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2026-04-24•Peru•Central Bank of Peru
The Central Bank of Peru reported that Peru’s non-traditional exports grew at an average annual rate of 9.1% over the five years to February 2026, outpacing comparable measures for Colombia, Mexico, Brazil and Chile and indicating a relative gain in export competitiveness. Growth was driven mainly by agricultural shipments, particularly fruit, as well as textile, chemical and steel-metallurgical exports, with the cross-country comparison based on differing sectoral exclusions and definitions.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-24•Panama•Panama Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores
The Panama Superintendency of the Securities Market issued an investor alert stating that Hansard International Global PLC and Oxford Financial & Investment are non-authorised entities. Investors are cautioned that these firms are not authorised to operate in Panama’s securities market.
SupervisionAlertsUnlicensed or unauthorized activity
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2026-04-24•United States•U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs released a statement criticising a U.S. Department of Justice announcement and urging the Senate not to proceed with the nomination of Kevin Warsh as Chair of the Federal Reserve, calling it part of President Donald Trump’s attempt to take control of the central bank. The statement alleged the Department of Justice was using criminal investigations involving Federal Reserve Chair Powell and Governor Cook to clear the way for Warsh’s appointment and warned that efforts to influence the Fed were ongoing.
OtherLeadership change and appointments
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2026-04-24•United States•U.S. Department of Justice
The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to intervene in xAI’s lawsuit challenging Colorado’s new “algorithmic discrimination” law, arguing that the statute violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The filing targets requirements to prevent unintentional disparate impact in algorithmic decision-making and an exemption from liability for algorithms designed to promote diversity or redress historic discrimination, positioning the federal government in the challenge to Colorado SB24-205.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsArtificial intelligence
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2026-04-24•Europe•European Banking Authority
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities published its 2025 Annual Report, highlighting cross-sector work on consumer protection in digital financial markets, implementation of the Digital Operational Resilience Act, sustainable finance disclosures and risk monitoring. The report details delivery of Digital Operational Resilience Act legal instruments, designation of nineteen critical third-party service providers with the European Banking Authority as Lead Overseer, operationalisation of the European Systemic Cyber Incident Coordination Framework, and enhancements to Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. It also notes efforts to simplify the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products key information document, consumer-facing crypto-asset warnings, and planned 2026 oversight and fee collection for critical third-party service providers.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsCyber resilienceClimate risk and sustainable finance
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2026-04-24•United Kingdom•Bank of England
The Bank of England published a staff working paper analysing the impact of the February 2022 increase in the Faster Payments Service transaction limit from GBP 250,000 to GBP 1 million on CHAPS usage. It finds strong evidence of substitution, with CHAPS volumes between GBP 250,000 and GBP 1 million estimated to be 10.7%–13.7% lower than without the change, implying around 1.2–1.6 million fewer CHAPS payments and a negligible liquidity impact given the low value share of such payments. The paper is intended to elicit comments and does not represent Bank of England policy.
ResearchPayments and payment systems
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2026-04-24•Angola•Ministry of Finance (Angola)
The Ministry of Finance of Angola published RECREDIT’s 2025 results, reporting cumulative recoveries of AOA 139.13 billion by December 2025, up 10 percent on 2024 and equivalent to 48 percent of the amount invested in acquired portfolios. RECREDIT highlighted that delays in specialized courts are materially affecting recoveries on credit claims worth about AOA 422.20 billion still in proceedings, and stressed that its intervention supports banks in disposing of non-performing loans and freeing capital and liquidity for lending.
Data & statisticsAsset quality
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2026-04-24•Nigeria•Ministry of Finance (Nigeria)
Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance, through Coordinating Minister of the Economy Taiwo Oyedele, signalled a shift in the economic agenda from stabilisation to measurable growth while committing to sustain recent reforms. The next phase will focus on four investment enablers: policy consistency and predictability, lower cost of doing business, improved access to capital, and a more coherent regulatory and foreign exchange environment, with success measured by investment, job creation, productivity gains and living-standard improvements.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-24•Liechtenstein•Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority
The Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority has determined that Valeria Capital AG’s licence as an asset management company has expired following the firm’s written waiver of its authorisation. The licence, originally granted on 21 March 2014, expired with effect from 21 April 2026 pursuant to Article 30(1)(a) VVG, and Valeria Capital AG in Triesen is no longer authorised to provide or broker services under Article 3 VVG.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLicence withdrawal
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2026-04-24•Liechtenstein•Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority
The Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority announced that LGT Bank Ltd has waived its registration as a TT Depositary, resulting in the lapse of this registration and the end of its authorization to provide TT services subject to registration, effective 17 March 2026. The waiver was made under Article 12(1) TVTG in conjunction with Article 2(1)(n) TVTG, and the registration lapsed in accordance with Article 20(1)(a) TVTG.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLicence withdrawal
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2026-04-24•Mexico•CONDUSEF
Mexico's National Commission for the Protection and Defense of Users of Financial Services (CONDUSEF) issued a fraud alert about individuals misusing the name and data of VALOREX, S.A. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R. to offer supposed “immediate” loans via social media and messaging apps, collecting personal data and advance deposits without granting credit. CONDUSEF clarified that VALOREX finances vehicle purchases and does not operate through such channels, and urged users to verify institutions in its SIPRES registry and treat any upfront payment requests or transfers to personal accounts as red flags.
SupervisionAlertsFraud and scams
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2026-04-24•United States•Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation published its list of administrative enforcement orders issued in March 2026 and reported that no administrative hearings are scheduled for May 2026. The 22 March orders comprised one consent order, seven orders terminating consent orders, two civil money penalty orders, one combined order of prohibition and order to pay, five prohibition orders, and six orders terminating deposit insurance.
