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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
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2026-03-30•Cyprus•Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Kasselos Limited has resigned its licence to provide administrative services, effective 27 June 2024, and no longer offers such services. Pursuant to Article 16(2) of the Regulation of Administrative Service Providers and Related Matters Law of 2012, the firm has been removed from the Register of Licensed Persons.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsLicence withdrawal
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2026-03-30•Cyprus•Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission concluded its participation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Global Money Week 2026 with a nationwide financial education programme under the theme “Smart Money Talks”. Activities included school and university lectures on practical financial management and fraud prevention, development and distribution of educational materials via its Financial Education Hub, and media and stakeholder engagements, with additional lectures planned through May.
Financial literacy & educationFinancial literacy and education
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2026-03-30•Global•Bank for International Settlements
The Bank for International Settlements published a working paper proposing a flow-based “unemployment gap” measure that improves prediction of US wage and price inflation relative to traditional stock-based slack indicators. The authors find that transitions into employment, particularly job retention and hiring, are the main drivers of the gap, and estimate that a widening consistent with a 1 percentage point rise in unemployment over 12 months is associated with a 1.3 percentage point decline in 12‑month‑ahead core CPI inflation.
Research
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2026-03-30•Finland•Bank of Finland
The Bank of Finland has updated its rules for counterparties and customers on monetary policy operations and collateral to incorporate amendments by the European Central Bank to key Eurosystem monetary policy framework guidelines. The changes cover implementation of the framework, valuation haircuts, temporary measures on refinancing operations and collateral eligibility, and collateral management, and include revisions to the Bank of Finland’s implementation document with removal of sections on its framework for additional credit claims.
Policy & regulationRules & requirements
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2026-03-30•Finland•Bank of Finland
The Bank of Finland’s BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2026–2028 projects economic growth of around 1% in 2026, broadly in line with 2025, before slowing in 2027–2028. The weak outlook is attributed to subdued private consumption, stagnant fixed investment, less supportive fiscal stimulus and tight monetary policy, with the baseline assuming unchanged sanctions and highlighting very high uncertainty and downside risks, including from private demand, commodity markets, public-sector pressures and oil-market disruptions.
ResearchEconomic data and developments
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2026-03-30•Global•Financial Markets Standards Board
The Financial Markets Standards Board and France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers have signed a Consultation Agreement to strengthen cooperation and formalise the AMF’s role in developing FMSB guidance for wholesale financial markets. The AMF will share expertise and provide input into draft FMSB materials focused on robust global Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities markets and high standards of conduct, marking FMSB’s first such agreement with a key European regulator.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-03-30•Global•Bank for International Settlements
The Bank for International Settlements has published a paper on global open finance, finding that customer‑permissioned data sharing can reduce information asymmetries when supported by strong standards, interoperability and governance. It notes rapid policy uptake and usage growth, including high adoption in Korea, Brazil and Australia and over 4,500 third‑party providers in the EU and UK, plus evidence of increased fintech venture capital funding and new non‑bank SME credit relationships. Persistent challenges include uneven technical standards, consumer trust, legacy systems, asymmetric data‑sharing, privacy, cross‑border interoperability and data access pricing and reciprocity.
