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2026-03-30•Bermuda•Bermuda Monetary Authority
The Bermuda Monetary Authority has issued a stakeholder letter on feedback to its November 2025 asset tokenisation discussion paper and initial policy direction ahead of an April 2026 consultation. It proposes an activity-based, technology-neutral framework under the Digital Assets Business Act 2018, with a functional, role-based perimeter, stronger custody, governance and disclosure standards, extended AML/ATF guidance, and independent smart contract audit and operational resilience requirements. The Authority will also clarify the regulatory taxonomy via a new “tokenised investments” definition, harmonise the Investment Business Act 2003 and Digital Asset Issuance Act 2020 through integrated exemptions, and work with national stakeholders on legislative changes, including recognising distributed ledger technology-based registers.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesTokenization
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2026-03-30•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has updated directions to Authorised Dealer Category I banks on reporting requirements for External Commercial Borrowing returns under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, including revised Late Submission Fees (LSF). Form ECB 1 and Revised Form ECB 1 will be treated as non-flow returns for LSF, while for Form ECB 2 the LSF will apply per return under each Loan Registration Number, with designated banks responsible for timely submission and remittance to the relevant Reserve Bank regional office.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsRegulatory reporting
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2026-03-30•Peru•Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores de Peru
The Superintendency of the Securities Market of Peru has concluded the twenty-seventh Securities Market Specialization Programme, delivered in-person with the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences to strengthen financial education in regulated markets. The 2026 cohort comprised 28 merit-selected students and graduates from public and private universities across multiple regions, alongside four SMV staff, and the programme has trained more than 800 participants since its launch in 1995.
Financial literacy & educationCapacity building
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2026-03-30•Brazil•National Treasury (Brazil)
Brazil’s National Treasury, in coordination with the Federal Revenue Service and Serpro, has introduced an automatic validation feature for PIX keys used for income tax refunds starting in 2026. The integration with the Central Bank’s PIX key database allows real-time verification of whether the taxpayer’s CPF is registered as a PIX key, reducing errors, rework and delays in refund payments.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsOther
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2026-03-30•Japan•Bank of Japan
The Bank of Japan’s Financial Markets Department published updated chart-based liquidity indicators for Japanese government bond futures, cash and special collateral repo markets, with most series updated through end-February 2026. The data cover transaction volumes, bid-ask spreads, order-book depth, price-impact measures, quote availability and market depth, as well as general collateral–special collateral repo rate spreads and volume-weighted special collateral repo rates, shown as 10-day backward moving averages.
Data & statisticsFinancial and market indicatorsSupervisory data
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2026-03-30•Nicaragua•Central Bank of Nicaragua
The Central Bank of Nicaragua published its 2025 balance of payments, reporting a goods and services trade deficit of USD 2,865.2 million and a current account surplus of USD 2,101.6 million, alongside a positive financial account balance of USD 1,180.5 million. Exports rose 14.6% to USD 9,319.6 million, driven by agricultural and mining goods, while imports increased 8.1% to USD 12,184.9 million, supported by higher consumer and capital goods. Gross foreign direct investment inflows reached USD 3,059.2 million, net FDI was USD 1,502.5 million, and reserve assets increased by USD 2,166.1 million.
Data & statisticsBalance of payments and other external statistics
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2026-03-30•Africa•Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG)
The Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group reported on its 51st Task Force of Senior Officials meeting in Arusha, focused on preparations for the Third Round of Mutual Evaluations and prioritising effectiveness. The agenda covered follow-up and high-level mission reports, adoption of a horizontal review of implementation of Financial Action Task Force Recommendation 8 across the region, and the admission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a full member, with the Chair calling for continued technical support from member countries.
Policy & regulationPeer reviews and country evaluationsAML and CFT
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2026-03-30•Montenegro•Montenegro Capital Market Authority
The Montenegro Capital Market Authority signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the North Macedonia Securities Commission to establish a framework for closer cooperation, consultation and mutual assistance in capital market supervision and enforcement. It provides for information exchange and joint work on market and trading supervision, inspections, licensing and supervision of market participants, and measures to prevent market abuse, supporting regional regulatory capacity and alignment with European standards.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-03-30•Luxembourg•Central Bank of Luxembourg
The Central Bank of Luxembourg reported a sharp deterioration in consumer confidence in March 2026, with the overall indicator falling to -16 from -6 in February. Households’ expectations for the general economic situation, their future financial situation and major purchase intentions all weakened significantly, while perceptions of their past financial situation improved.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developments
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2026-03-30•Japan•Japan Financial Services Agency
The Japan Financial Services Agency has published the results of its public consultation on partial revisions to the Comprehensive Supervision Guidelines for Insurance Companies and confirmed the updated guidelines will apply from 1 June 2026. The revisions reflect recommendations on insurers’ claims management and solicitation frameworks and on collaboration between insurance agents and intermediaries, and are accompanied by a summary of comments with FSA responses and a comparison table against the current guidelines.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsSupervision process and methodologies
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2026-03-30•Japan•Japan Financial Services Agency
The Japan Financial Services Agency published results of its consultation on draft amendments to the Comprehensive Supervision Guidelines for Insurance Companies and related measures under the amended Insurance Business Act, with revised supervisory guidelines to apply from 1 June 2026. The changes strengthen system development obligations for specified large-scale multi-life insurance solicitors, agents and insurers, introduce a prohibition on excessive convenience provided to policyholders, and include measures to promote use of insurance intermediaries. The agency will separately announce the outcome of public comments on securing appropriate comparative recommended sales at ride-sharing agencies, including revisions to information provision rules.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsSupervision process and methodologies
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2026-03-30•Japan•Japan Financial Services Agency
The Japan Financial Services Agency has finalized Cabinet Office Ordinance amendments implementing the revised Insurance Business Act, effective 1 June 2026. The measures tighten system and governance requirements for specified large-scale insurance solicitors and multi-life insurance agents, strengthen outsourcing and concurrent business rules for insurers, expand the ban on excessive benefits, and introduce new obligations related to insurance intermediaries and reporting of scandalous incidents.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOther
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2026-03-30•Madagascar•Ministry of Finance (Madagascar)
Madagascar’s Ministry of Finance announced the start of an IMF mission in Antananarivo for the third and fourth reviews of the Extended Credit Facility and Resilience and Sustainability programmes. Discussions focused on domestic revenue mobilisation, public spending quality, governance and transparency, monetary and financial stability, and integrating climate considerations into public financial management. The authorities reiterated their commitment to pursuing reforms under these programmes to support structural transformation despite remaining challenges.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesEconomic data and developmentsFinancial stability and systemic risk
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2026-03-30•Mexico•Ministry of Finance & Public Credit (Mexico)
Mexico’s Ministry of Finance and Public Credit reported that Casa de Moneda de México obtained certification in December 2025 for its Integrated Management System under ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 37001:2016. The system formalizes quality management and anti-bribery controls to strengthen operational effectiveness, efficiency and integrity in coin and medal minting, aligned with continuous improvement and modernization policies in the Federal Public Administration.
