopolitical challenges and emerging risks, with both institutions stressing the need for continued vigilance despite substantial progress.
SupervisionCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-28•Global•International Monetary Fund
The IMF Executive Board’s Article IV consultation with Nigeria noted improved macroeconomic stability and higher external buffers but persistent hardship, with 63 percent of the population below the national poverty line and widespread food insecurity. Directors recommended a neutral fiscal stance in 2026 that protects priority and social spending, tight data‑dependent monetary policy until disinflation is entrenched, and reforms to strengthen budget processes, public financial management, fiscal transparency and accountability. They supported the flexible exchange rate regime, urged reduced reliance on portfolio flows, faster Basel III implementation, closer monitoring of bank risks, and bringing stablecoin and other crypto‑asset activities into regulation.
Policy & regulationInternational standards & recommendationsEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-28•Europe•European Central Bank
The European Central Bank has published updated other systemically important institution scores from a banking union perspective under its enhanced floor methodology for assessing O-SII buffer levels, based on end-2024 data and reflecting methodological changes introduced in December 2024. The publication ranks O-SIIs at the highest level of consolidation into buckets, with BNP Paribas scoring 911 basis points in bucket 8, Deutsche Bank AG and Groupe Crédit Agricole scoring 693 and 677 in bucket 6, and Banco Santander, S.A. and Société Générale scoring 573 and 498 in bucket 5. The ECB will publish these scores annually.
Data & statisticsCapital adequacy
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2026-04-28•Thailand•Thailand Securities & Exchange Commission
The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission sanctioned former Krung Thai Bank employee Wannapat Sivakaratri for misappropriating client assets and dishonest conduct, including unauthorized fund transactions and misuse of client and checker credentials. The SEC revoked her approval as an investment consultant for Complex Products Type 2 for 10 years and imposed a 10-year ban on future applications as capital market business personnel, effective 28 April 2026, after finding 2024–2025 misconduct that caused THB 2,106,167.05 in losses to two clients, which were reimbursed.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actions
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2026-04-28•Indonesia•OJK
The Indonesia Financial Services Authority held a webinar on strengthening Indonesian women’s role in national development amid rapid digital transformation, highlighting links between women’s contribution, financial sector stability, economic growth and social resilience. Senior officials stressed the strategic importance of women’s leadership, financial welfare, literacy and protection from scams and fraud as digitalisation expands. The authority said it will enhance cooperation with stakeholders to support women’s empowerment through stronger capacity, access and protection.
Financial literacy & educationDiversity and inclusion
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2026-04-28•Hong Kong•Hong Kong Monetary Authority
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has warned the public about tokens using the tickers HKDAP and HSBC that are being promoted as linked to licensed stablecoin issuers, clarifying they are not issued by or associated with those licensees. Both licensed stablecoin issuers confirmed they have not issued any regulated stablecoins, and the authority urged the public to remain vigilant against related fraud or scams and to use only regulated channels for stablecoin transactions.
SupervisionAlertsFraud and scams
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2026-04-28•Spain•Bank of Spain
The Bank of Spain’s first-quarter 2026 Bank Lending Survey reports broad tightening of lending standards for corporate loans, mortgages and consumer credit, with the strongest tightening in lending to non-financial corporations and a decline in loan demand across all segments. Mortgage conditions tightened via higher interest rates and wider margins, rejection rates rose slightly for corporate and house purchase loans, and banks expect tighter credit supply and weaker demand to intensify in the second quarter amid high uncertainty and worsening wholesale funding conditions.
Data & statistics
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2026-04-28•Croatia•Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency
The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency has warned of fraudulent letters and documents misusing its name, logo and staff details in alleged online investments, stressing that it does not recover fraud losses, compensate market-related losses, collect taxes or cooperate with other entities on fund recovery. The agency urged the public to use only authorised investment service providers listed in its registers, consult its list of suspicious entities, and report fraud cases to the police or the State Attorney’s Office.
