Financial Regulators and Market Watchers across the Globe

Information on financial and market regulators is essential for securing your money and preventing loss and fraud. Here is our country-wise list of regulators that monitor the banking, forex, securities and equities markets. Please note that some countries have multiple regulators for specific purposes.

Note: We have collected the information below from Wikipedia and specific government sources. If you think we missed any regulators, please contact us.

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Afghanistan - Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB)

Albania - Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority  (FSA)

Algeria - Commission d'Organisation et de Surveillance des Opérations de Bourse (COSOB)

Andorra - Andorran Financial Authority (AFA)

Anguilla - Anguilla Financial Services Commission

Antigua & Barbuda - Financial Services Regulatory Commission

Argentina - Comisión Nacional de Valores (CNV)

Armenia - Central Bank of Armenia (CBA)

Australia: 

• Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
• Australian Takeovers Panel
• Foreign Investments Review Board (FIRB) 
• Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)

Austria:

• Financial Market Authority (FMA, Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehörde in German)
• Oesterreichische Nationalbank
• Austrian Takeover Commission (Übernahmekommission in German)

Azerbaijan:

• Central Bank of Azerbaijan
• Financial Monitoring Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Bahamas:

• Central Bank of The Bahamas
• Securities Commission of the Bahamas

Bahrain - Central Bank of Bahrain

Bangladesh:

• Bangladesh Bank
• Securities and Exchange Commission (Bangladesh)

Barbados:

• Barbados Financial Services Commission
• Central Bank of Barbados
• Financial Intelligence Unit (Barbados)

Belarus - National Bank of the Republic of Belarus

Belgium:

• Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA - Autorité des services et marchés financiers/Authoriteit voor Financiële Diensten en Markten)
• National Bank of Belgium (NBB - Banque Nationale de Belgique/Nationale Bank van België)

Belize - International Financial Services Commission

Bermuda - Bermuda Monetary Authority

Bhutan - Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMA)

Bolivia - Autoridad de Supervisión del Sistema Financiero (ASFI)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

• Republika Srpska Securities Commission for Republika Srpska
• Securities Commission of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Komisiji za vrijednosne papire Federacije Bosne i Hercegovina in Bosnian)

Botswana:

• Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA)
• Bank of Botswana (BOB)

Brazil:

• Banco Central do Brasil (BACEN)
• Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM)
• Superintendência de Seguros Privados (SUSEP)

British Virgin Islands - British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission

Brunei:

• Brunei International Financial Center of the Ministry of Finance
• Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD)

Bulgaria - Financial Supervision Commission (Bulgaria) (FSC)

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Cambodia - National Bank of Cambodia (NBC)

Canada:

• Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)
• Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
• Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)
• Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC)
• Mutual Fund Dealers Association (MFDA)
• Financial Services Commission of Ontario
• Financial Institutions Commission - Province of British Columbia

Cayman Islands - Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

Chile - Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros

China, People's Republic of:

• China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
• China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC)
• People's Bank of China (PBOC)

Colombia:

• Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia
• National Directorate of Taxes and Customs (DIAN)

Congo, the Democratic Republic of - Central Bank of Congo

Congo,The Republic of - Agence de Régulation des Transferts de Fonds (ARTF)

Costa Rica:

• Superintendencia General de Valores
• Superintendencia General de Seguros (Costa Rica)

Côte d'Ivoire - Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

Croatia - Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency

Cyprus:

• Central Bank of Cyprus
• Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CYSEC)
• Cyprus Insurance Companies Control Service (ICCS)

Czech Republic - Czech National Bank

Denmark - Financial Supervisory Authority (Denmark), (Finanstilsynet in Danish)

Dominica - Financial Service Unit of the Commonwealth of Dominica

Dominican Republic:

• Banco Central de la Republica Dominica
• Superintendencia de Bancos de la Republica Dominicana
• Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores de la Republica Dominicana

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Ecuador - Superintendencia de Bancos

Egypt - Financial Regulatory Authority

El Salvador - Superintendencia del Sistema Financiero

European Union:

• European Central Bank (ECB)
• European Banking Authority (EBA)
• European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
• European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
• European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)

Estonia:

• Financial Supervisory Authority of Estonia (Finantsinspektsioon in Estonian)
• Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank in Estonian)

Faroe Islands - Insurance Authority of the Faroe Islands (Tryggingareftirlitið in Faroese) (For Insurance, Pension and mortgages all other finance is regulated by Financial Supervisory Authority (Denmark))

Finland - Financial Supervisory Authority, (FIN-FSA Finanssivalvonta in Finnish)

France:

• Autorité des marchés financiers (France) (AMF)
• Organisme pour le registre unique des intermédiaires en assurance, banque et finance (France) (ORIAS)
• French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution - ACPR)
• French Takeover Panel

Georgia - National Bank of Georgia

Germany - Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin - Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht)

Ghana:

• Securities and Exchange Commission (Ghana) (SEC)
• Bank of Ghana (BOG)

Gibraltar - Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC)

Greece - Hellenic Capital Market Commission

Grenada - Grenada International Financial Services Authority (GIFSA)

Guatemala - Superintendencia de Bancos (SB)

Guernsey - Guernsey Financial Services Commission

Honduras - National Banks and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros in Spanish)

Hong Kong:

• Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
• Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
• Hong Kong Insurance Authority (IA)
• Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA)

Hungary - Hungarian National Bank (Hungarian: Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB))

Iceland - Central Bank of Iceland

India:

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
• Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)
• Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
• Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)

Indonesia:

• Financial Services Authority (Indonesia) (Indonesian: Otoritas Jasa Keuangan) (OJK)
• Bank Indonesia

Ireland:

• Central Bank of Ireland
• Irish Takeover Panel

Iran:

• Securities and Exchange Organization of Iran
• Central Bank of Iran

Iraq - Iraq Securities Commission (ISC)

Isle of Man - Isle of Man Financial Services Authority

Israel - Israel Securities Authority (ISA)

Italy:

• Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB)
• Institute for the Supervision of Insurance (ISVAP)

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Jamaica:

• Financial Services Commission (Jamaica)
• Bank of Jamaica

Japan:

• Financial Services Agency
• Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC)

Jersey - Jersey Financial Services Commission

Jordan - Jordan Securities Commission

Kazakhstan:

• Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation and Supervision of Financial Market and Financial Organizations (Агентство Республики Казахстан по регулированию и надзору финансового рынка и финансовых организаций in Kazakh )
• Committee for the Control and Supervision of the Financial Market and Financial Organizations of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Astana Financial Services Authority

Kenya - Capital Markets Authority (Kenya)

Kuwait:

• Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) (بنك الكويت المركزي in Arabic)
• Capital Markets Authority Kuwait (CMA) (هيئة أسواق المال - دولة الكويت in Arabic)

Korea, South:

• Financial Services Commission (FSC)
• Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)

Latvia - Financial and Capital Market Commission

Lebanon:  

• Banking Control Commission of Lebanon (BCCL)
• Insurance Control Commission (ICC)

Lesotho - Central Bank of Lesotho

Liechtenstein - Financial Market Authority (Liechtenstein) (FMA)

Lithuania - Bank of Lithuania

Luxembourg:

• Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)
• Commissariat aux Assurances (CAA)

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Malaysia:

• Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)
• Securities Commission Malaysia (SC)
• Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA)
• Malaysian Stock Exchange (Bursa)

Malawi - Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM)

Malta:

• Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)
• Central Bank of Malta