Institutional developmentCooperation & capacity buildingBribery and corruption
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2026-03-30•Global•International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund published a Central Bank Transparency Code Review for the Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten, assessing transparency as part of modernization. The report links enhanced transparency, internal governance improvements, and regulatory reforms to rebuilding trust after past supervisory failures, and underscores heightened expectations for clear communication and stakeholder engagement across both countries, including on financial stability, macroprudential policy, lender-of-last-resort functions, foreign exchange, and AML/CFT.
Policy & regulationPeer reviews and country evaluationsAML and CFTCorporate governance
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2026-03-30•Global•International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund published a “Selected Issues” country report for Morocco (Country Report No. 2026/073) examining capital budgeting and public expenditure, expenditure efficiency and infrastructure, and themes related to national accounts, production, productivity, and public financial management. The 34-page report is identified by DOI 10.5089/9798229042338.002.
ResearchFintech and insurtech
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2026-03-30•Global•International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund published the staff report and related documents for Morocco’s 2026 Article IV consultation and review under the Flexible Credit Line arrangement, highlighting faster growth, low inflation, a modestly wider external deficit and continued fiscal consolidation. It notes real GDP growth of 4.8% in 2025 Q1–Q3, a neutral monetary policy stance by Bank Al-Maghrib, a faster-than-expected reduction of the fiscal deficit to 3.5% of GDP, and progress on structural reforms and social strategies. It also links Morocco’s hosting of major international events, including the 2030 FIFA World Cup, and S&P’s upgrade to investment grade to stronger investor confidence and new growth opportunities.
Research
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2026-03-30•Global•International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund warns that the war in the Middle East is raising energy prices, disrupting supply chains and tightening financial conditions, pushing up inflation and slowing growth, especially for energy importers and countries with weak fiscal and external buffers. It flags severe energy supply risks from potential disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, higher freight and insurance costs, and greater food insecurity in low‑income countries, alongside increased market volatility and tougher refinancing conditions for governments and firms in emerging and low‑income economies.
ResearchEconomic data and developmentsFinancial stability and systemic risk
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2026-03-30•Global•International Monetary Fund
The IMF Executive Board concluded its 2026 Article IV consultation with Cameroon, citing slower 2025 growth from election-related disruptions, a weakened fiscal position, and a wider current account deficit, but a cautiously favorable outlook with growth expected to recover in 2026 under a tighter fiscal stance. Directors urged sustained fiscal consolidation, stronger revenue mobilization, tighter expenditure controls, completion of fuel subsidy reforms with an automatic fuel price mechanism and targeted support, reinforced debt management amid high debt distress risks, and vigilance over financial sector vulnerabilities, including elevated non-performing loans and the sovereign-bank nexus. They also called for faster anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing reforms to support Cameroon’s exit from the FATF grey list and noted continued engagement under the Post-Financing Assessment framework.
Policy & regulationInternational standards & recommendationsEconomic data and developments
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2026-03-30•Canada•Department of Finance (Canada)
The Department of Finance Canada outlined a national “follow-the-money” strategy to better detect, disrupt, and prevent extortion by strengthening financial intelligence collection and sharing, with a focus on Québec and Montréal. The initiative mobilises the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada through embedded liaison officers, reprioritised analytical resources, a new Countering Extortion Partnership, and targeted guidance, producing a more than threefold increase in extortion-related financial intelligence disclosures. It aligns with broader federal measures, including CAD 1.7 billion in additional Royal Canadian Mounted Police capacity, work toward a new Financial Crimes Agency by spring 2026, and Bill C-12 reforms to increase anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing penalties.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilots
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2026-03-30•British Virgin Islands•British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission
The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission issued an industry circular ahead of the 1 April 2026 launch of Legitimate Interest transaction functionality for inspection requests of the Beneficial Ownership Register, outlining timelines for objections, appeals and processing. The circular also details operational requirements for Registered Agents, changes to VIRRGIN and VIRRGIN Lite access, a USD 125 filing fee for beneficial ownership information, and transitional penalties of up to USD 1,400 per entity from 1 January 2026.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationBeneficial ownership
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2026-03-30•Canada•Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario published its first Enforcement Annual Report for 2024/25, highlighting increased enforcement activity in both volume and impact, underpinned by a stronger supervisory framework and expanded legal powers. FSRA initiated 100 enforcement actions, nearly doubled the volume of sanctions over two years, imposed CAD 1.2 million in administrative monetary penalties, and revoked or refused 25 licences in the mortgage and insurance sectors.