SupervisionAlertsFraud and scams
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2026-04-28•Tajikistan•National Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan
The National Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan has licensed closed joint-stock company Vasl Bank to conduct Islamic banking activities through an Islamic banking window in the form of a branch. The licence covers operations in both national and foreign currencies in accordance with Tajikistan’s laws on the central bank, Islamic banking activity and the licensing system.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLicence approval
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2026-04-28•Tajikistan•National Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan
The National Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan published results of its 28 April 2026 foreign exchange purchase auction, reporting 13 participants and a weighted average accepted rate of 9.4162 USD/TJS. Accepted bid sizes ranged from USD 310,000 to USD 15,000,000.
Monetary policyMonetary policy instruments & operationsOther
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2026-04-28•Germany•Ministry of Finance (Germany)
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Finance, together with the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and KfW, published the first annual report on the WIN initiative for growth and innovation capital, reporting EUR 2.64 billion invested since launch in September 2024, mainly in German later-stage scale-ups. The initiative targets EUR 12 billion of investment by 2030, with six of ten structural measures implemented, and work under way on a continuation to raise mobilised capital to more than EUR 25 billion.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilots
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2026-04-28•United Arab Emirates•National Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism and Financing of Illegal Organisations Committee (NAMLCFTC)
The UAE’s national anti-money laundering committee adopted an updated financial intelligence and money laundering investigations guide covering virtual assets, asset tracing, confiscation and recovery. It also approved sectoral, proliferation-financing and nonprofit risk assessments and restructured its subcommittees to improve coordination.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationAML and CFTBlockchain and distributed ledger technologyRisk management
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2026-04-28•Germany•German Bundesbank
The German Bundesbank’s Bank Lending Survey for Q1 2026 reports continued tightening of standards and terms for corporate and consumer loans, with mortgage standards broadly unchanged and the Middle East conflict not yet prompting extra tightening. Banks cited higher perceived credit risk, lower risk tolerance and weak economic conditions, with rising rejection rates and non-performing loans also restrictive. Corporate loan demand rose slightly while household demand fell. For Q2 2026, banks plan similar tightening for corporate lending, more restrictive mortgage standards, broadly unchanged consumer-credit standards and largely stable credit demand.
Data & statisticsLendingAsset quality
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2026-04-28•Vietnam•Vietnam State Securities Commission
The Vietnam State Securities Commission issued a reminder outlining key securities law provisions for investors, including classifications, core rights and obligations, and main investment and trading channels. The note clarifies conditions for strategic and professional investors, details conduct, disclosure, settlement and tax requirements, and sets out operational rules on account structures, custody and trading, including for derivatives, entrusted portfolio management and privately placed corporate bonds.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationSecurities offerings and listings
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2026-04-28•Kyrgyzstan•National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic has launched a public consultation on a draft Board resolution to amend several regulatory acts governing Kyrgyz commercial banks’ operations through branches outside the Kyrgyz Republic. The draft aims to enhance regulation and enable overseas branch activity while preserving banks’ financial stability and an appropriate level of banking supervision.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsLicensing framework and process
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2026-04-28•United States•Federal Housing Finance Agency
The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that its seasonally adjusted House Price Index showed U.S. house prices were flat in February, up 1.7% year-on-year, with January’s monthly change revised to 0.2% from 0.1%. Monthly price changes across the nine census divisions ranged from -1.1% in the Mountain division to +0.6% in the South Atlantic division, while annual changes ranged from -0.7% in the Mountain division to +4.2% in the Middle Atlantic division.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-28•Egypt•Central Bank of Egypt
The Central Bank of Egypt is marking Arab Financial Inclusion Day for the tenth year with a month-long programme themed “Financial health… individuals’ path toward sustainable and more stable financial inclusion,” focused on expanding access to financial services and promoting saving and sound financial planning. Banks have been instructed to prioritise outreach to youth, women, farmers and people with disabilities through off-branch operations, fee-free accounts with no minimum balance, promotion of e-wallets and financial awareness initiatives. The central bank also highlighted youth-focused measures such as the “School Bank” project to build financial skills in saving, money management and entrepreneurship.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsFinancial inclusion
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2026-04-28•Netherlands•De Nederlandsche Bank
De Nederlandsche Bank reported further progress in the Dutch pension sector’s transition to the new pension system, with 30 funds converted as at 31 March 2026 and EUR 542 billion in assets under the Future of Pensions Act, versus EUR 1,082 billion still under the Financial Assessment Framework. For FTK funds, the funding ratio fell quarter-on-quarter to 124.7% while the policy funding ratio rose to 125.0%, with equity price declines cited as a factor, and DNB noted that no single indicator yet adequately summarises the financial position of Wtp funds.