EnforcementEnforcement statisticsOther
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2026-04-24•China•China Securities Regulatory Commission
The China Securities Regulatory Commission has issued new supervision rules for board secretaries of listed companies to standardise their roles and strengthen accountability, effective 24 May 2026. The rules clarify responsibilities for information disclosure, corporate governance and communications, enhance role safeguards and appointment management, and require regular performance evaluations with penalties where due diligence is not exercised. Transitional arrangements apply to appointments and concurrent roles through 31 December 2027.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsCorporate governance
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2026-04-24•China•China Securities Regulatory Commission
The China Securities Regulatory Commission’s Heilongjiang Bureau has issued an advance notice of administrative penalties against Heilongjiang Zhongneng Liangke Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. and Guangdong Xinyu Law Firm for alleged violations of overseas listing filing requirements, in its first case under the 2023 Trial Measures involving an overseas listing completed without the required filing. The case concerns an indirect Nasdaq listing via a De-SPAC transaction completed before the filing process was finalised, which led to trading suspension on the listing day. Proposed penalties total CNY 3 million for Zhongneng Liangke and CNY 1.5 million for the responsible executive, and CNY 500,000 for Guangdong Xinyu Law Firm and CNY 200,000 for the responsible lawyer.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsSecurities offerings and listings
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2026-04-24•Global•International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund has published a note on how “agentic” artificial intelligence, which can act autonomously on users’ behalf, could reshape payment systems by shifting transactions to agent-mediated decisions. Using a three-layer framework of intent, authorization, and settlement, it assesses potential benefits and risks for authorization, liquidity, settlement, compliance, and resilience, highlighting tensions between probabilistic AI behaviour and deterministic payment infrastructure requirements, and risks around traceability, opacity, systemic effects, cybersecurity, and legal uncertainty.
ResearchArtificial intelligencePayments and payment systems
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2026-04-24•Mauritius•Mauritius Financial Services Commission
The Mauritius Financial Services Commission has urged licensees to submit officer approval applications, resignation notices and related statutory filings through the FSCOne Platform. Firms must create and maintain complete, non-duplicative incumbent profiles with due diligence documents, and each licensee must file separately where the same officer is appointed across multiple entities. The Commission may also require physically submitted applications to be refiled on FSCOne.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationLicence approval
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2026-04-24•Russia•Central Bank of Russia
Bank of Russia cut its key rate by 50 bp to 14.50%, extending a 650 bp easing cycle since April 2025, citing a better demand-supply balance even as underlying inflation holds at 4–5% with significant external and fiscal risks. It maintains 2026 inflation at 4.5–5.5% and will decide on further cuts as disinflation firms, assuming an average rate of 14.0–14.5% next year and 8.0–10.0% in 2027.
Monetary policyPolicy rate decisionsMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-04-24•Kazakhstan•National Bank of Kazakhstan
The Monetary Policy Committee of the National Bank of Kazakhstan maintained the base rate at 18.0 % (±1 pp), noting headline inflation eased to 11.0 % in March and demand is softening but core inflation and expectations remain elevated. Liquidity is still being drained via higher reserve requirements and mirrored FX operations, and the committee said cuts will be considered only if the disinflation trend holds and external and regulated-price risks recede.
Monetary policyPolicy rate decisionsMonetary policy decisions and developments
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2026-04-24•Moldova•National Commission for Financial Markets
Moldova’s National Commission for Financial Markets joined an OSCE-organised study visit at the European Central Bank on virtual asset regulation, with experts from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority and the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority. Discussions covered transposing the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, licensing and monitoring crypto-asset service providers and issuers, anti-money laundering risk analysis and typologies, and institutional cooperation to align Moldova’s supervisory framework with European standards.
Policy & regulationCooperationFintech and insurtechAML and CFTCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-24•China•Central Bank of the Republic of China
The People’s Bank of China and seven other authorities issued Measures on the Administration of Online Marketing of Financial Products, creating a comprehensive compliance framework for financial institutions’ online marketing and third-party platforms providing entrusted marketing services. The Measures tighten content standards, ban marketing of illegal and unlicensed financial activities, impose primary compliance responsibility and review mechanisms on financial institutions, and require platforms to enhance disclosures and restrict livestream and algorithm-driven promotions. They also prohibit platforms from intervening in core sales processes and allow State Council financial regulators to add sector-specific requirements.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsSales and distribution
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2026-04-24•Europe•European Central Bank
The European Central Bank’s weekly Eurosystem balance sheet for the week to 24 April 2026 showed total assets and liabilities of EUR 6,215,651 million, down EUR 2,652 million from the previous week. Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations rose to EUR 26,332 million, while securities of euro area residents in euro fell to EUR 3,882,200 million. On the liability side, liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations increased to EUR 2,485,227 million, driven by higher use of the deposit facility, while banknotes in circulation edged up and liabilities to other residents in euro declined.
Data & statisticsBalance of payments and other external statistics
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2026-04-24•Tajikistan•National Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan
The National Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan published results of its 24 April 2026 foreign exchange purchase auction, which involved six participants and a weighted-average exchange rate of 9.4298 USD/TJS. Fulfilled bids ranged from USD 2.172 million to USD 10.960 million.
Monetary policyMonetary policy instruments & operationsOther
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2026-04-24•Hong Kong•Hong Kong Monetary Authority
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued a public alert on fraudulent websites, fake internet banking login screens, phishing emails and other scams involving several Hong Kong banks, directing the public to banks’ press releases on its website. It reiterated that banks do not send embedded hyperlinks for transactions or request sensitive information such as login passwords or One-Time Passwords by phone, email or SMS, and advised affected individuals to contact their bank and report cases to the Hong Kong Police Force.
SupervisionAlertsFraud and scams
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2026-04-24•Croatia•Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency
The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding with supervisory authorities from Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, North Macedonia, Slovakia and Slovenia to strengthen cooperation in regulating and supervising markets. The MoU establishes a framework for more intensive regional collaboration on capital market development, including identifying regulatory shortcomings and pursuing harmonisation of rules, and follows an earlier regional market integration initiative agreed by the countries’ finance ministers.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-24•Hong Kong•Hong Kong Insurance Authority
The Hong Kong Insurance Authority’s provisional 2025 statistics show total gross premiums of HKD 827 billion, up 29.7%, driven by long term business. Long term new office premiums rose 50.6% to HKD 330.9 billion, with Non-Linked individual business at HKD 312.1 billion, while revenue premiums of in-force business reached HKD 718.5 billion and long term assets HKD 5,398 billion. In general business, gross premiums were HKD 108.5 billion with underwriting profit of HKD 2.9 billion, though onshore Property Damage profit fell sharply due to Wang Fuk Court fire claims and reserves.