EnforcementEnforcement statistics
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2026-03-30•Canada•Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario has refused to renew the life insurance and accident and sickness insurance agent licence of Rajesh Narayanan Ramdass Raja. FSRA found him unsuitable under Ontario’s Insurance Act due to repeated submission of applications with false or misleading information and allowing others to use his agent code to submit fraudulent business, and issued the order following a settlement with him.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLicence withdrawal
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2026-03-30•Greece•Ministry of National Economy and Finance (Greece)
Greece’s Ministry of National Economy and Finance will submit an amendment to Parliament to defer the planned requirement for rent to be paid via a bank account. The start date will be pushed from 1 April to 1 October, extending the deadline through end-September to allow for technical adjustments and avoid operational disruptions.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOther
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2026-03-30•United States•National Credit Union Administration
The National Credit Union Administration has launched a streamlined Phase 1 system for new credit union charter applications to standardise and reduce burdens in the early stages, including preliminary approval of a proposed credit union’s field of membership. The initiative, backed by a USD 2 million NCUA Board approval in December 2024, will be expanded in further phases, with a fully automated charter application processing system expected in 2027.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsLicensing framework and process
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2026-03-30•Egypt•Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority
The Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority has instructed supervised non-banking financial institutions to implement remote working on Sundays during April 2026, as appropriate to their activities, to support operational readiness and business continuity amid regional developments. Firms must ensure uninterrupted delivery of services, maintain service quality and internal efficiency, keep digital platforms and support channels fully operational, and strengthen cybersecurity and coordination across branches and departments.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsOperational risk and resilience
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2026-03-30•Mauritius•Bank of Mauritius
The Bank of Mauritius has terminated the conservatorship of Silver Bank Limited and appointed Mr Huns Biltoo of KPMG Mauritius as receiver, citing the bank’s financial position and the absence of a complete application from the only prospective acquirer. The conservatorship, initiated in February 2024 under section 65 of the Banking Act 2004, was ended under section 67(1)(b), and receivership imposed under section 75 after extensions failed to yield a complete acquisition application. Further information, including claims procedures, will be provided by the receiver.
SupervisionInterventionsRecovery and resolution
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2026-03-30•Costa Rica•Central Bank of Costa Rica
The Central Bank of Costa Rica published its monthly economic conditions report reviewing developments through March 2026. The report covers output, employment and wages, external trade, public finances, monetary and financial accounts, the foreign exchange market, prices, and international economic indicators.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developmentsMonetary data
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2026-03-30•Europe•European Third Party Providers Association
The European Third Party Providers Association urged EU institutions to keep the proposed Financial Data Access Regulation on the agenda and accelerate trilogue negotiations, warning that delays or withdrawal would leave open finance to develop via proprietary, non-EU data ecosystems as AI-driven consumer finance expands. It highlighted growing consumer use of generative AI tools for financial advice, risks of unregulated data collection and reliance on US infrastructures, and disputed claims that the framework would mainly benefit Big Tech. The paper supports FiDA but calls for more progressive implementation, clearer use case prioritisation, stronger cybersecurity and operational focus, and early investment in data infrastructure and interoperability.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesFintech and insurtechArtificial intelligence
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2026-03-30•Canada•Ontario Securities Commission
The Ontario Securities Commission has outlined plans and requested feedback on developing a machine-readable dataset of Ontario securities rules and related regulatory documents to improve access, clarity and usability for capital market participants and reduce compliance burden. The project, informed by 2025 feasibility work with RegGenome on machine-assisted annotation, will guide next steps and support the Commission’s 2026–2027 priority to develop a proof of concept for a machine-readable version of Ontario’s securities regulation.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsRegulatory burden
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2026-03-30•Chile•Chile Financial Market Commission
The Chile Financial Market Commission has completed its annual assessment of systemically important banks, maintaining the designation of six banks and increasing the additional core equity requirement for Banco del Estado de Chile. Additional core equity requirements, as a share of risk-weighted assets, remain at 1% for Banco Itaú Chile, 1.25% for Banco de Chile and Scotiabank Chile, and 1.5% for Banco Santander-Chile and Banco de Crédito e Inversiones, while Banco del Estado de Chile rises from 1.25% to 1.5%. The assessment, under Chapter 21-11 of the Updated Compilation of Banking Regulations, is in its fifth year and the additional requirements must be met in December 2026.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsFinancial stability and systemic riskPrudential risks
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2026-03-30•Chile•Chile Financial Market Commission
The Chile Financial Market Commission published its February 2026 report on the performance of the banking system and savings and credit cooperatives, covering activity, risk and results indicators. Banks recorded a 1.07% real annual contraction in total loans to USD 316,140 million, mixed credit risk metrics, and a 4.65% real decline in cumulative profits to USD 991 million, with return on equity at 14.81%. Savings and credit cooperatives saw loans grow 7.42% in real terms to USD 4,130 million but reported weaker asset quality and a 21.15% real drop in cumulative results to USD 15 million, with lower profitability.
SupervisionRisk monitoring & watch pointsSupervision process and methodologies
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2026-03-30•Chile•Chile Financial Market Commission
The Chile Financial Market Commission published performance data for supervised banks and savings and credit cooperatives as of February 2026, showing a 1.07% year-on-year real decline in bank loans to USD 316,140 million and a 4.65% fall in cumulative bank profits to USD 991 million, alongside mixed credit risk indicators and lower returns on equity. Savings and credit cooperatives recorded 7.42% loan growth to USD 4,130 million but a 21.15% drop in cumulative results to USD 15 million, with rising credit risk and weaker profitability.
SupervisionRisk monitoring & watch pointsSupervision process and methodologies
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2026-03-30•Uganda•Uganda Capital Markets Authority
The Uganda Capital Markets Authority launched its 30th anniversary with a year-long outreach programme, highlighting its record in market supervision, investor protection and innovation, including strengthened enforcement, the Investor Compensation Fund and a regulatory sandbox. It reported that Uganda’s markets had raised UGX 2.3 trillion in public equity, UGX 290 billion in corporate bonds and over UGX 1.8 trillion in private markets, with domestic market capitalization at UGX 15.9 trillion and collective investment schemes mobilizing UGX 5.6 trillion. The authority also noted growth in investor accounts and said listed companies employed more than 11,000 Ugandans, contributed UGX 2.45 trillion in taxes and paid over UGX 1.15 trillion in dividends.
Financial literacy & educationMarket developmentFinancial inclusion
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2026-03-30•United States•Federal Reserve Board
The Federal Reserve Board published a FEDS Notes analysis on how payment stablecoins defined under the Genius Act could reduce frictions in cross-border payments and affect monetary policy by changing demand for central bank liabilities and other safe assets. The note assesses reserve-asset backing strategies for payment stablecoins, highlighting impacts on bank balance sheets, U.S. Treasury bill markets, and Federal Reserve balances, and concludes that large-scale adoption could require recalibration of reserve management amid volatile flows between banks and stablecoin issuers.