SupervisionRisk monitoring & watch pointsFinancial and market indicatorsSupervisory data
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2026-04-28•Vietnam•State Bank of Vietnam
The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a consultation on a draft circular introducing Basel III-aligned liquidity coverage ratio and net stable funding ratio requirements for banks and foreign bank branches, with phased increases to 100% over three to four years and no immediate leverage ratio requirement. Banks meeting specified conditions may adopt both ratios early at 100% and be exempt from certain prudential ratios under Circular 22/2019/TT-NHNN, while the draft also revises the ratio of outstanding credit to mobilised funds and requires interim internal management of leverage.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsCapital adequacy
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2026-04-28•Norway•Norwegian Finanstilsynet
The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway has published an inspection report on SMR Revisjon AS identifying breaches of the Auditors Act in its acceptance of an audit engagement and its going concern assessment in a 2024 audit. The authority found insufficient procedures and documentation around engagement acceptance and reliance on inadequately supported measures such as delayed property sales and partial debt conversion for the going concern assessment, constituting a breach of the Auditors Act and International Standard on Auditing 570.
SupervisionReviews, inspections & stress testsAuditing
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2026-04-28•Kazakhstan•Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market of the Republic of Kazakhstan
The Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market of the Republic of Kazakhstan has approved several senior management appointments at securities market entities. These include Elvira Sarsenbayeva as head and member of an executive body, Nurlan Ongarbayev as independent director of the governing body of JSC ForteFinance, and Ruslan Zerilov as an executive body member of JSC BCC Invest, a subsidiary of JSC Bank CenterCredit.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsHiring and recruitment
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2026-04-28•Norway•Norwegian Finanstilsynet
The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway has published a supervisory report on Sparebank 68 Grader Nord identifying material weaknesses in risk management, internal control, credit underwriting and monitoring, and liquidity and funding risk management, and assessing the bank’s credit risk as higher than peers due to a large corporate portfolio and elevated problem loans. The authority instructed the board to strengthen oversight of credit and liquidity risk, improve documentation and forward-looking risk analysis, and address deficiencies in IFRS 9 impairment modelling and provisioning, while noting that remedial measures remain the board’s responsibility to implement.
SupervisionReviews, inspections & stress testsCredit riskAsset qualityLiquidity risk
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2026-04-28•Iraq•Central Bank of Iraq
The Central Bank of Iraq has launched Financial Inclusion Week in the Kurdistan Region under the theme “Financial health… individuals’ path to sustainable and more stable financial inclusion” as part of broader efforts to promote financial inclusion and banking awareness. The programme focuses on strengthening financial literacy, particularly among groups that make less use of formal financial services, through workshops, exhibitions, awareness campaigns, and field visits supporting digital transformation and expanded access to services.
Financial literacy & educationFinancial inclusionFinancial literacy and education
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2026-04-28•Ireland•Department of Finance (Ireland)
Ireland’s Department of Finance has secured Government approval to amend the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2025 to create a statutory “Right to Be Forgotten” for cancer survivors seeking mortgage protection insurance for their principal private residence, replacing the voluntary code. The remission period will be cut from seven to five years, and certain cancer-related medical history will be disregarded for mortgage protection policies up to EUR 650,000. The Bill will be retitled the Insurance (Disregard of Certain Medical History and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 and will also make technical amendments to the Insurance Acts 1936 and 1964 to complete Insurance Compensation Fund reforms in line with EU requirements.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsConsumer and investor protection
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2026-04-28•India•Securities & Exchange Board of India
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has extended by six months, to 27 October 2026, the timeline for registered debenture trustees to comply with requirements governing activities carried out outside SEBI’s regulatory purview. The extension concerns Regulation 9C of the SEBI (Debenture Trustees) Regulations, 1993 and the related operational framework, with all other provisions of the 25 November 2025 circular remaining unchanged.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsLicensing framework and process
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2026-04-28•Austria•Austrian National Bank (OeNB)
The Austrian National Bank, together with the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Federal Ministry of Education and the Foundation for Economic Education, has launched the first nationwide Ready4Finance school certificate, recognising 87 lower secondary schools for embedding economic, financial and consumer education. Certified schools, selected by an independent expert jury against six quality dimensions, gain three-year certification and access to a national network, training, events and project funding, with plans to expand to primary and upper secondary education.