ResearchOpen banking and financeMarket development
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2026-03-30•France•Ministry of Economics & Finance (France)
France’s Ministry of Economics and Finance detailed measures taking effect in April 2026 for households and businesses, including revised mortgage usury caps and an energy support plan of nearly EUR 70 million. Household measures include a 0.8% uprating of key social benefits, an increase in the prime d’activité, the 2026 energy cheque campaign, and new mortgage usury caps from 4% to 6.2% by loan type and maturity. Business measures include a flat annual fee for the “Vérif Permis” licence-checking service, targeted energy support for transport, fishing and agriculture, and liquidity measures such as deferral of social contributions and tax payment spreading.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOther
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2026-03-30•Europe•European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has submitted to the European Commission draft amendments to Solvency II Implementing Technical Standards on supervisory reporting and public disclosure, aimed at simplifying requirements and reducing reporting burdens, particularly for small and non-complex undertakings. The package would cut the number and frequency of templates, expand proportionality, introduce technical simplifications, and align related EIOPA Guidelines, with estimated reductions of up to 36% in quarterly templates and 44% in annual templates.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsRegulatory reporting
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2026-03-30•Europe•European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority published its Ultimate Forward Rate calculation for 2027, keeping all applicable UFRs unchanged except for the Chinese renminbi (yuan), which is reduced by 15 basis points to 4.05%. EIOPA attributes the renminbi-yuan adjustment to a lower expected inflation rate and expects the impact to be non-material given the limited share of technical provisions denominated in CNY.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsFinancial and market indicators
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2026-03-30•South Korea•South Korea Financial Services Commission
The South Korea Financial Services Commission has proposed amendments to tighten virtual asset service provider registration and strengthen anti-money laundering obligations for virtual asset transfers. Key measures include expanded major shareholder scrutiny, new financial soundness and organisational requirements, removal of the KRW 1,000,000 domestic travel rule threshold, stricter conditions and reporting for cross-border transfers, and enhanced customer due diligence.
Policy & regulationRules & requirements
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2026-03-30•Europe•European Central Bank - Banking Supervision
The European Central Bank Banking Supervision has revised its approach to assessing banks’ material changes and extensions to internal models for credit risk, moving from ex ante approval to ex post assessment to accelerate and increase predictability of approvals, subject to internal control confirmation and capital floors where risk weights fall. The European Banking Authority has updated its Regulatory Technical Standard on materiality of internal model changes, increasing reliance on quantitative thresholds and reducing the number of changes requiring European Central Bank approval. The European Central Bank reiterated that banks should prioritise internal models for strategic loan portfolios and consider the standardised approach for smaller or operationally costly portfolios.
SupervisionSupervision approach, priorities & toolkitSupervision process and methodologies
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2026-03-30•Kyrgyzstan•State Service for Regulation and Supervision of Financial Markets
The Kyrgyz Republic’s State Service for Regulation and Supervision of Financial Markets reported that the Cabinet of Ministers has approved requirements for Islamic (takaful), imputed and annuity insurance to develop the insurance market and protect property interests. The resolution defines the takaful loss-sharing mechanism, sets conditions and covered lines for imputed insurance, and provides that licences for these products will be issued by the authorised non-bank financial supervisor. Insurance and reinsurance organisations offering Islamic insurance are recommended to align their activities with the new requirements within six months of the resolution’s entry into force.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsOther
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2026-03-30•Zimbabwe•Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe issued an education and awareness update on the ZiG currency, clarifying its reserve backing, the rationale for maintaining a local currency, and plans for managing physical cash availability and upgraded banknotes. ZiG is backed by a composite basket of foreign currency and precious metals, mainly gold, with cash issuance and broader use for essential services tied to demand, inflation objectives, and the build-up of foreign reserves towards 3 to 6 months of import cover. The Bank directs the public to report merchants refusing ZiG payments to the Financial Intelligence Unit for enforcement and confirms that existing ZiG notes will remain legal tender and co-circulate with the Upgraded Big5ZiG series after 7 April 2026.
Financial literacy & educationCurrency and cash management
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2026-03-30•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has updated lead bank responsibilities in Goa following the creation of a new district, Kushavati. State Bank of India has been designated as the lead bank for Kushavati, with district working code 02W, while lead bank assignments for Goa’s other districts remain unchanged.
SupervisionAuthorisations & approvalsMandate change
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2026-03-30•Middle East•Islamic Development Bank
The Islamic Development Bank Group held its IsDB Group Day in Nigeria to strengthen collaboration with government, private sector and development partners, promote investment and support private sector-led growth, while showcasing its services in investment, trade finance, insurance and Islamic finance. Discussions centred on Nigeria’s development priorities and the linkage between the IsDB partnership and the Country Engagement Framework 2026–2028 to the goal of building a USD 1 trillion economy by 2030, including the use of sukuk for financing, with the event concluding in a reaffirmation of continued cooperation to expand investment opportunities.