Data & statisticsFinancial and market indicators
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2026-04-24•India•India International Financial Services Centres Authority
The India International Financial Services Centres Authority has approved new frameworks under the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Listing) Regulations, 2024 for preferential issues, qualified institutions placements and rights issues, adding capital-raising routes for entities listed on recognised IFSC exchanges. It also amended the IFSCA (TechFin and Ancillary Services) Regulations, 2025 and IFSCA (Finance Company) Regulations, 2021 to enable special purpose vehicles for leasing, including aircraft leasing, to be structured entirely within GIFT IFSC, reflecting consultation feedback on trust and company service provider recognition, capital requirements, prudential norms and resource sharing.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsSecurities offerings and listings
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2026-04-24•Romania•Ministry of Finance (Romania)
Romania’s Finance Ministry reported on a meeting between Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare and European Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque focused on accelerating capital market development, channelling savings into productive investment, and advancing the Capital Markets Union. Discussions covered the Market Infrastructure Package, the Framework for Financial Data Access, measures to improve banking sector competitiveness and reduce bureaucracy, and Romania’s plans to boost listings, broaden investor participation, and use the Investment and Development Bank to attract capital and develop new financing instruments.
Policy & regulationCooperationMarket development
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2026-04-24•Vietnam•Vietnam State Securities Commission
The Vietnam State Securities Commission, through its Technology and Digital Transformation Department, is seeking cost quotations from qualified providers to conduct an investment evaluation for a project to build an overall information technology system to support its management and supervision.
Institutional developmentProcurementOutsourcing and third-party risk management
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2026-04-24•Slovakia•Ministry of Finance (Slovakia)
The Ministry of Finance of Slovakia reported that Standard and Poor’s has assigned the country a long-term credit rating of A with a stable outlook.
Data & statisticsCredit ratings
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2026-04-24•Vietnam•Vietnam State Securities Commission
The Vietnam State Securities Commission, with the Vietnam Association of Certified Public Accountants, held training for officials on reading, analysing and identifying risks in audited financial statements to strengthen inspection and supervision, including fraud detection. Experts from VACPA, Deloitte Vietnam and A&C Audit and Consulting covered risk identification in overall reviews and key line items, legal issues in accounting and auditing, and practical case studies, with further sessions planned in the southern region.
Institutional developmentCooperation & capacity buildingAuditing
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2026-04-24•North Macedonia•Securities and Exchange Commission of the Republic of North Macedonia
The Securities and Exchange Commission of North Macedonia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on capital markets cooperation with regulators from Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia and Bulgaria, becoming the only non-EU authority in the initiative. The memorandum aims to enhance supervisory cooperation, harmonise regulatory practices and coordinate efforts to improve the efficiency, transparency, integration, liquidity and resilience of regional capital markets, building on earlier agreements supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-24•Kyrgyzstan•National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic approved four bank nominations for senior audit and board governance positions. It endorsed candidates for internal audit leadership at Open Joint Stock Company Mbank and Closed Joint Stock Company Bank Kompanion, and for chair and independent member roles, including chairing risk management committees, at Closed Joint Stock Company Asman Bank and Open Joint Stock Company Eurasian Savings Bank.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLeadership change and appointments
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2026-04-24•Thailand•Thailand Office of Insurance Commission
The Thailand Office of Insurance Commission has published findings from a strategic planning project on the country’s voluntary health insurance system, conducted with the Thailand Development Research Institute. The study proposes short- and long-term strategies and an action plan to strengthen voluntary health insurance as a complement to public healthcare, including promoting preventive healthcare, leveraging technology for risk management, developing products aligned with public needs, and upgrading data infrastructure and inter-agency connectivity. Stakeholder input from government, insurers and public health bodies will inform the next phase.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesOther
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2026-04-24•Vietnam•State Bank of Vietnam
The State Bank of Vietnam reported that the Vietnam Asset Management Company and Korea Asset Management Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen cooperation on non-performing loan resolution. The agreement focuses on digital transformation using artificial intelligence and data analytics, strengthening market-based NPL resolution through standardised documentation and asset valuation, and aligning with international debt resolution practices, with KAMCO as a key technical partner.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-24•Vietnam•State Bank of Vietnam
The State Bank of Vietnam hosted a meeting between Deputy Governor Nguyen Ngoc Canh and the CEO of Korea’s NICE Information Service, coinciding with the Korean President’s visit to Vietnam, to discuss Vietnam–Korea financial sector cooperation and NICE’s interest in Vietnam’s credit information market. The Deputy Governor noted the growing presence of Korean financial institutions in Vietnam, while NICE outlined its capabilities as Korea’s largest credit information company and its intention to support Vietnam’s credit information infrastructure.
Policy & regulationCooperationOther
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2026-04-24•Vietnam•State Bank of Vietnam
The State Bank of Vietnam and Korea’s Financial Services Commission agreed to coordinate a project to connect cross-border retail payments via QR codes, aimed at supporting tourism and facilitating the use of local currencies in transactions. They also discussed broader supervisory and market cooperation, with Vietnam encouraging Korean banks to provide more long-term funding to Vietnamese businesses and both sides expressing interest in expanded knowledge sharing on debt handling, risk management and payment systems.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-24•Norway•Norwegian Finanstilsynet
The Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has joined a coordinated international supervisory initiative to warn consumers about unlawful investment marketing by “finfluencers” on social media. It reports rising promotion of complex, high risk investments and is intensifying domestic monitoring, education and enforcement in cooperation with national authorities, while coordinating messaging and actions with regulators in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the Americas.
SupervisionCooperationConsumer and investor protectionMarket abuse
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2026-04-24•Azerbaijan•Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
The Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan has invited specified insurance intermediaries to attend an attestation at its Baku premises on 1 May 2026. The notice is issued under Clause 2.4 of the rules on the organisation and conduct of attestation in the insurance field, and attendees must present an identity card for admission.