Financial literacy & educationFinancial literacy and education
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2026-04-28•Moldova•National Bank of Moldova
National Bank of Moldova Governor Anca Dragu joined the launch of the Board Leadership Program International in Moldova, highlighting the importance of professional, independent and accountable boards for institutional stability and economic trust. She said robust corporate governance, particularly in banking, is critical for financial soundness, and noted that the programme aims to strengthen leadership, governance and strategic accountability skills for board members and senior decision-makers.
Institutional developmentCooperation & capacity buildingCorporate governance
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2026-04-28•Hungary•National Bank of Hungary
Magyar Nemzeti Bank’s Monetary Council left monetary policy unchanged, holding the base rate at 6.25 %, the overnight deposit rate at 5.25 % and the collateralised loan rate at 7.25 %, preserving the ±100 bp corridor after February’s 25 bp cut. It reaffirmed a positive real rate stance and data-dependent tightening to secure a durable return of inflation to the 3 % target.
Monetary policyPolicy rate decisionsMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-04-28•Austria•Austria Financial Market Authority
The Austrian Financial Market Authority has launched Fonds-Lupe, an interactive transparency and comparison tool that aggregates Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Key Information Document data for Austrian retail investment funds into a standardised, searchable format. The tool enables side-by-side comparison of costs, risk classifications, performance scenarios and environmental, social and governance characteristics, with data provided by management companies and updated at least annually.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsActivity and performance reporting
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2026-04-28•United Kingdom•UK Parliament
The UK Parliament Treasury Committee has published a second update from Lloyds Banking Group on the March 2026 IT incident, with revised figures on affected customers and remediation. Lloyds reports total goodwill payments of GBP 201,000 to 5,250 customers and newly identifies 80,805 additional potentially affected joint account holders whose transactions may have been shared.
Data & statisticsOperational risk and resilience
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2026-04-28•Montenegro•Montenegro Capital Market Authority
The Montenegro Capital Market Authority held a preparatory meeting with key market infrastructures and intermediaries on the planned move from T+2 to T+1 settlement and clearing for capital market transactions from 1 January 2027. Discussions focused on required amendments to secondary legislation, operational readiness and implementation challenges, with participants agreeing to take necessary administrative, technical and regulatory steps to ensure the market is ready for the new model.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsMarket infrastructureMarket development
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2026-04-28•United Kingdom•HM Treasury
HM Treasury has published minutes of the Economic Secretary’s six‑monthly performance review meetings with the Prudential Regulation Authority, covering the PRA’s performance against its statutory objectives and contribution to government economic policy. Topics include implementation of Basel 3.1, Solvency UK and remuneration reforms, reporting burden reductions, proposed changes to the Senior Managers & Certification Regime and ring‑fencing, work on mutuals and a Scale-Up Unit, regulatory approaches to artificial intelligence, and efforts to cut regulatory administrative costs. The January 2026 minutes note that the PRA’s forthcoming business plan will maintain its strategic direction while the Bank of England considers feedback on capital requirements.
