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

Mauritania - Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM)

Mauritius:

• Bank of Mauritius (BOM)
• Financial Services Commission (FSC)

Mexico:

• Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores
• Comisión Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Usuarios de Servicios Financieros

Moldova - National Commission for Financial Markets

Montenegro - Insurance Supervision Agency

Montserrat - Montserrat Financial Services Commission

Mongolia:

• Financial Regulatory Commission of Mongolia
• Central Bank of Mongolia

Morocco:

• Autorité Marocaine du Marché des Capitaux (AMMC)
• Ex Conseil déontologique des valeurs mobilières (CDVM)

Nepal:

• Nepal Rastra Bank (Central Bank of Nepal - Regulator and Supervisor of Banks and Financial Institutions)
• Beema Samiti (Regulator of Insurance Companies)
• Securities Board Nepal (SEBON)

Netherlands:

• Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM - Autoriteit Financiële Markten in Dutch)
• De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)

Netherlands Antilles - Bank of the Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand - Financial Markets Authority (New Zealand)

Nigeria:

• Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
• Securities and Exchange Commission (Nigeria)
• National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) (Nigeria)
• National Pension Commission (PENCOM) (Nigeria)

North Macedonia:

• Securities and Exchange Commission of the Republic of North Macedonia (MSEC)
• National Bank of North Macedonia

Norway - Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Finanstilsynet in Norwegian)

Oman - Capital Market Authority (Oman)

Pakistan:

• State Bank of Pakistan
• Securities and Exchange Commission Pakistan

Panama - Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores

Papua New Guinea - Bank of Papua New Guinea

Peru:

• Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP (SBS)
• Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores (SMV)

Philippines:

• Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Insurance Commission (Komisyon ng Seguro)
• Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)
• Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC)
• Department of Finance (DOF)
• Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)
• Bureau of Treasury

Poland - Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF)

Portugal:

• Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM)
• Portuguese Insurance Regulator (ASF)

Qatar - Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA)

Romania - Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority

Russia - Central Bank of Russia (CBR)

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Saint Lucia - Financial Sector Supervision Unit

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

• Financial Services Regulatory Commission
• Nevis Financial Regulatory Services Commission

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

• Financial Services Authority
• Capital Market Association of the Eastern Caribbean (CMAEC)

Samoa - Central Bank of Samoa

San Marino - Central Bank of San Marino (BCSM)

Saudi Arabia:

• Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) (مؤسسة النقد العربي السعودي in Arabic)-
• Capital Market Authority (Saudi Arabia) (CMA) (هيئة السوق المالية in Arabic)

Serbia - Securities Commission (Serbia)

Seychelles:

• Central Bank of Seychelles
• Seychelles Financial Services Authority (SFSA)

Singapore - Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

Slovakia - National Bank of Slovakia

Slovenia - Securities Market Agency (ATVP Agencija za Trg Vrednostnih Papirjev)

South Africa:

• South African Reserve Bank
• National Credit Regulator
• Prudential Authority
• Financial Sector Conduct Authority

Spain:

• Investment sector regulator - Spanish Securities Market Commission (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores, CNMV) [MiFID]
• Insurance sector regulator (life and general) - Dirección General de Seguros y Fondos de Pensiones (DGSFP)[IMD]
• Banking sector regulator - Banco de España (BdE)

Sri Lanka:

• Central Bank of Sri Lanka
• Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka

Swaziland - Capital Markets Development Unit (Central Bank of Swaziland)

Sweden - Financial Supervisory Authority (Sweden) (Finansinspektionen, FI)

Switzerland:

• Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
• Swiss National Bank
• SIX Swiss Exchange

Tanzania - Capital Markets and Securities Authority

Taiwan - Financial Supervisory Commission

Thailand:

• Bank of Thailand (BOT)
• Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand (Thai SEC)
• Office of Insurance Commission (OIC)

Trinidad and Tobago:

• Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
• Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission

Tunisia - Conseil du marché financier

Turkey:

• Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency of Turkey (BRSA)
• Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB)

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Uganda:

• Capital Markets Authority (Uganda) (CMA)
• Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda

Ukraine - National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC)

United Arab Emirates:

Mainland (Onshore):

• Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE)
• Securities and Commodities Authority - (SCA)
• Insurance Authority - (IA)

Free Zones:

• Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) - Financial Services Regulatory Authority - (FSRA)
• Dubai: DIFC (Dubai International Financial Center) - Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)

United Kingdom:

• Bank of England (BoE)
• Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)
• Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (PANEL)
• Financial Policy Committee (FPC)
• Financial Reporting Council (FRC)

United States:

• Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
• Federal Reserve System ("Fed")
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
• National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
• National Futures Association (NFA)
• In addition, each state has its own banking authority[4]

Uruguay - Banco Central del Uruguay

Uzbekistan - Center for Coordination and Control over Functioning of Securities Market

Vatican City - Financial Information Authority

Venezuela - Superintendencia Nacional de Valores (SNV)

Vietnam - State Securities Commission (SSC)

Zambia - Securities and Exchange Commission (Zambia)

Zimbabwe - Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)