SupervisionOther
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2026-04-24•Norway•Department of Finance (Norway)
Norway’s Ministry of Finance has published the Financial Markets Report 2026, outlining the government’s assessment of the financial sector framework, financial stability outlook, market structure and capital access, and signalling a policy focus on faster incorporation of EU/EEA financial regulation and further simplification while maintaining stability and consumer protection. The report aims to align Norwegian banks’ capital requirements with those of foreign banks in the same market and tasks the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway with assessing variable-capital fund structures and potential further changes after revised rules on currency hedging of share classes. It flags geopolitical uncertainty, high energy prices, market volatility, high household indebtedness and banks’ commercial real estate exposures as key risks, while noting good competition and capital access and an ongoing review of financing conditions for growth companies and start-ups.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesMarket developmentFinancial stability and systemic risk
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2026-04-24•Norway•Department of Finance (Norway)
The Norwegian Department of Finance has appointed Wenche Agerup, Tove Andersen and Stig Helberg as new external members of Norges Bank’s Executive Board for four-year terms from 16 May 2026, replacing Arne Hyttnes, Kristine Ryssdal and Nina Udnes Tronstad. From that date, the board will be chaired by Governor Ida Wolden Bache with Deputy Governor Pål Longva as deputy chair, and will oversee Norges Bank’s governance and operations, including management of the Government Pension Fund Global and banking services to the state.
Institutional developmentLeadership change & appointmentsLeadership change and appointments
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2026-04-24•Europe•European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities, chaired by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, published its 2025 Annual Report on priorities and achievements in cross-sector work. Key areas include consumer protection in digital financial markets, implementation of the Digital Operational Resilience Act, sustainable finance disclosures, cross-sectoral risk monitoring, enhancements to the EU securitisation framework, support for financial innovation, and simplification of the EU financial regulatory framework.
Policy & regulationCooperationSupervision process and methodologies
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2026-04-24•Philippines•Central Bank of the Philippines
The Central Bank of the Philippines (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) reported a sharp deterioration in March business sentiment, with the overall confidence index falling to -24.3% from 8.2% and the quarter-ahead index dropping to -17.3% from 37.4%, driven by concerns that higher fuel costs linked to the Middle East conflict will weaken consumer spending. While the 12‑month outlook remained positive at 11.7%, it eased significantly amid geopolitical uncertainty and persistent inflationary pressures. Firms expect inflation to stay above the 3.0% target but within the ±1.0 percentage-point band, and the BSP said it is monitoring spillovers from the conflict and stands ready to adjust monetary policy.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-24•Philippines•Central Bank of the Philippines
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported improved consumer sentiment in Q1 2026, with the current quarter confidence index rising to -15.8 percent from -22.2 percent, while expectations for Q2 2026 and the year ahead weakened on concerns over graft, corruption and higher inflation. Inflation expectations remained below the BSP’s 3.0 percent target for 2026, and the central bank is monitoring potential spillovers from the Middle East conflict and stands ready to adjust monetary policy and support banks.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-24•India•Securities & Exchange Board of India
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has issued a circular allowing Foreign Portfolio Investors to net settle funds for certain cash market “outright transactions”, partially relaxing the gross settlement requirement at the custodian level. Transactions where an investor has both buy and sell positions in the same security and settlement cycle remain on a gross basis, as does securities settlement, with Securities Transaction Tax and stamp duty still charged on a delivery basis. Custodians and other stakeholders must develop implementation standards and make necessary system changes.
Policy & regulationRules & requirements
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2026-04-24•Moldova•National Bank of Moldova
The National Bank of Moldova reported that Governor Anca Dragu met with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union to discuss Moldova’s financial system, macroeconomic developments and securing EU recognition of the equivalence of Moldova’s banking prudential framework. Discussions also addressed progress in aligning regulatory and supervisory frameworks, payments modernisation, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing standards, and the recent government approval of an EU-aligned sustainable finance taxonomy.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperationFinancial stability and systemic risk
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2026-04-24•Europe•European Commission
The European Commission and partner development finance institutions have launched the Global Green Bond Initiative Fund, a public-private vehicle under the EU’s Global Gateway strategy to mobilise up to EUR 20 billion for sustainable infrastructure in low and middle-income countries. The fund will invest exclusively in primary green bond issuance, prioritise first-time issuers, allocate at least 20% to least developed countries, and is expected to crowd in up to EUR 2 billion from private investors on around EUR 1 billion in public equity, supported by an EFSD+ Guarantee and managed by Amundi.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsClimate risk and sustainable financeGreen taxonomy
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2026-04-24•Europe•European Fund and Asset Management Association
The European Fund and Asset Management Association reported February 2026 net inflows into Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities and Alternative Investment Funds of EUR 143 billion, with long-term UCITS posting a record EUR 117 billion, driven by strong European and Asian equity markets. The association cautioned that flows could reverse in March due to the Iran war’s impact on energy supplies, trade routes and investor sentiment. Total net assets rose 2.1% to EUR 26.3 trillion across the 29 European countries covered.
Data & statisticsFinancial and market indicatorsSupervisory data
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2026-04-24•Nepal•Central Bank of Nepal
The Central Bank of Nepal reported that Governor Mahaprasad Adhikari joined the IMF and World Bank Group Spring Meetings 2026, holding bilateral talks on Nepal’s macro-financial conditions and the IMF Extended Credit Facility. Meetings with IMF and Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering officials addressed programme performance, technical assistance, Nepal’s anti-money laundering status and grey-list exit efforts, and the use of artificial intelligence and big data in finance. Adhikari also outlined Nepal’s economic and financial situation, investment potential and technology use at events in the United States and a World Bank Group Executive Forum.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-24•Europe•European Central Bank
The European Central Bank has agreed with European Card Payment Cooperation, nexo standards and the Berlin Group to reuse their open technical standards for processing digital euro online payments to support interoperable, widely accessible acceptance. The standards cover contactless tap-to-pay, merchant-to-payment service provider and acquirer connectivity, and alias-based payments and related functions, with the ECB aiming to reduce market adoption costs and foster early coordination among payment service providers and standardisation bodies. Benefits are expected ahead of any digital euro issuance, with broader scaling contingent on adoption of the digital euro Regulation.