Institutional developmentGovernanceOperational excellence
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2026-04-28•United Kingdom•HM Treasury
HM Treasury published minutes of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury’s six‑monthly performance review meetings with the Financial Conduct Authority for July 2025 and February 2026, covering performance against statutory objectives and alignment with government economic policy. Key topics included embedding the FCA’s secondary international competitiveness and growth objective, burden reduction and authorisations, mortgage and later-life lending, delivery of the 2025–2030 strategy, motor finance and redress reforms, artificial intelligence oversight, “smarter regulation” of reporting, and the scope and proportionality of the Consumer Duty, including for wholesale and non‑UK business.
Policy & regulationCooperationOperational excellence
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2026-04-28•Czech Republic•Czech National Bank
The Czech National Bank published a speech by Governor Aleš Michl announcing a separate Bitcoin test portfolio within its foreign exchange reserves as a limited diversification exercise rather than a broader policy shift. Based on internal analysis, a 1 percent Bitcoin allocation is expected to raise returns without materially increasing overall risk due to low long-term correlation with other assets, and the two-year test portfolio will be evaluated before any further decisions are taken.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-04-28•Kazakhstan•Astana Financial Services Authority
The Astana Financial Services Authority warned that organising the circulation of digital assets in Kazakhstan is prohibited without authorisation under the Astana International Financial Centre framework or Kazakhstan’s legislation, and cautioned against using unlicensed platforms such as OKX, HTX, Bitget and MEXC. AFSA highlighted heightened risks from such platforms, including lack of legal recourse, exposure to fraud and illicit activity, misleading promotions, cybersecurity and data-protection vulnerabilities, and complex products without regulatory safeguards.
SupervisionAlertsUnlicensed or unauthorized activity
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2026-04-28•Europe•European Banking Authority
The European Banking Authority published its 2026 update to the list of closely correlated currencies used to calculate capital requirements for foreign exchange risk under the standardised approach, together with updated implementing technical standards and an annex. The revision follows the methodology set out in the implementing technical standards under Article 354 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and has been submitted to the European Commission for endorsement.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsForeign exchange policy and markets
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2026-04-28•Saudi Arabia•Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority
The Saudi Central Bank has licensed Tak Mal for Financing to provide consumer microfinance through financial technology, expanding the domestic market for licensed consumer microfinance offerings. This brings the number of licensed consumer microfinance providers to 11 and total finance companies supervised by the central bank to 72, with the authority reiterating that customers should only deal with institutions listed on its official website.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLicence approval
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2026-04-28•Saudi Arabia•Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority
The Saudi Central Bank has licensed Dufaa Company for Financing to provide consumer finance, bringing the total number of licensed finance companies to 73. The central bank said the move supports the finance sector, more efficient financial transactions and innovative financial solutions for financial inclusion in Saudi Arabia, and reminded customers to deal only with authorized institutions listed on its website.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLicence approval
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2026-04-28•Cyprus•Central Bank of Cyprus
The Central Bank of Cyprus has published its 2025 Annual Report, which is available exclusively in electronic form on the Bank’s website.
Data & statisticsActivity and performance reporting
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2026-04-28•Global•International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund announced that the United Kingdom has completed the transition plans under the Special Data Dissemination Standard Plus (SDDS Plus) and is now publishing three additional SDDS Plus data categories on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board. The new categories are Sectoral Balance Sheets, the Other Financial Corporations Survey, and Debt Securities, under the IMF’s highest-tier data standard.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developmentsSupervisory data
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2026-04-28•United Kingdom•Financial Conduct Authority
The Financial Conduct Authority published a blog on its Smart Data Accelerator, detailing how two TechSprints with 17 firms tested open finance prototypes for mortgages and small and medium-sized enterprise finance and generated insights for policy development. The work suggests open finance will evolve as an ecosystem built on trusted, interoperable data, and the insights are forming the foundations of the authority’s open finance regulatory roadmap.