ResearchStablecoinsPayments and payment systems
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2026-03-30•Colombia•Central Bank of Colombia
The Central Bank of Colombia published a press clipping highlighting an RCN news article on the use of the Bre-B instant payments system by savings and credit cooperatives. The article describes how these cooperatives are leveraging Bre-B to modernise their services and expand access to digital financial services beyond the traditional banking sector in Colombia.
Financial literacy & educationOther
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2026-03-30•Canada•Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions outlined its risk priorities and agenda, emphasizing integrity and security risks, including cyber risk, and resilience amid slowing growth and geopolitical uncertainty. Key prudential initiatives include proposed reductions in risk weights for some SME loans, intensified supervision of non-bank financial institution exposures and synthetic risk transfer transactions, and alignment of its Credit Risk Management Guideline with international principles. OSFI will launch a streamlined approvals framework in June 2026 for eligible new entrants and confirmed that the Domestic Stability Buffer range of 0% to 4% remains appropriate, with the buffer at 3.5%.
SupervisionSupervision approach, priorities & toolkitFinancial stability and systemic riskPrudential risks
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2026-03-30•Namibia•Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority
The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority has issued a governance standard for regulated entities under the Financial Institutions and Markets Act, 2021. It requires boards to have one-third independent directors, an independent chairperson, annual performance reviews, stronger risk and control frameworks, and continued oversight of outsourced functions. The standard also caps non-executive director tenure at three consecutive three-year terms and auditor tenure at five consecutive years unless the regulator approves otherwise.
Policy & regulationRules & requirements
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2026-03-30•Vietnam•State Bank of Vietnam
The State Bank of Vietnam reported on the Vietnam Association of People’s Credit Funds’ 5th term congress, which set priorities for strengthening system-wide coordination and supporting member People’s Credit Funds to develop safely and sustainably. The new executive committee will develop an action programme to implement the congress resolution and coordinate the 2025–2030 restructuring of the People’s Credit Fund system and Vietnam Cooperative Bank, with a longer-term orientation to 2045. The State Bank also stressed supporting members through organisational changes and enhancing digital transformation, training, internal rules, professional ethics, and shared IT and digital infrastructure.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesOther
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2026-03-30•Namibia•Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority
The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority has issued a standard governing transfers, mergers and reorganisations of collective investment schemes and portfolios. It requires prior NAMFISA approval and, as a rule, investor consent from holders of 51% in value of participatory interests, while allowing limited exemptions subject to notice, governance and asset-compatibility conditions. Approval depends on investor value being preserved, no unfair prejudice, no majority objection and protection of creditor rights and existing obligations.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOther
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2026-03-30•Vietnam•State Bank of Vietnam
The State Bank of Vietnam published remarks by Deputy Governor Pham Tien Dung outlining priority areas for Vietcombank to maintain its leading position while implementing its 2026 conference resolution. He called for stronger financial capacity and capital, tighter asset quality and safety indicators aligned with international standards, accelerated end-to-end digital transformation, enhanced trade union and supervisory roles, and continued workforce training and development.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationOther
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2026-03-30•Bahamas•Central Bank of the Bahamas
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has selected Montran Corporation to design and implement a national Fast Payment System (FPS), expected to launch by the first quarter of 2027. The FPS, owned and operated by the Central Bank, will provide real-time domestic payments settlement interoperable with the Automated Clearing House, the Bahamas Inter-bank Settlement System and the SandDollar central bank digital currency, and will include commercial banks, credit unions, licensed payment service providers, the government and the National Insurance Board as participants.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsPayments and payment systems
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2026-03-30•Namibia•Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority
The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority published industry comments and responses on its draft standard for CIS transfers, mergers and reorganizations, indicating several accepted revisions. These include clearer transaction definitions, removal of an overlapping business transfer clause, and confirmation that investor approval must be obtained before seeking NAMFISA approval. It kept a principles-based approach on timing, disclosure and prejudice assessments rather than adding fixed procedural thresholds.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationOther
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2026-03-30•Namibia•Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority
The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority has issued a governance standard for all registered financial markets entities under the Financial Institutions and Markets Act, 2021. It requires one-third independent directors, an independent board chair, annual board evaluations, stronger conflict and outsourcing controls, and formal risk and information technology governance. The standard also sets tenure limits for non-executive directors and five-year rotation limits for auditors, subject to regulatory approval for longer service.
Policy & regulationRules & requirements
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2026-03-30•Norway•Norwegian Finanstilsynet
The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway has announced amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Act and related regulations to apply the revised European long-term investment funds framework (ELTIF 2) in Norway, enabling the establishment of ELTIFs under Regulation (EU) 2023/606 from 1 April 2026. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759 will also be incorporated from that date, aligning technical regulatory standards with ELTIF 2 and complementing Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2018.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOther
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2026-03-30•Norway•Norwegian Finanstilsynet
The Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority has reminded entities in scope of the Digital Operational Resilience Act that some Register of Information submissions for information and communication technology service agreements, filed by 13 March 2026 and forwarded to the European Banking Authority, were rejected and require correction. Firms must check submission status in the e-Reg production environment, review EBA error feedback for any rejected filings, correct the issues, and resubmit via e-Reg.