Policy & regulationCooperationCBDCPayments and payment systems
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2026-04-24•United Kingdom•Financial Conduct Authority
The Financial Conduct Authority reported outcomes from an international “week of action” involving 17 regulators targeting illegal finfluencers and unauthorised financial promotions on social media, combining enforcement and consumer education. In the UK, it secured a guilty plea from Aaron Chalmers, commenced criminal proceedings against two others, issued warnings, requested 120 social media account takedowns and identified 1,267 illegal financial adverts on Meta platforms, mostly linked to entities on its Warning List. The FCA urged social media platforms to act more proactively and reminded consumers to use its Firm Checker and Warning List.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsFraud and scams
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2026-04-24•Paraguay•Central Bank of Paraguay
The Central Bank of Paraguay, through its Superintendency of Insurance, has launched RENAES, a national network to promote insurance education and interinstitutional coordination. The first phase covers 10 selected cooperatives, with training and educational materials focused on insurance products and policyholders' rights and obligations. The network is intended to expand in later phases.
Financial literacy & educationFinancial literacy and education
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2026-04-24•Latvia•Ministry of Finance (Latvia)
Latvia’s Ministry of Finance, in cooperation with the Ministry of Welfare, has drafted amendments to the Credit Institutions Law to allow municipal social services to obtain applicants’ account statement data directly from credit institutions and the postal payment system, automating data provision and reducing administrative burden. The changes, linked to the Ministry of Welfare’s DigiSoc project to create a unified digital platform for social services administration, are planned to take effect in 2027.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOther
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2026-04-24•China•China Securities Regulatory Commission
The China Securities Regulatory Commission has launched a 2026 special action to crack down on financial fraud by listed companies, focusing on earlier detection, stronger deterrence and improved mechanisms linking case discovery, punishment, delisting and investor protection. The initiative prioritises enhanced monitoring using big data and artificial intelligence, tougher penalties including delisting and continued liability, reinforced gatekeeping by controlling shareholders, directors and intermediaries, and more integrated enforcement and investor protection.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actions
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2026-04-24•China•China Securities Regulatory Commission
The China Securities Regulatory Commission, together with the People’s Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, will permit Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors and Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors to trade government bond futures from 24 April 2026, limited to hedging. The measure broadens the investable range for overseas institutions, provides an additional interest rate risk management tool, and is intended to enhance the attractiveness of RMB bond assets and support development of the bond spot and futures markets.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsSecurities offerings and listings
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2026-04-24•France•France Autorite des marches financiers
France’s Autorité des marchés financiers published a summary of its short, thematic SPOT supervisory controls on digitalised customer journeys offered to non-professional clients for subscribing to and placing orders in financial instruments. The review, which covered four credit institutions authorised to provide investment services, forms part of the AMF’s investor protection work and follows its 2025 supervisory priorities programme.
SupervisionReviews, inspections & stress testsConsumer and investor protectionUnlicensed or unauthorized activity
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2026-04-24•France•France Autorite des marches financiers
The French Financial Markets Authority published findings from SPOT thematic inspections of digitised client journeys at four authorised investment firms, identifying weaknesses in information provided to retail investors. The review highlights heterogeneity in online onboarding models and four key fragility areas: incomplete or unclear disclosures on services, weak and easily altered MiFID questionnaires, ambiguous warnings on product inappropriateness, and internal controls that do not adequately address risks from autonomous digital journeys.
SupervisionReviews, inspections & stress testsConsumer and investor protection
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2026-04-24•Hong Kong•Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission is joining IOSCO’s Global Week of Action Against Unlawful Finfluencers, coordinating cross-border enforcement, supervision and investor education against unlawful social media financial promotions. The SFC highlighted recent measures including a custodial sentence for unlicensed paid investment advice, action against unlicensed overseas virtual asset platform promotions, extensive social media takedown requests, and enhanced surveillance using its SENSOR AI system and regional coordination.
Policy & regulationCooperationFraud and scams
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2026-04-24•New Zealand•Department of Internal Affairs
New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs has fined Hamilton law firm Foster & Milroy NZD 60,000 for criminal breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act following a departmental investigation. The firm pleaded guilty to failures in risk assessment, AML/CFT programme implementation, record-keeping, and wilfully obstructing an AML/CFT supervisor, with repeated non-compliance and obstruction between March 2022 and March 2025.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsAML and CFT
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2026-04-24•Brunei Darussalam•Central Bank of Brunei Darussalam
The Central Bank of Brunei Darussalam has updated its BDCB Alert List to include Aleys Transfer (8621334), which is not licensed, authorised or regulated by the central bank. It reiterated that activities such as money remittance, money changing, money lending and pawn broking require a BDCB licence and warned that consumers using unlicensed providers are not protected under its regulatory framework.
SupervisionAlertsSanctions list update
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2026-04-24•Kyrgyzstan•National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic imposed fines of KGS 55,000 each on two exchange bureaus in Bishkek for breaching Kyrgyz Republic legislation and the National Bank’s regulatory legal acts.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsUnlicensed or unauthorized activity
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2026-04-24•Canada•Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions outlined a streamlined policy and supervisory agenda, narrowing near-term non-financial priorities to credit risk management and senior leader accountability, and removing 52 guidance documents and over 600 pages of redundant material. OSFI highlighted work to make capital and liquidity requirements more risk-sensitive, including proposed capital reductions for certain Corporate SME and commercial exposures and recent relief for specific infrastructure investments by property and casualty insurers, while taking a measured approach to artificial intelligence, digitalization, and heightened integrity and security risks.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationRisk managementPrudential risks
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2026-04-24•Azerbaijan•Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
The Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan has amended the Rules on Sustainable Capital Requirements for Investment Companies, revising the classification framework, capital calculation methodology, and introducing new liquid-asset and minimum leverage ratio requirements. Capital requirements will now reflect trading book size and the level of investment services activity, with the changes intended to support more proportionate regulation and closer alignment with international standards under the 2024–2026 financial sector development strategy.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsCapital adequacy
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2026-04-24•Australia•Australian Securities & Investments Commission
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission reported that Pure Foods Tasmania Limited reduced recognised deferred tax assets by AUD 4.5 million in its 2025-26 half-yearly report following a financial reporting and audit surveillance review. ASIC had raised concerns that recognition of unused tax losses as deferred tax assets did not meet AASB 112 Income Taxes, leading the company to reverse AUD 4,570,855, or 31% of total assets, and disclose the write-back with updated profitability forecasts.