SupervisionInnovation & testingOpen banking and finance
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2026-04-28•South Africa•South African Reserve Bank
The South African Reserve Bank’s updated business cycle indicators show the composite leading indicator rose 0.5% in February 2026, the coincident indicator increased 0.3% and the lagging indicator fell 0.3% in January. The leading indicator reached 120.2 (2019 = 100), up 6.4% year on year, driven mainly by more residential building plans approved and a higher US dollar-based export commodity price index, while weaker domestic manufacturing orders and slower growth in job advertisements detracted. The coincident indicator rose to 95.7 on stronger industrial production and higher real trade sales, while the lagging indicator declined to 105.3.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-28•Ukraine•Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market
The Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market and the National Depository of Ukraine have presented a concept for a new model to register certain non-public share issues through the Central Depository to simplify and accelerate the process. The Central Depository would handle primary registration for defined simple cases under a one-stop, fully digital, notification-based process, while the Commission would focus on ex post, risk-based supervision and retain registration for all other cases. The Commission noted that the model requires legislative and technical changes and could become operational in 2027.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesMandate change
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2026-04-28•Saudi Arabia•Saudi Arabia Capital Markets Authority
The Saudi Arabia Capital Markets Authority has approved WSM for Information Technology Co’s application to register and publicly offer debt instruments under a program with a total value of up to SAR 500 million. The authority noted that its approval only confirms compliance with the Capital Market Law and Implementing Regulations and does not constitute a recommendation to subscribe, and that a prospectus will be published in advance of the subscription period.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsSecurities offerings and listings
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2026-04-28•United Arab Emirates•ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority
The ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority issued an alert on two websites, exinityxe.cc and exinityx.com, which it says closely imitate the site of FSRA-regulated Exinity ME Ltd and may mislead investors into believing they are associated with the firm. The FSRA stated that the websites are not associated with Exinity, their operators are not licensed or authorised to carry on Regulated Activities in or from ADGM, and it believes the sites are intended to defraud investors and the public.
SupervisionAlertsFraud and scams
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2026-04-28•Lithuania•Ministry of Finance (Lithuania)
The Ministry of Finance of Lithuania has discussed draft amendments to the Law on Insolvency of Legal Entities aimed at tightening impartiality requirements for insolvency administrators, strengthening creditor control and clarifying the treatment of transactions with related persons. Proposals include prohibiting administrators from working for more than one legal entity, expanding sanctions and supervision, enabling electronic voting and revising procedures for settling claims with collateral holders. The draft law is currently under consideration in Parliament.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsRecovery and resolution
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2026-04-28•South Korea•Ministry of Economy & Finance (South Korea)
South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance met with an American Chamber of Commerce in Korea delegation to discuss policies to support Korea’s goal of becoming a global financial hub, focusing on capital market strengthening, foreign exchange market infrastructure upgrades and improving the investment environment. The ministry cited the MSCI Developed Market Index inclusion roadmap, completion of World Government Bond Index inclusion, and plans for 24-hour operation of the domestic foreign exchange market and an offshore Korean won settlement system. Deputy Prime Minister Gu Yun-cheol said the government would implement the MSCI roadmap without disruption and consider AMCHAM’s proposals in future reforms.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesMarket development
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2026-04-28•Taiwan•Taiwan Financial Services Commission
The Taiwan Financial Services Commission published sales statistics for foreign-currency denominated products in the life insurance sector as of end-February 2026, reporting a sharp increase in new-policy premium revenues. New foreign-currency denominated policy premiums reached about TWD 103.754 billion, up 54% year-on-year, with investment-linked products contributing TWD 15.778 billion (15% of total, up 67%) and traditional products TWD 87.976 billion (85% of total, up 52%).
Data & statisticsFinancial and market indicators
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2026-04-28•Taiwan•Central Bank of Taiwan
The Central Bank of Taiwan reported that in March 2026 financial institutions held liquid reserve assets of TWD 13,121.7 billion against required reserves of TWD 5,245.5 billion, resulting in an actual liquid reserve ratio of 25.02%, down 0.51 percentage points from February. Liabilities subject to liquid reserve requirements totaled TWD 52,454.6 billion, with deposits accounting for 98.42%, while actual liquid reserve assets fell by TWD 175.0 billion, mainly due to declines in central bank certificates of deposit and government bonds.