SupervisionRegulatory reporting
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2026-03-30•Namibia•Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority
NAMFISA has completed its review of industry comments from the formal consultation on subordinate legislation under the Financial Institutions and Markets Act, 2021. The finalized feedback covers governance and CIS-related standards, and the updated final versions have been posted on the authority's website.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationCorporate governance
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2026-03-30•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 issued Board resolutions Nos. 26–28 granting consent for Alla Alexandrovna Mashkevich, Anna Alexandrovna Mashkevich and Larisa Vasilyevna Mashkevich to obtain major indirect participant status in Eurasia Insurance Company JSC.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsSecurities offerings and listings
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2026-03-30•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 Board resolutions No. 20, No. 21 and No. 22 granting consent for Alla Alexandrovna Mashkevich, Anna Alexandrovna Mashkevich and Larisa Vasilyevna Mashkevich to become major indirect participants in Eurasian Bank Joint Stock Company.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLicence approval
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2026-03-30•Namibia•Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority
The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority published consolidated comments and responses on draft FIMA governance standards for Chapters 3 and 4. It accepted targeted drafting, definition and proportionality changes, including deleting the blanket bar on group-level directors being independent at subsidiaries and easing some committee provisions. Core governance requirements were largely kept, including one-third independent directors, an independent chairperson and tenure limits for non-executive directors.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationCorporate governance
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2026-03-30•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 Erlan Bulatovich Butin as a member of the Management Board of JSC Nurbank. The decision is recorded in protocol No. 24/БВУ/П.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLicence approval
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2026-03-30•Global•International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund published a staff paper, discussed by its Executive Board, on macroeconomic developments and prospects in low-income countries eligible for Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust facilities, highlighting easing inflation and narrowing imbalances but persistent debt vulnerabilities and rising financial stability risks from increased domestic borrowing. The paper notes average GDP growth of 4.8 percent in 2025 amid highly heterogeneous performance, declining external financing and official development assistance, and greater exposure to commodity prices, global interest rates, and geopolitical spillovers. Directors stressed stronger fiscal discipline, domestic revenue mobilization, transparency, governance, and better public financial and debt management, with scarce concessional resources focused on poorer and fragile low-income countries with limited market access.
Policy & regulationInternational standards & recommendationsEconomic data and developments
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2026-03-30•Argentina•Argentina Superintendency of Insurance
The Argentina Superintendency of Insurance has outlined next steps in its supervision modernisation programme, opening a preproduction environment for its new Reporting Regime so insurers can test Financial and Solvency Information modules. The existing RITEST environment is being replaced with new preproduction microservices and access will be managed via a new prelogin environment, with administrator users assigning Balance and Investments permissions. From 15 October 2026 the new Reporting Regime will be the sole channel for financial and solvency reporting, including financial statements with a 30 September 2026 closing date.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsRegulatory reporting
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2026-03-30•Europe•European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has published its Third Report on the Insurance Distribution Directive, finding that while it still sets EU-wide minimum standards, major challenges persist around digitalisation, sales processes, sustainability preference integration and incentives. The report highlights consolidation and fewer registered intermediaries alongside more cross-border passporting, uneven improvements in advice and selling practices, regulatory gaps for digital and AI-based distribution, and ongoing consumer-protection risks from inducements. EIOPA will use the findings to promote supervisory convergence and support the European Commission’s Retail Investment Strategy and the directive’s future review.
SupervisionReviews, inspections & stress testsSales and distribution
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2026-03-30•United States•U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, issued a statement opposing the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed rule to allow greater exposure of retirement accounts, including 401(k)s, to private markets and cryptocurrencies. She argued the proposal would push risky assets into retirement savings amid weakness in private credit, 16-year low private equity returns, and declining crypto prices, jeopardizing retirement security while benefiting Wall Street.
Other
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2026-03-30•Moldova•National Bank of Moldova
The National Bank of Moldova published its 2025 annual report on transparency in the decision-making process, noting 32 decisions adopted, 27 draft decisions consulted and 991 recommendations received, alongside four consultative meetings or public sessions. The report highlights that no actions or decisions were contested for non-compliance with transparency rules and no sanctions were applied, and outlines the legal framework and website-based publication practices underpinning its decision-making transparency.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilots
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2026-03-30•United States•U.S. Department of the Treasury
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an advisory urging heightened vigilance by financial institutions against fraud schemes targeting Medicare, Medicaid and other health care benefit programs, highlighting typologies, red flags and a 20 percent year-on-year increase in related suspicious activity reports. FinCEN also proposed a rule to fully implement a whistleblower program covering fraud, money laundering, sanctions violations and certain other national security laws, with awards of 10 to 30 percent of monetary penalties.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsWhistleblowing
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2026-03-30•Canada•Alberta Securities Commission
The Alberta Securities Commission announced a one-year coordinated fee approach with the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization to keep 2026 registration costs net neutral for Alberta-resident individual registrants following changes to CIRO’s fee model. CIRO will increase the Approved Person fee component of its annual Dealer Member Fee Model from April 1, 2026 to recover costs from expanded registration responsibilities delegated by several securities regulators, including the ASC, with implementation details set out in ASC Staff Notice 31-702.
Policy & regulationCooperation
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2026-03-30•United States•Federal Reserve Board
The Federal Reserve Board published research on whether recent disinflation in the United States, euro area, Canada, and United Kingdom reflects temporary normalization or a change in the inflation process, finding inflation remains unusually broad-based and the pre-pandemic link between aggregate inflation and diffusion indexes has weakened. It highlights persistent non-housing services price and wage pressures, especially in North America, and that diffusion-based models now systematically underpredict core inflation. The note cautions that alternative measures of inflation breadth may yield different results and that more data are needed to determine whether the shift is lasting, while stressing this does not imply central banks cannot achieve 2 percent inflation targets.
Research
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2026-03-30•Malta•Central Bank of Malta
The Central Bank of Malta reported that business activity remained above its historical average in February, although economic sentiment weakened, employment expectations fell and uncertainty increased. Inflation held at 2.3%, while January brought stronger industrial production, a higher 3.4% unemployment rate and slower growth in residents’ deposits and credit.
ResearchEconomic data and developments
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2026-03-30•Netherlands•De Nederlandsche Bank
De Nederlandsche Bank announced that Professor Marike Knoef will join its Supervisory Board from 1 April for an initial four-year term, replacing Mirjam van Praag who stepped down on 1 March 2026. Knoef is Dean of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management and Professor of Economics at Tilburg University, with a research focus on pensions and wealth accumulation and several external supervisory and advisory roles in Dutch economic policy institutions.
Institutional developmentLeadership change & appointmentsLeadership change and appointments
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2026-03-30•Dominican Republic•Pensions Superintendency (SIPEN)
The Dominican Republic’s Superintendency of Pensions (SIPEN) has launched a training programme for Farmacias Los Hidalgos employees on the national pension system, with the company set to receive SIPEN’s “Here We Know About Pensions” certification. The seal is granted where over 70% of staff show basic pension knowledge, and SIPEN reports around 550 employees have attended sessions on system benefits, members’ rights, and pension access procedures.