SupervisionReviews, inspections & stress testsFinancial and market indicatorsSupervisory data
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2026-04-24•Australia•Australian Securities & Investments Commission
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has accepted Douglas Trood’s application to cancel his company auditor registration following concerns over alleged non-compliance with auditor independence and conflict of interest requirements under the Corporations Act 2001 and APES 110. ASIC’s concerns stemmed from his long-standing association and governance roles with a large proprietary audit client, which it considered created significant self-interest and familiarity threats that were not adequately addressed.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsAuditing
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2026-04-24•Australia•Australian Securities & Investments Commission
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has reissued Regulatory Guide 43 on financial reporting and audit relief, updating and consolidating its guidance to reflect legislative reforms and withdrawing Regulatory Guide 29. The guide applies to a wide range of entities and explains how ASIC exercises its powers to grant relief from financial record keeping, reporting and audit requirements under the Corporations Act 2001, including processes for seeking individual relief where class relief is unavailable.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationAccounting and financial reportingAuditing
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2026-04-24•Australia•Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is consulting on amendments to three life insurance reporting standards to migrate remaining collections from Direct to APRA to APRA Connect and align them with existing APRA Connect instructions, taxonomy and definitions. The largely technical proposals add one related party exposure data item, convert derivatives reporting to a concept-dimension model, and reduce off-balance sheet business reporting from quarterly to annual, with no material change to data requirements.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsRegulatory reporting
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2026-04-24•North Macedonia•North Macedonia Insurance Supervision Authority
The North Macedonia Insurance Supervision Authority has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Commission for Protection of Competition to formalise and expand their existing collaboration. The agreement focuses on information, knowledge and experience sharing and strengthening institutional capacity to enhance protection of insured persons’ rights.
SupervisionCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-24•Trinidad & Tobago•Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago held a high-level engagement with the Tobago House of Assembly to discuss Tobago’s economic priorities and deepen collaboration, including support to strengthen the Assembly’s analytical capacity. Key outcomes included renewed alignment between the Bank’s National Financial Literacy Programme and the Assembly’s Financial Literacy Secretariat, support for public consultation on the draft Payment Systems and Services Bill, and briefings on the Bank’s 2026–2031 strategic plan, new Series 2026 TTD 100 banknotes, and supervisory and SupTech initiatives.
Policy & regulationCooperationMandate change
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2026-04-24•Honduras•Central Bank of Honduras
The Central Bank of Honduras reported that Net International Reserves increased by USD 1,039.0 million between 27 January and 23 April 2026, rising from USD 10,305.8 million to USD 11,344.8 million. Over the same period, import cover for goods and services improved from 6.2 to 6.8 months, with weekly reserve changes ranging from USD 5.4 million to USD 219.1 million.
Data & statisticsBalance of payments and other external statistics
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2026-04-24•Canada•New Brunswick Financial & Consumer Services Commission
The Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick warned that MNCTN Global is not registered to deal or advise in securities or derivatives in New Brunswick and urged investors to avoid unregistered firms due to the lack of protections. The alert identifies MNCTN Global’s websites and purported Australian location, directs investors to the National Registration Search tool and crypto asset trading platform guidance, and clarifies the warning does not extend to other businesses with similar names.
SupervisionAlertsUnlicensed or unauthorized activity
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2026-04-24•Europe•European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has submitted to the European Commission draft Regulatory Technical Standards on resolution colleges for insurance groups and draft Implementing Technical Standards on procedures and standardized forms for insurers’ resolution-planning data. The standards align reporting with Solvency II, limit new data requests to information strictly necessary for resolution planning, and introduce simplification measures such as biennial reporting and restricting mandatory reporting to entities material for resolution planning.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsRecovery and resolution
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2026-04-24•Australia•Australian Securities & Investments Commission
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has intensified its crackdown on unlawful social media “finfluencers” during the second Global Week of Action Against Unlawful Finfluencers, issuing warning notices to four individuals and reviewing how Australian Financial Services licensees supervise finfluencers. The warnings concern suspected unlicensed financial advice and misleading conduct. Licensees remain responsible for representatives’ online conduct and must maintain adequate supervision and records. ASIC signalled ongoing social media monitoring and potential enforcement action where finfluencer activity or supervisory failures put consumers at risk.
SupervisionInterventionsUnlicensed or unauthorized activity
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2026-04-24•United States•U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Dick Durbin sent a letter to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro urging permanent closure of the Department of Justice criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and seeking clarity on whether the probe into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook remains open. They describe the Powell investigation as pretextual and politically motivated, note that Pirro has paused it while the Federal Reserve’s Inspector General reviews building cost overruns, and request written responses on her consultations with President Trump and the Cook investigation’s status.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsOther
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2026-04-24•Argentina•Argentina Securities Commission (CNV)
The Argentina Securities Commission (CNV) participated in the OECD Corporate Governance Committee’s 51st meeting, with Chair Roberto E. Silva joining a panel on the Revised Draft Guidelines for Corporate Bond Issuers and broader corporate governance and sustainability developments. CNV linked its engagement to Argentina’s OECD accession process, the adoption of OECD standards, and developing frameworks to promote institutional investor stewardship in listed company governance.
Policy & regulationCooperationCorporate governance
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2026-04-23•Bulgaria•Bulgaria Financial Supervision Commission
The Bulgaria Financial Supervision Commission set the minimum yield for mandatory pension funds for the 24‑month period from 29 March 2024 to 31 March 2026 and adopted several authorisation-related decisions across investment services, insurance and crypto-asset activities. It adjusted cross-border investment service notifications, granted exemptions from investment intermediary licensing obligations for certain commodity derivatives and emissions trading, and took decisions on insurance governance approvals and outsourcing of actuarial functions. The authority also requested further information from a prospective crypto-asset service provider regarding its licensing application.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLicensing framework and process
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2026-04-23•Kosovo•Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo
The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo hosted an International Monetary Fund technical assistance mission to advance its crisis management framework and strengthen financial stability, focusing on bank recovery and resolution. The Central Bank reported progress in establishing a recovery and resolution function under the new Banking Law, while developing secondary legislation, implementing regulations and coordination structures with the Ministry of Finance and the Deposit Insurance Fund of Kosovo. The IMF will continue technical support to further develop the regulatory framework and operationalise coordination mechanisms.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsCapacity buildingFinancial stability and systemic risk
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2026-04-23•Japan•Japan Financial Services Agency
The Japan Financial Services Agency announced the appointment of three directors and eight Steering Committee members of the Financial and Economic Education Promotion Organization (J-FLEC), following J-FLEC’s approval. The agency also stated it will work with J-FLEC to expand learning opportunities to improve public financial literacy.