Data & statisticsMonetary data
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2026-04-28•Malaysia•Bank Negara Malaysia
Bank Negara Malaysia has launched the SME Stabilisation Relief Facility, a MYR 5 billion scheme to support SMEs, including microenterprises, facing operational disruptions and cash flow pressures linked to the West Asia conflict. It offers working capital financing of up to MYR 750,000 per SME for up to five years at a maximum rate of 3.75% per annum, backed by guarantees of up to 80% from Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia or Syarikat Jaminan Pembiayaan Perniagaan, with applications via participating financial institutions. Bank Negara Malaysia also urged affected SMEs to engage early with banks on repayment flexibility or restructuring.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsSME financing
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2026-04-28•Malaysia•Malaysia Securities Commission
The Malaysia Securities Commission, with Khazanah Nasional Berhad, has priced Malaysia’s first tokenised sukuk of MYR100 million under its market innovation pilot, using distributed ledger technology within existing regulatory frameworks and aligned with the Capital Market Masterplan 2026-2030. The one-year tranche under Khazanah’s Sukuk Danum Programme of up to MYR20.0 billion is structured on the Shariah principle of Wakalah bi al-Istithmar and involved CIMB Group, Maybank and institutional investors. The pilot aims to provide a template for future tokenised sukuk and guide further modernisation of Malaysia’s capital markets.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsTokenizationMarket development
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2026-04-28•Ukraine•Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market
The Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market reported a working visit to Poland to discuss core capital market infrastructure with the Warsaw Stock Exchange and Poland’s National Depository for Securities, including exchange liquidity, post-trade arrangements and potential expansion of cooperation with the National Depository of Ukraine. Talks covered the WSE’s role in supporting liquidity and issuer participation, as well as KDPW’s settlement, central counterparty and cross-border link arrangements. The Commission is studying Polish practices to adapt relevant elements and improve Ukraine’s domestic capital markets.
Policy & regulationCooperationMarket infrastructureDomestic cooperation
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2026-04-28•Switzerland•Swiss National Bank
The Swiss National Bank has published Swiss financial accounts data for Q4 2025, completing the 2025 household wealth dataset. Household financial assets rose by CHF 119 billion to CHF 3,278 billion and net worth increased by CHF 226 billion to CHF 5,132 billion, driven by higher pension entitlements, investment in collective investment schemes, increased sight deposits and capital gains from higher stock prices, alongside a CHF 140 billion rise in real estate wealth. Household liabilities grew by CHF 33 billion to CHF 1,070 billion, mainly due to higher mortgages of CHF 983 billion.
Data & statisticsFinancial and market indicatorsSupervisory data
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2026-04-28•Egypt•Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority
The Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority will support introducing financial literacy into school curricula, providing technical assistance amid rapid fintech development and rising youth participation in capital markets. A memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Education and Technical Education, Hiroshima University and Japan’s Sprix sets a framework for implementing and quality-assuring financial literacy teaching, including use of the TOFAS basic academic skills test, which the authority links to improving investment decisions and reducing risk.
Financial literacy & educationFinancial literacy and education
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2026-04-28•Egypt•Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority
The Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority is supporting an MoU between the Ministry of Education, Hiroshima University and Japan’s Sprix to integrate financial literacy into second‑year secondary curricula, promoting early awareness of non‑bank financial sectors. The authority highlighted rising youth participation in financial markets and its “I invest” initiative, which delivers age‑segmented financial education, simulated trading and trainer certification, having reached 12,000 university students and produced 66 certified trainers since 2022.
Financial literacy & educationFinancial literacy and education
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2026-04-28•Malaysia (Labuan)•Labuan Financial Services Authority
The Labuan Financial Services Authority’s Labuan International Business and Financial Centre Market Report 2025 highlights broad-based growth in banking, insurance, capital markets, Islamic finance and wealth management, supported by a favourable FATF mutual evaluation and the Centre’s debut in the Global Financial Centres Index. Total industry assets rose 13% to USD94 billion and capitalisation increased 32.3% to USD22.5 billion, with gains in banking profitability, Islamic banking assets, insurance premiums and captive business, fund managers’ and foundations’ assets under management. Priorities for 2026 include market development and innovation, stronger takaful, banking and trust regulation, enhanced AML/CFT rules, and upgraded digital and supervisory systems.