Policy & regulationCooperationMarket development
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2026-03-30•India•Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has approved amendments requiring all insurers to prepare and present financial statements in accordance with Indian Accounting Standards from 1 April 2026, covering life, general, stand-alone health and reinsurance business. The framework specifies Ind AS-based recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure, introduces a two-year parallel reporting period with existing standards, and allows a one-year forbearance for insurers facing implementation challenges while still mandating Ind AS-based submissions.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsAccounting and financial reporting
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2026-03-30•Europe•European Banking Authority
The European Banking Authority announced that François-Louis Michaud will assume the role of Chair on 16 April 2026, following formal appointment by the Council of the European Union and confirmation by the European Parliament. His term will run for five years, with the possibility of a one-time extension, and the EBA will shortly begin recruiting a new Executive Director.
Institutional developmentLeadership change & appointmentsLeadership change and appointments
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2026-03-30•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has revised the 2025 framework on commercial banks’ financial statement presentation and disclosures, replacing the existing exposure disclosure with a structured “Exposure to Capital Markets” table in the notes to accounts. Banks must report capital market exposures by specified components, including equity and convertible instruments, lending for share investments, credit to intermediaries, acquisition finance, financing to non-debt mutual fund schemes, bridge finance, underwriting commitments, irrevocable payment commitments and certain trade exposures, computed in line with the 2025 concentration risk and credit facilities directions. The amendments apply from the earlier of a bank’s implementation of the 2026 credit facilities amendment directions or 1 July 2026.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsAccounting and financial reporting
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2026-03-30•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has issued revised Amendment Directions to its 2025 framework on commercial banks undertaking financial services, aligning the General Guidelines with the updated Commercial Banks – Credit Facilities Amendment Directions. The changes clarify that paragraph 18(4) of Chapter III now covers acquisition and bridge finance for promoter stakes in new companies and lending to individuals against securities, and supersede the Amendment Directions issued on 13 February 2026.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsLending
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2026-03-30•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has revised the Small Finance Banks – Credit Facilities framework, recasting rules for lending against financial assets and introducing a new regime for loans against eligible securities and credit facilities to Capital Market Intermediaries (CMIs). It specifies eligible collateral, board-approved policies, loan-to-value ceilings, system-wide lending caps, bans on certain securities and proprietary financing, and requires most CMI-related facilities and guarantees to be fully secured with defined haircuts and margining. The amendments apply from 1 July 2026 or earlier if fully adopted, with existing exposures allowed to run to maturity.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsLending
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2026-03-30•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has revised concentration risk management rules for small finance banks, broadening the definition of capital market exposure to include a wide range of direct and indirect investment, credit and contingent exposures, and aligning it with updated credit facilities directions. The regime sets prudential ceilings of 40 percent of Tier 1 capital for aggregate capital market exposure and 20 percent of the eligible capital base for direct investment exposures, mandates separate intra-day sub-limits, and updates exclusions and calculation and netting rules, including for irrevocable payment commitments and settlement-related exposures. The amendments take effect from the earlier of a bank’s implementation of the revised credit facilities directions or July 1, 2026, and supersede the February 13, 2026 amendments.