Financial literacy & educationCapacity building
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2026-03-30•United States•Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has appointed Marie Beggin, CEO of Penn East Federal Credit Union, and Lauren Ranalli, president and CEO of First Resource Bank and First Resource Bancorp, to its 12-member Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC). The council, comprising representatives from commercial banks, thrift institutions and credit unions, meets twice a year to provide insights on economic and business trends affecting community depository institutions, with a Philadelphia CDIAC representative later participating in a cross-Reserve Bank session hosted by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
Institutional developmentLeadership change & appointmentsLeadership change and appointments
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2026-03-30•Canada•Department of Finance (Canada)
The Department of Finance Canada has launched consultations on a whole-of-government National Anti-Fraud Strategy, developed with 11 other departments and building on initiatives such as the Canadian Anti-Scam Coalition. Feedback is sought on measures to support law enforcement, strengthen public awareness, and create a Multi-Sector Anti-Fraud Framework with new and enhanced obligations for federally regulated financial institutions, telecom providers, and digital platforms, including transaction warnings, call spoofing controls, and screening of fraudulent online content. The notice cites rising fraud losses reported to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre and references Bill C-15 provisions on fraud prevention controls, customer consent and limits, and fraud data reporting.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesConsumer and investor protection
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2026-03-30•United Kingdom•Financial Conduct Authority
The Financial Conduct Authority published an update on Shojin Financial Services Limited, an authorised crowdfunding platform that entered administration on 23 March 2026. The authority is engaging with Shojin and the Joint Administrators, Simon Carvill-Biggs and Ian Corfield of FRP Trading Advisory Limited, to seek to ensure the best outcomes for investors in property development loans, with affected parties to be contacted directly by the Joint Administrators.
SupervisionInterventionsCrowdfundingRecovery and resolution
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2026-03-30•South Africa•South African Reserve Bank
The South African Reserve Bank published its International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity Template for end-February 2026, reporting official reserve assets of USD 81.06bn and detailing the short-term foreign currency position of the Reserve Bank and central government. Foreign currency reserves were USD 53.01bn, including USD 36.44bn in securities and USD 16.57bn in deposits, with central government predetermined foreign-currency outflows within one year of USD 2.123bn in principal and USD 2.0bn in interest.
Data & statisticsBalance of payments and other external statistics
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2026-03-30•Montenegro•Insurance Supervision Agency of Montenegro
The Insurance Supervision Agency of Montenegro has invited applications for the April 2026 professional exam required to perform insurance mediation and/or insurance representation activities, which will be conducted electronically. Candidates may choose among three exam tracks covering basics of insurance, contract law, insurance mediation and insurance representation, with a fee of EUR 100 and complete documentation required for registration.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLicence approval
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2026-03-30•United States•Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland published research examining why recent job growth and unemployment dynamics appear misaligned with strong GDP growth, concluding that historical evidence does not indicate hidden weakness in the GDP data. The analysis finds that productivity gains underpinning GDP growth are unlikely to be revised away and that GDP affects unemployment with a lag, so a model incorporating a two-quarter lag renders recent GDP–unemployment readings less unusual.
ResearchEconomic data and developments
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2026-03-30•Mexico•CONDUSEF
Mexico's National Commission for the Protection and Defence of Users of Financial Services (CONDUSEF) reported 1,086 complaints in Sonora for January–February 2026, equal to 2.3% of national complaints and a 9.8% year-on-year decrease, with MXN 5.7 million recovered for users. Commercial banking accounted for 64.4% of complaints, driven mainly by unrecognised electronic transfers and purchases, while 26.2% of cases were linked to possible fraud and the user-favourable resolution rate was 38.6%.
Data & statisticsComplaints and dispute resolution
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2026-03-30•Brazil•Central Bank of Brazil
The Central Bank of Brazil released updated Monetary and Credit Statistics with data through February 2026. The release provides the latest official figures on monetary aggregates and credit conditions.
Data & statisticsMonetary data
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2026-03-30•Dominican Republic•Superintencencia de Bancos de la Republica Dominicana
The Dominican Republic Superintendency of Banks reported the banking system’s credit portfolio reached DOP 2.39 trillion at end-2025, up 9.5% year on year and representing 57.5% of total system assets. Mortgages grew 13.2% to DOP 443,170 million, private commercial credit rose 11.7% to DOP 1.3 trillion, and private foreign-currency credit increased 11.2% to USD 9,041 million. Weighted average lending and deposit rates for multiple banks were 13.28% and 6.08%, with delinquency at 1.87% and “stressed delinquency” at 7.83%.
Data & statisticsActivity and performance reporting
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2026-03-30•United States•Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s fourth-quarter 2025 Mortgage Metrics Report shows first-lien mortgage performance remained strong, with 97.5% current and performing and serious delinquencies unchanged year over year. Servicers initiated 7,519 new foreclosures, down quarter-on-quarter but above year-earlier levels, while completed loan modifications fell 39% to 5,888, largely due to changes in secondary market investor loss mitigation programs. The report covers about 10.3 million loans with USD 2.6 trillion in principal balances, representing 19.2% of US residential mortgage debt.
Data & statisticsActivity and performance reporting
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2026-03-30•France•France Autorite des marches financiers
The French Financial Markets Authority announced a consultation agreement with the Financial Markets Standards Board to strengthen collaboration and support the development of FMSB draft guidance and publications for wholesale financial markets. Under the agreement, the AMF will contribute its expertise to work on fixed income, currencies and commodities and related conduct standards, in what the FMSB described as its first consultation agreement with a major European regulator.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-03-30•Tajikistan•Ministry of Finance (Tajikistan)
The Ministry of Finance of Tajikistan held talks with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on developing the domestic capital market and expanding green financing. Discussions covered support for issuing green government bonds, establishing a legal and methodological framework for green and sustainable securities, developing the national currency government securities market and a carbon market, and listing state-owned enterprises on the capital market.