Institutional developmentLeadership change & appointmentsLeadership change and appointments
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2026-04-23•Japan•Japan Financial Services Agency
The Japan Financial Services Agency has published survey reports and proposed promotion strategies for Financial and Asset Management Special Zones, based on work commissioned to FGS Global Co., Ltd. The surveys gathered insights from overseas investors and international financial centres to identify methods to attract overseas asset managers and other firms without a Japan base, and the agency is considering promotion and information dissemination strategies based on these findings.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsOther
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2026-04-23•Japan•Japan Financial Services Agency
The Japan Financial Services Agency has published the agenda and materials for the 56th meeting of the Corporate Accounting Council’s Audit Subcommittee. The session will feature explanations from the Japan Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the secretariat and the Corporate Accounting Standards Board, as well as discussion based on the circulated handouts and written opinions from absent members.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationAuditing
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2026-04-23•Italy•Bank of Italy
The Bank of Italy published five new Working Papers (Nos. 1529–1533) and Newsletter No. 82 on economic research, covering deposit funding and monetary policy transmission, firms’ inflation expectations, macroeconomic effects of the euro area green transition, climate policy modelling, and profit shifting via intragroup lending. The research employs Bayesian vector autoregressions, randomized survey experiments, dynamic general equilibrium modelling and analyses of multinationals’ debt structures and transfer pricing.
ResearchOther
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2026-04-23•Belgium•Belgium Financial Services and Markets Authority
The Belgium Financial Services and Markets Authority issued a public warning about fraudulent online trading platforms that lure investors with promises of quick, easy profits, including fake celebrity and CEO endorsements and staged “interviews” promoting a purported “revolutionary” system starting from EUR 250. The authority named multiple websites linked to such platforms, expanded its blacklist, and urged consumers to verify authorisation status and follow specified steps if they suspect fraud or have already fallen victim.
SupervisionAlertsFraud and scams
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2026-04-23•Mexico•Ministry of Finance & Public Credit (Mexico)
Mexico’s Ministry of Finance, through the Financial Intelligence Unit, has strengthened cooperation with the Government of Italy and the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute to combat organized crime, extortion, fraud, financial crimes and money laundering. The parties discussed enhanced information-sharing, reciprocal training and exchange of good practices to improve prevention, detection and analysis of illicit financial operations, as part of Mexico’s broader anti-money laundering policy and alignment with Financial Action Task Force standards.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-23•United States•U.S. Financial Services Committee
The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing on reinsurance and credit risk transfers in distributing catastrophic and credit risk and reducing taxpayer exposure, highlighting private capital’s role in housing finance and public programs. Witnesses described a competitive catastrophe reinsurance market, use of private mortgage insurance, credit risk transfer and National Flood Insurance Program reinsurance and catastrophe bonds to shift risk, and warned that current U.S. bank capital rules do not clearly recognize insurance and reinsurance for capital relief, unlike Basel III.
Policy & regulationReform agendas & prioritiesCredit riskMarket development
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2026-04-23•Global•World Bank
The World Bank, through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, has priced a USD 120 million Spekboom Restoration Outcome Bond maturing in 2040, offering full principal protection while linking part of investor returns to a spekboom restoration project in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. Investors receive a 2.410% fixed coupon, with the foregone portion channelled via a hedge with BNP Paribas to fund a 50,000-hectare restoration scale-up, and additional CRU-linked interest paid from carbon removal unit revenues under a long-term offtake agreement with Amazon.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsOther
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2026-04-23•Global•International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund published a Selected Issues Paper finding that housing affordability in the Czech Republic has deteriorated due to a structural imbalance where income-driven demand persistently outpaces supply constrained by slow permitting and municipal fragmentation. Using a structural vector autoregression, the paper concludes that while monetary policy can moderate cyclical pressures, durable affordability improvements require structural reforms to ease construction-sector rigidities, expand affordable housing, and modernize taxation.
ResearchOther
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2026-04-23•Global•International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund published a Selected Issues Paper applying its Integrated Policy Framework to the Czech Republic to support scenario analysis at the Czech National Bank, identifying shallow foreign exchange markets and occasionally unanchored inflation expectations as key frictions. Using an extended QIPF model, the paper finds that global risk-off shocks are best stabilised through combined use of foreign exchange reserves and interest rates, that productive fiscal stimulus reduces required monetary tightening, and that balance sheet normalisation should be gradual and preannounced, with potential currency appreciation offset by a slightly lower policy rate.
ResearchCurrency and cash managementForeign exchange policy and markets
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2026-04-23•Global•International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund published a Selected Issues Paper using scenario analysis to assess how persistently higher fiscal deficits could affect monetary policy in the Czech Republic, concluding that more coordinated fiscal and monetary action is needed that explicitly accounts for the monetary response to fiscal easing. The paper differentiates between types of fiscal spending and monetary policy responses and develops a fiscal r*‑based indicator suggesting rising monetary-fiscal tensions and a potential need for policy adjustments in coming years.
Research
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2026-04-23•United States•U.S. Department of Justice
The U.S. Department of Justice announced coordinated Scam Center Strike Force actions against Southeast Asian scam-center networks, including wire fraud conspiracy charges against two alleged managers of a Burma-based cryptocurrency investment fraud compound, seizure of a Telegram recruitment channel and 503 fake investment-platform domains, and restraint of over USD 700 million in cryptocurrency tied to alleged money laundering. Authorities have restrained USD 701,962,392.15 in cryptocurrency, with forfeiture efforts aimed at victim restitution and seized domains displaying law-enforcement notices. The announcement also highlighted parallel U.S. Department of State reward measures and U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions targeting Cambodian individuals and entities linked to scam-center operations.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsFraud and scams
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2026-04-23•Global•International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund published the Managing Director’s assessment of global economic spillovers from the war in the Middle East, warning that impacts are uneven and fall disproportionately on Low-Income Developing Countries. The statement highlights multiple transmission channels, including supply disruptions, higher commodity prices, inflation pressures, tighter financial conditions, exchange rate pressures, and reduced remittances from Gulf Cooperation Council members. It underscores the need for medium-term structural reforms, stronger institutions, and robust international support, with the IMF ready to deploy its tools, including balance of payments financing.