Policy & regulationRules & requirements
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2026-03-30•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has revised capital adequacy norms for Small Finance Banks, changing the treatment of irrevocable payment commitments to clearing corporations. These are now financial guarantees with a 100 percent credit conversion factor, but capital is required only on the portion classified as capital market exposure under the 2025 Concentration Risk Management Directions, with a 125 percent risk weight. The amendment applies from the earlier of a bank’s adoption of related credit facilities changes or 1 July 2026 and supersedes the 13 February 2026 second amendment directions.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsCapital adequacy
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2026-03-30•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has revised its 2025 framework on small finance banks’ financial statement presentation and disclosures, replacing an existing exposure disclosure with a standardised table for reporting capital market exposures in the notes to accounts. The new disclosure, aligned with the Small Finance Banks – Concentration Risk Management Directions, 2025 and the Small Finance Banks – Credit Facilities Directions, 2025, takes effect from the earlier of a bank’s implementation of the Small Finance Banks – Credit Facilities Amendment Directions, 2026 (Revised) or 1 July 2026, and supersedes the 13 February 2026 second-amendment directions.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsAccounting and financial reporting
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2026-03-30•Switzerland•Swiss National Bank
The Swiss National Bank has published selected results from its 2025 payment methods survey of private individuals and will now conduct the survey annually to track changes more quickly. The results show only marginal shifts in payment use at physical points of sale, with debit cards remaining dominant, while satisfaction with cash withdrawal options fell to 81% from 88% amid a reduction in access points. The survey also indicates continued demand for cash, with only 2% of respondents favouring its abolition.
Data & statisticsFinancial and market indicators
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2026-03-30•Germany•BaFin
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has issued a new circular for all entities subject to the German Money Laundering Act, consolidating EU and Financial Action Task Force jurisdiction lists for strategic AML/CFT and proliferation-financing deficiencies and setting out due diligence expectations. The circular mandates enhanced due diligence and continued notifications to BaFin for relationships and transactions involving the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Iran, specifies additional controls for North Korea, and confirms that other listed high-risk third countries and FATF “increased monitoring” jurisdictions must be factored into country risk assessments, without creating new obligations unless also on the EU list.
Policy & regulationGuidance & interpretationSanctions list update
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2026-03-30•Russia•Central Bank of Russia
The Central Bank of Russia has issued its first review of the audit services market for public companies and financial institutions. It says only registered firms could audit socially important financial market organisations in 2025, with 41 firms currently on the register. The review also stresses that auditors need to update their procedures and specialist expertise as clients' business models and technologies evolve.
ResearchAuditing
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2026-03-30•Denmark•National Bank of Denmark
The National Bank of Denmark reported that green bonds accounted for 7 per cent of Danish investors’ total bond investments in Q4 2025, up from around 2 per cent five years earlier, compared with 5 per cent for euro area investors. Danish investors held DKK 355 billion in green bonds at end-2025 versus DKK 9,800 billion for euro area investors, with Denmark’s 7 per cent share placing it in the top quartile among euro area countries. Since February 2026, the Bank has published quarterly statistics on sustainable bonds, including green bonds, in Statbank tables DNSUBOI (issuances) and DNSUBOH (holdings).
Data & statisticsClimate risk and sustainable finance
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2026-03-30•Singapore•Monetary Authority of Singapore
The Monetary Authority of Singapore outlined supervisory priorities for insurers around fair dealing and customer outcomes, risk-appropriate capital and risk management, operational resilience, and disciplined adoption of artificial intelligence. Key measures include classifying investment-linked policies as complex products, revising Notice 133 under the risk-based capital framework to adjust capital treatment for infrastructure, structured products and equities, and enhancing oversight of private asset exposures. MAS is also consulting on new Guidelines on Third Party Risk Management and Operational Risk Management and developing AI Risk Management Guidelines.
SupervisionSupervision approach, priorities & toolkitConsumer and investor protection
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2026-03-30•Global•ISDA
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has selected Gentek AI to develop a traceability tool for its Digital Regulatory Reporting solution to enhance transparency over DRR code development. The artificial intelligence-based tool will create an audit trail by linking DRR coding decisions to ISDA working group discussions and underlying regulatory reporting requirements, supporting DRR’s application across multiple reporting rule sets and jurisdictions.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsRegulatory reportingArtificial intelligence
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2026-03-30•Morocco•Moroccan Insurance Authority (ACAPS)
The Supervisory Authority of Insurance and Social Welfare of Morocco (ACAPS) outlined its contribution to Global Money Week 2026, including an “ACAPS Podcast” on Spotify, an educational insurance activity book, an interactive radio game, and in-person awareness sessions in schools and universities. The youth-focused programme, aligned with the theme “Money: Let's Talk About It,” supports ACAPS’s policyholder protection mandate and Morocco’s national financial education strategy under the OECD’s International Network on Financial Education.