Policy & regulationCooperationClimate risk and sustainable financeMarket development
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2026-03-30•Global•ISDA
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) published an assessment of the revised US Basel III endgame proposal, calling it a major improvement over the 2023 version that enhances risk sensitivity and avoids disproportionate capital increases, while remaining complex and needing further calibration analysis. ISDA welcomes preservation of internal models under the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book, adjustments to cross-product netting and counterparty credit risk, and exclusion of certain cleared trades from the credit valuation adjustment framework and the global systemically important bank surcharge, but still flags concerns over conservatism and risk sensitivity.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationCapital adequacy
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2026-03-30•Europe•European Central Bank
The European Central Bank has published an Occasional Paper mapping the EU capital markets supervisory architecture, finding supervision remains highly complex and predominantly national despite increasingly cross-border markets. It develops a framework for more integrated EU-level supervision, identifying potential candidates for direct European Securities and Markets Authority oversight among central securities depositories, central counterparties and large asset managers, and arguing for direct EU supervision of crypto-asset service providers with stricter requirements for significant firms.
Research
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2026-03-30•Europe•European Central Bank
The European Central Bank published a blog post on an Occasional Paper arguing EU capital markets supervision is overly complex and fragmented and calling for more integrated EU-level oversight via the European Commission’s December 2025 “market integration and supervision package” to expand the European Securities and Markets Authority’s role. It proposes a two-tier model in which ESMA directly supervises certain large cross-border entities, including five or six central counterparties and 15 central securities depositories, and promotes supervisory convergence for the largest cross-border asset managers. The paper also advocates EU-level supervision of all crypto-asset service providers under the Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation, with extra prudential requirements for the largest providers, and an independent ESMA Executive Board with full enforcement powers, while national authorities remain primary supervisors for domestic firms.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesSupervision process and methodologies
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2026-03-30•Europe•European Central Bank
The European Central Bank published research showing a sharp rise in global trade policy uncertainty in 2025, which it estimates reduced euro area real GDP growth by around 0.3 percentage points relative to 2024, with risks persisting amid renewed US-China tensions and events related to Greenland. Uncertainty mainly transmits via disrupted trade and supply chains, delayed investment and hiring, and weaker confidence, with business investment about three times more affected than private consumption. Despite these headwinds, euro area GDP growth in 2025 reached 1.5%, supported by frontloaded activity ahead of tariffs, favourable conditions during monetary policy normalisation, strong private-sector balance sheets and fiscal measures including Next Generation EU implementation and higher defence spending.
ResearchGeopolitical risk
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2026-03-30•United States•Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an advisory urging financial institutions to be vigilant for health care fraud schemes targeting government health care benefit programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. The advisory describes how fraudsters, organized crime groups and transnational criminal organizations exploit these programs, outlines associated money laundering typologies and red flag indicators, and encourages voluntary suspicious activity reporting to FinCEN and immediate notification of law enforcement.
SupervisionAlertsFraud and scams
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2026-03-30•United States•Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to fully implement its whistleblower program, creating incentives and protections for reporting fraud-related violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, U.S. sanctions programs administered by OFAC, and other laws. The proposal details secure submission and award application procedures, eligibility and adjudication criteria, and protections for whistleblowers, and would provide awards of 10–30% of collected monetary penalties where tips lead to successful enforcement actions.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsWhistleblowing
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2026-03-30•Maldives•Maldives Monetary Authority
The Maldives Monetary Authority will issue a new Maldivian rufiyaa 10 (MVR 10) banknote and place it into circulation in response to cash demand. The note, dated 31 July 2025 and bearing the governor’s signature, has published design and security features, and the existing MVR 10 banknote will remain in circulation alongside the new issue.
Monetary policyMonetary policy instruments & operationsOther
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2026-03-30•Israel•Bank of Israel
Bank of Israel’s Monetary Committee kept the policy rate at 4.00 % on 30 March, pausing after 50 bp of cuts since November 2025, citing energy-led price pressures that lifted headline CPI to 2 % and core inflation to 2.2 % amid ongoing Operation “Roaring Lion.” The Research Department cut its 2026 growth forecast to 3.8 % and projects a 5.3 %-of-GDP deficit, while the committee signalled that future moves will depend on inflation, activity, geopolitics and fiscal trends, with price-stability risks tilted upward.
Monetary policyPolicy rate decisionsMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-03-30•Spain•Bank of Spain
The Bank of Spain reported a 2025 profit of EUR 234 million, to be transferred in full to the Public Treasury, marking a return to profitability after zero profit outcomes in 2023 and 2024. The recovery is mainly attributed to lower liability costs following deposit facility rate cuts, with net losses from monetary policy operations narrowing to EUR -2,071 million and income from foreign currency assets and the Bank’s own euro portfolio reaching EUR 3,038 million.
Data & statisticsOperational excellence
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2026-03-30•Croatia•Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency
The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency and the Ministry of Finance have launched PutNaTržište (RoadToMarket), described as Croatia’s first educational simulation sandbox to help entrepreneurs prepare for capital market financing. The free, confidential programme provides diagnostic assessments of capital markets readiness, familiarises firms with regulatory and issuer obligations, and involves more than 35 partners from banking, investment, legal, audit and business associations.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsFintech and insurtechFinancial literacy and education
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2026-03-30•Hong Kong•Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (Hong Kong)
The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau announced the Financial Secretary’s reappointment of Miss Queenie Fiona Lau as a Non-Executive Director of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority for a two-year term from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2028. The bureau also published the updated MPFA board membership effective 1 April 2026, led by Chairman and Non-Executive Director Mrs Ayesha Macpherson Lau and comprising non-executive and executive directors, plus the Secretaries for Financial Services and the Treasury and for Labour and Welfare as members.
Institutional developmentLeadership change & appointmentsLeadership change and appointments
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2026-03-30•Hong Kong•Hong Kong Monetary Authority
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has published its Half-Yearly Monetary and Financial Stability Report (March 2026 issue), setting out its assessment of monetary and financial stability conditions. The report analyses global and local economic developments, Hong Kong’s monetary and financial conditions, and the recent performance and risks of the local banking sector.
Monetary policyMonetary policy assessments & outlooksEconomic data and developmentsFinancial and market indicatorsSupervisory data
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2026-03-30•Hong Kong•Hong Kong Monetary Authority
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has issued an alert on fraudulent social media posts impersonating its Chief Executive, Eddie Yue, using fabricated news footage to promote a bogus investment scheme and harvest personal data. The authority stressed that the posts are fake, reiterated that it does not contact the public on personal financial matters, and has reported the cases to the Hong Kong Police Force.