Data & statisticsFinancial and market indicatorsActivity and performance reporting
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2026-04-28•Greece•Ministry of National Economy and Finance (Greece)
The Ministry of National Economy and Finance (Greece) published a speech by Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis on the economic implications of geopolitical shocks around the Strait of Hormuz, calling for temporary, targeted European support that does not interfere with monetary policy. He stressed current energy and trade disruptions, the need for coordinated AI governance and a more coherent European technology and industrial policy, and highlighted Greece’s fiscal surplus, digitalisation and energy-sector progress. Pierrakakis linked deeper European financial integration—including the Savings and Investments Union, Banking Union, Capital Markets Union and digital euro—to IMF estimates of higher annual growth for Member States.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesGeopolitical risk
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2026-04-28•Laos•Bank of the Lao
The Bank of the Lao has issued two decrees on banknote management and on the prevention and resolution of financial system crises, providing decree-level support for core central bank functions. The banknote decree formalizes the legal basis for currency operations, including cooperation on counterfeit banknotes, while the crisis decree establishes an overarching framework for coordinated national-level responses across Laos’s financial safety net.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOther
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2026-04-28•Ireland•Central Bank of Ireland
The Central Bank of Ireland published research showing that 35% of Irish adults have experienced fraud or scams, with nearly two-thirds of victims incurring financial losses, and reported payment fraud reaching EUR 160 million in 2024, up 24.5% from 2023. Online purchase scams and card fraud were the most common, while investment fraud, though less prevalent, involved higher losses. The study finds that reporting fraud significantly improves recovery rates, identifies risky online behaviour and fraud-specific literacy as key drivers of exposure, and notes ongoing work with regulated firms to improve handling of fraud cases and awareness of consumers’ refund rights for unauthorised transactions.
ResearchFraud and scams
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2026-04-28•Europe•European Central Bank
The European Central Bank has issued an information document for Eurosystem counterparties detailing operational processes for mobilising, managing and releasing collateral in Eurosystem credit operations under the Collateral Management Guideline and the Eurosystem Collateral Management System. The guide covers marketable and non-marketable collateral, triparty collateral management services and TARGET2-Securities auto-collateralisation, including pooling methods, account structures, mobilisation channels, key cut-off times, margin call mechanics and fee recovery principles.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretation
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2026-04-28•Europe•European Central Bank
The European Central Bank published March results of its Consumer Expectations Survey, showing a marked rise in perceived and expected inflation alongside a more negative economic outlook. One-year and three-year median inflation expectations increased to 4.0% and 3.0% respectively, while expected nominal spending growth rose to 4.1% and expected economic growth over the next 12 months fell to -2.1%, with the expected unemployment rate rising to 11.3%.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-28•Qatar•Qatar Financial Markets Authority
The Qatar Financial Markets Authority participated in the Joint International Forum for Supervisory Authorities and the Private Sector in St. Petersburg, which focused on money laundering and terrorist financing risks, AML/CFT techniques, and related preventive measures and solutions. The authority framed its participation as part of efforts to strengthen anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism work and align with best practices and relevant international standards.
Policy & regulationCooperationAML and CFT
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2026-04-28•Chile•Central Bank of Chile
Central Bank of Chile kept the policy rate unchanged at 4.5%, citing the March CPI uptick to 2.8%, firmer core inflation at 3.4% and geopolitical-driven commodity risks that outweigh weak domestic activity. The Board flagged unusually high uncertainty, reaffirming a meeting-by-meeting approach to ensure inflation returns to its 3% target within two years.
Monetary policyPolicy rate decisionsMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-04-28•South Korea•Bank of Korea
The Bank of Korea issued a note linking the drop in male youth labor force participation to tougher competition from rising participation by highly educated women, industrial shifts that reduced demand for less-educated men, and weaker entry opportunities due to aging and AI. Male participation for ages 25-34 fell to 82.3% in 2025 from 89.9% in 2000. The note calls for stronger technical education and wider labor market reforms to improve entry into regular employment.
ResearchOther