Financial literacy & educationFinancial literacy and education
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2026-03-30•Hong Kong•Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission plans to launch the uncertificated securities market regime on 16 November 2026, introducing a paperless issuance and holding framework for Hong Kong listed securities, with newly listed securities required to be paperless from listing and pre-existing listings migrating over five years. Implementation is advanced, with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and share registrars developing and testing systems, rule amendments approved, fee structures updated, and applications for Approved Securities Registrar status under review. The Central Clearing and Settlement System nominee structure will be retained with limited process changes, and intermediaries should prepare for operational, documentation and business model adjustments.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsSecurities offerings and listings
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2026-03-30•Philippines•Central Bank of the Philippines
The Central Bank of the Philippines signalled interest in strengthening economic relations with Switzerland following a courtesy visit by Switzerland’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Dr. Nicolas Brühl. Governor Eli M. Remolona Jr. indicated the central bank would welcome potential partnerships with the Swiss National Bank on technical dialogue, research and key financial initiatives.
Policy & regulationCooperationCross-border cooperation
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2026-03-30•Europe•European Central Bank
The European Central Bank published staff analysis of recent United States tariff increases, finding exporters absorb only a small share of higher tariff costs, with most of the burden borne by U.S. firms and consumers and only around 5% by foreign firms. The study estimates high pass-through of tariffs to import prices and a large negative elasticity of import volumes, with much of the adjustment driven by products no longer imported and evidence of sourcing shifts in the automotive sector away from China and the EU towards Canada and Mexico. The ECB estimates consumers currently bear about one-third of tariff-related costs, potentially rising to over half if tariffs persist, while U.S. firms would absorb around 40% in the longer term.
Research
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2026-03-30•Philippines•Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission is consulting on optional paperless filing through the eAMEND Portal for select amendments to articles of incorporation and bylaws. Applicants would upload executed documents, pay fees upfront and retain notarized originals for verification. Comments are due by April 15, 2026.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsComplianceCorporate governanceFintech and insurtech
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2026-03-30•Iraq•Central Bank of Iraq
The Central Bank of Iraq published the results and details of two Islamic deposit certificate auctions, ICD164 and ICD614, with maturities of 14 days and 182 days respectively.
Monetary policyMonetary policy instruments & operationsOther
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2026-03-30•Kyrgyzstan•National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic reported that its Batken regional office delivered a financial literacy lecture for students at the Semetey lyceum in Kadamzhai as part of its regional financial education programme. The session covered banknote security features, the history of the national currency, practical money management, digital banking services, QR code payment standards, and protection against financial fraud.
Financial literacy & educationFinancial literacy and education
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2026-03-30•Thailand•Thailand Office of Insurance Commission
The Thailand Office of Insurance Commission, with the insurance industry, has fully rolled out its “Warm-hearted Restaurant with Insurance Protection” initiative in Chiang Mai to raise restaurant safety standards and expand consumer protection through third-party liability insurance. The programme promotes liability cover, including for food poisoning, and offers participating restaurants an “Insured Restaurant and Café Plus” badge as embedded insurance in everyday services. The Commission plans nationwide expansion through outreach and education on business standards and risk management.
Policy & regulationImplementation, projects & pilotsOther
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2026-03-30•Vietnam•State Bank of Vietnam
The State Bank of Vietnam reported Deputy Governor Pham Thanh Ha joined a Government delegation to the U.S. to strengthen financial cooperation and attract investment and expertise for international financial centres in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang. U.S. participants called for international-standard market infrastructure, legal reforms including a roadmap to relax foreign ownership limits in banking, updated listing rules for tech and fintech firms, new products such as REITs, and measures to deepen the bond market. Ha highlighted a new decree on banking activity in the international financial centre that allows more open capital transactions and simplified lending to the rest of Vietnam while preserving the central bank’s oversight of capital flows.