Policy & regulationInternational standards & recommendations
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2026-04-23•United States•Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s April Manufacturing Survey reported unchanged Tenth District manufacturing activity, with expectations for future activity cooling but remaining expansionary. Regional manufacturing increased from the prior month and was modestly higher year over year for the first time since May 2023, while price growth eased slightly even as nearly half of firms reported more frequent price changes. The survey also introduced new Census X-13 ARIMA-SEATS seasonal adjustment factors that slightly revise historical indexes.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developments
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2026-04-23•Global•World Savings and Retail Banking Institute
The World Savings and Retail Banking Institute used a United Nations SDG Fair panel to argue that regulatory frameworks should better support inclusive micro, small, and medium enterprise lending, highlighting MSMEs as core to economic resilience and SDG delivery. It promoted relationship-based, “fit-for-purpose” finance combining tailored products with non-financial support, and cautioned that current prudential and sustainability trends and purely fintech-led models may constrain inclusion. WSBI also announced an upcoming paper on a 12‑month climate-smart rural finance pilot focused on women smallholder farmers.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationSME financingFinancial inclusion
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2026-04-23•United States•Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas published an updated first quarter Dallas Fed Energy Survey based on a six-question pulse survey of 120 oil and gas executives on recent global oil market developments. Respondents expect Strait of Hormuz traffic to normalize mostly between May and November 2026, see renewed disruption as likely within five years, anticipate shut-in Persian Gulf production to return, and project modest increases in United States output in 2026 and 2027. Most expect stable sector employment through December 2026 and higher post-conflict Persian Gulf shipping costs.
Data & statisticsGeopolitical risk
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2026-04-23•Turks & Caicos Islands•Turks & Caicos Financial Services Commission
The Turks and Caicos Islands Financial Services Commission has submitted its 2026/2027 budget estimates to Parliament under the Appropriation (2026/27) Bill, outlining a focus on financial stability, inclusivity and protection against illicit financial activity. Acting Managing Director Kenisha Bacchus and senior executives presented and explained the proposed estimates to Parliament’s Appropriations Committee on 20 April 2026, with broader budget debates in the House of Assembly now underway.
Institutional developmentGovernanceOther
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2026-04-23•Turks & Caicos Islands•Turks & Caicos Financial Services Commission
The Turks & Caicos Financial Services Commission outlined a jurisdiction-wide effort to demonstrate the effectiveness of its anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing and counter-proliferation financing framework ahead of the 2028 FATF Fifth-Round Mutual Evaluation, reflecting the shift to outcomes-based assessment under the Immediate Outcomes framework. The Anti-Money Laundering Committee and the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force delivered practical training on revised FATF standards to more than 80 senior officials and practitioners. The Commission will emphasise tangible supervisory outcomes, including stronger inspections, thematic reviews, enforcement, data-driven findings and enhanced coordination.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsAML and CFT
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2026-04-23•United States•Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and Federal Reserve finalized revisions to the community bank leverage ratio framework, lowering the requirement from 9% to 8% and extending the grace period for temporary non-compliance from two to four quarters, effective July 1, 2026. Qualifying community banks may remain in the framework during the grace period if they keep a leverage ratio above 7%, subject to a five-year lookback, while existing eligibility criteria, including the USD 10 billion asset threshold and exclusions for advanced approaches institutions, remain.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsCapital adequacyRegulatory burden
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2026-04-23•United States•Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released a statement from Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan V. Gould on the Community Bank Leverage Ratio final rule, which allows community banks to opt into a simpler capital adequacy measure to reduce regulatory burden. The statement emphasizes regulatory flexibility for community banks while maintaining safety and soundness and situates the rule within broader targeted regulatory relief, without specifying an implementation timeline.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsCapital adequacyRegulatory burden
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2026-04-23•Dominican Republic•Pensions Superintendency (SIPEN)
The Dominican Republic’s Pensions Superintendency (SIPEN) reported a meeting between Superintendent Francisco A. Torres and Dr. Francesco Briganti of the Cross Border Benefits Alliance-Europe and the Employee Benefits and Welfare Institute to discuss challenges, trends and opportunities for the Dominican pension system. Discussions focused on pension fund sustainability, innovation, investment, governance and global sector developments, with SIPEN positioning the exchange as input to potential system improvements and better worker outcomes.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-04-23•United States•Federal Reserve Board
The Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a final rule revising the community bank leverage ratio framework to expand use of a simplified capital measure instead of risk-based capital ratios. Adopted as proposed in November 2025, the rule lowers the leverage ratio threshold from 9% to 8% and extends the non-compliance grace period from two to four quarters, while still requiring a ratio significantly above the standard for community banks.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsCapital adequacyRegulatory burden
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2026-04-23•Sweden•Ministry of Finance (Sweden)
The Swedish Ministry of Finance has proposed amendments to align national law with the revised EU Capital Requirements Directive, introducing new supervisory rules for banks, credit market companies, very large investment firms and certain holding companies. The bill would require non-EEA firms to obtain authorisation to provide core banking services via Swedish branches and extend fit-and-proper and suitability assessments to additional senior role-holders. Most changes would apply from 1 July 2026, with the new authorisation requirement for non-EEA branches effective from 11 January 2027.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsCapital adequacySupervision process and methodologies
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2026-04-23•United States•New York State Department of Financial Services
The New York State Department of Financial Services reported that state agencies secured more than USD 237.7 million in consumer recoveries and restitution in 2025, including a record 51,000 consumer complaints resolved involving banks, insurers and other financial service providers. The update also highlighted enforcement actions by other agencies, including wage theft recoveries, penalties and expanded powers for the New York State Department of Labor, as well as consumer refunds and telemarketing enforcement by the New York Department of State’s Division of Consumer Protection.
EnforcementInvestigations & enforcement actionsConsumer and investor protection