SupervisionAlertsFraud and scams
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2026-03-30•Hong Kong•Hong Kong Monetary Authority
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued an alert on fraudulent websites, fake internet banking login screens, phishing emails and other scams involving Chong Hing Bank Limited and Chiyu Banking Corporation Limited. It reiterated that banks do not send embedded hyperlinks for transactions or request sensitive information such as login or one-time passwords by phone, email or SMS, and advised affected individuals to contact the relevant bank and report cases to the Hong Kong Police Force.
SupervisionAlertsFraud and scams
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2026-03-30•Israel•Bank of Israel
The Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Amir Yaron and the Monetary Committee held their quarterly meeting with regular forecasters to exchange views on projections for inflation, the interest rate and the exchange rate. The meeting covered recent economic developments in view of operation “Roaring Lion”, with the Research Department presenting its latest assessment and forecasters sharing their own views.
Monetary policyMonetary policy assessments & outlooksMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-03-30•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, via Board resolutions No. 23, No. 24 and No. 25, granted consent to Alla Alexandrovna Mashkevich, Anna Alexandrovna Mashkevich and Larisa Vasilyevna Mashkevich to obtain the status of major indirect participant in Eurasian Capital Joint Stock Company.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLicence approval
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2026-03-30•China•Central Bank of the Republic of China
The People's Bank of China held its 2026 Research (Counsellor) Work Conference to review 2025 research and counsellor activities and set priorities for 2026. The 2025 work focused on supporting major central bank reforms, advancing research for the 15th Five-Year Plan, developing the “six core elements”, and promoting the Shanghai International Financial Centre, while the 2026 agenda will deepen research on structural and sudden issues, coordinate regional financial reform, and strengthen the translation of research into policy.
Institutional developmentOtherOrganizational structure
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2026-03-30•Thailand•Thailand Securities & Exchange Commission
The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission has refused M Vision Public Company Limited’s request for a further extension to submit its special audit report and instructed the company to expedite the audit and disclose information via the Stock Exchange of Thailand’s SETLink system. The special audit relates to transactions flagged by the auditor and the regulator, and the request was denied after the company failed to show progress and had not appointed an auditor.
SupervisionInterventionsAuditing
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2026-03-30•Croatia•Ministry of Finance (Croatia)
The Croatian Ministry of Finance and the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency have launched PutNaTržište, an educational, simulation-based sandbox to help companies test their readiness for capital markets financing, including bond issuance and IPOs, in a secure, confidential environment. The three-phase programme provides diagnostic assessments of capital markets readiness, supports understanding of financing instruments and regulatory obligations, and is backed by over 35 partner institutions across financial and professional services.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsMarket development
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2026-03-30•Slovenia•Central Bank of Slovenia
The Central Bank of Slovenia and the Ministry of Finance have concluded the 2026 Bodi FIN financial literacy project for primary schools with a nationwide competition involving more than 5,000 students, including over 2,400 participants and 146 gold award recipients. Separately, the Central Bank is again running the Masters of the Digital Future project under the patronage of President Nataša Pirc Musar, with the 2026 edition to conclude in May with an international final debate involving several other central banks.
Financial literacy & educationFinancial literacy and education
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2026-03-30•North Macedonia•Securities and Exchange Commission of the Republic of North Macedonia
The Securities and Exchange Commission of the Republic of North Macedonia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Capital Market Commission of the Republic of Montenegro to establish a framework for mutual cooperation and information exchange on capital markets supervision and regulation. The agreement envisages coordinated supervisory activities, mutual support in licensing and investigations, and sharing of good practices to strengthen regulatory capacity and alignment with EU-harmonised standards.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-03-30•Georgia•National Bank of Georgia
The National Bank of Georgia has published its latest Capital Market Review, providing a data-driven overview of Georgian capital market developments as of the fourth quarter of 2025 and confirming the report will be issued twice a year. The review focuses on local bond markets, analysing market structure, investor base, ownership and secondary market activity, and highlights the role of commercial banks, investment funds and the Pension Agency of Georgia in market development and liquidity.
Data & statisticsFinancial and market indicatorsSupervisory data
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2026-03-30•Brazil•Brazilian Pension Funds Authority (PREVIC)
The Brazilian Pension Funds Authority (PREVIC) published its 2025 Management Report, highlighting strong performance in the closed supplementary pension regime with an average annual return of 13.23% and a net actuarial surplus of BRL 17 billion, while reiterating that entities should target actuarial balance. The report details supervisory activity and implementation of PREVIC Resolution 26/2025 on communications, ombudsman functions, integrity and diversity, equity and inclusion programmes. PREVIC signals that the next regulatory cycle will focus on enhancing the solvency model and updating the sanctions framework to strengthen risk-based supervision.
SupervisionReviews, inspections & stress testsActivity and performance reporting
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2026-03-30•Kyrgyzstan•National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic’s supervisory committee has revoked two licences held by Limited Liability Company Tillabay for violations of Kyrgyz Republic legislation, effective 30 March 2026. The withdrawn authorisations covered third-party payment and settlement services via information technology-based and electronic payment systems, as well as payment processing, clearing and related financial information services for payment system participants.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsUnlicensed or unauthorized activity
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2026-03-30•Italy•Ministry of Finance (Italy)
Italy’s Ministry of Finance published remarks by Economy and Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti to the G7 Finance, Energy and Central Banks meeting calling for a rapid, coordinated and proportionate policy response to the negative economic effects of the Middle East crisis, drawing on lessons from 2022–23 after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. He highlighted rising energy costs as critical for energy-intensive industries and argued that measures to counter indiscriminate price increases should be targeted, temporary and based on a shared approach, alongside an appropriate mix of monetary and fiscal policy.
Policy & regulationCooperationGeopolitical risk
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2026-03-30•Kyrgyzstan•National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic launched its annual Global Money Week 2026 financial literacy campaign with an event at Kyrgyz National University named after J. Balasagyn. The programme covered financial planning, saving, lending, Islamic finance, digital financial technologies, investment instruments and financial security, and was attended by around 350 participants from public authorities, financial institutions and other organisations.
Financial literacy & educationFinancial literacy and education