Policy & regulationCooperationOther
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2026-03-30•Vietnam•State Bank of Vietnam
The State Bank of Vietnam reported Deputy Governor Pham Thanh Ha’s participation in the Vietnam–US Finance and Technology Dialogue in San Francisco, where he discussed blockchain applications in finance and banking, focusing on cross-border payments and cooperation on models, technical approaches and deployment. The authority said it is monitoring international blockchain and digital asset initiatives, including Bank for International Settlements projects such as Project Agorá, and highlighted Vietnam’s national blockchain strategy as a basis for infrastructure and an enabling legal framework, while US stakeholders stressed the need for clear, stable rules and regulatory sandboxes with appropriate safeguards.
Policy & regulationCooperationFintech and insurtechBlockchain and distributed ledger technology
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2026-03-30•Thailand•Ministry of Finance (Thailand)
The Ministry of Finance (Thailand) published the March 2026 Thailand Regional Economic Sentiment Index, showing expectations of improving regional economic conditions over the next six months, led by the Eastern region and the Eastern Economic Corridor. The index, based on provincial survey data, attributes the positive outlook to tourism-related services, electric vehicle investment, industrial estate expansion and seasonal agricultural factors, while noting energy price pressures from Middle East conflict and other uncertainties as key risks.
Data & statisticsEconomic data and developments
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2026-03-30•Australia•Australian Securities & Investments Commission
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has banned Victorian financial adviser Nicholas Hogan from providing financial services for four years for failing to act in clients’ best interests, giving inappropriate advice, and engaging in misleading, deceptive and unprofessional conduct, including impersonating other advisers and misusing statements of advice. ASIC found four clients were advised to switch superannuation funds using an outsourced, templated advice process involving an unlicensed referral partner and predetermined recommendations. Hogan’s application for review to the Administrative Review Tribunal was withdrawn, the matter dismissed, and the banning recorded on ASIC’s public registers.
EnforcementSanctions & designationsFiduciary dutyOutsourcing and third-party risk management
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2026-03-30•Australia•Australian Securities & Investments Commission
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has made ASIC Corporations (Employee Entitlement Schemes) Instrument 2026/199 to implement its updated policy for regulating employee entitlement schemes under the Corporations Act 2001, replacing relief expiring on 1 April 2026. Scheme operators must apply for an Australian financial services licence by 1 September 2026, with conditional relief from managed investment, product disclosure and hawking provisions, and transitional arrangements until a licence is granted. ASIC will update standard licence conditions in Pro Forma 209 and Information Sheet 295 in April 2026.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsLicensing framework and process
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2026-03-30•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has revised its Commercial Banks – Credit Facilities Directions, introducing a redesigned regime for acquisition finance, a new framework for loans against “eligible securities”, and a chapter on credit facilities to capital market intermediaries. The amendments set detailed eligibility, leverage, collateral, loan-to-value and security requirements, including caps on acquisition financing, LTV ceilings by asset class, and high collateralisation and haircut standards. The revised Directions apply from 1 July 2026 or earlier if fully adopted by a bank, with existing facilities allowed to run to maturity.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsLending
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2026-03-30•India•Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India has revised capital adequacy rules for commercial banks, updating the regulatory capital treatment of irrevocable payment commitments issued to clearing corporations on behalf of clients. These commitments are treated as financial guarantees with a 100 percent credit conversion factor, but capital is required only on the portion recognised as capital market exposure, which must carry a 125 percent risk weight. The change applies from the earlier of a bank’s implementation of the RBI (Commercial Banks – Credit Facilities) Amendment Directions, 2026 (Revised) or 1 July 2026, and supersedes the second amendment directions of 13 February 2026.
Policy & regulationRules & requirementsCapital adequacy