List of STO financial regulatory authorities by country

A-B

• 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
  • Financial Market Supervisory Authority 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
• Bulgaria – Financial Supervision Commission (Bulgaria) (FSC)

C-D

• 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)
    • Alberta Securities Commission
    • Autorité des marchés financiers – Québec
    • British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC)
    • Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)
  • 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 Regulatory Commission (CBRC)
  • China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC)
• China, Republic of (Taiwan) – Financial Supervisory Commission
• Colombia;
  • Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia
  • National Directorate of Taxes and Customs (DIAN)
• Congo, the Democratic Republic of – Central Bank of Congo
• 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)
• Dominican Republic:
  • Banco Central de la Republica Dominica
  • Superintendencia de Bancos de la Republica Dominicana
• Dominica
  • Financial Service Unit of the Commonwealth of Dominica

E-I

• 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 Supervision Authority (Finantsinspektsioon in Estonian)
  • Estonian Bank (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)
  • Registre unique des Intermediaires en Assurance, Banque et Finance (France) (ORIAS)
  • Autorité de Controle Prudentiel (France) (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 – Financial Supervisory Authority
• India:
  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
  • Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
  • Forward Markets Commission (India) (FMC)
  • Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
  • Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)
  • Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)
• Indonesia:
  • Financial Services Authority (Indonesia) (Indonesian: Otoritas Jasa Keuangan) (OJK)
  • Bank Indonesia
• Ireland:
  • Central Bank of Ireland
  • Irish Takeover Panel
• Islamic Republic of 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)

J-L

• 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
• 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) and Insurance Control Commission (ICC)
• Liechtenstein – Financial Market Authority (Liechtenstein) (FMA)
• Lithuania – Bank of Lithuania
• Luxembourg:
  • Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)
  • Commissariat aux Assurances (CAA)

M-R

• Malaysia
  • Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)
  • Securities Commission Malaysia (SC)
  • Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA)
• 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^[2]
• New Zealand – Financial Markets Authority (New Zealand)
• Nigeria
  • Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) (Nigeria)
  • Securities and Exchange Commission (Nigeria)
  • National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) (Nigeria)
  • National Pension Commission (PENCOM) (Nigeria)
• Norway – Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Finanstilsynet in Norwegian)
• Oman – Capital Market Authority (Oman)
• Pakistan – State Bank of Pakistan
• Panama – Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores
• 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)
• Republic of Macedonia:
  • Securities and Exchange Commission of the Republic of Macedonia (MSEC)
  • National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia
• Romania – Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority
• Russia – Central Bank of Russia (CBR)

S-T

• 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
• 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) [1]
• Singapore – Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
• Slovenia – Securities Market Agency (ATVP Agencija za Trg Vrednostnih Papirjev)
• South Africa;
  • South African Reserve Bank
  • National Credit Regulator
  • Financial Services Board (South Africa)
• Spain:
  • Investment sector regulator – Spanish Securities Market Commission (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores, CNMV) [MiFID]
  • Insurance sector regulator (life and general) – Direccion General de Seguros (DGS)[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)
• 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)

U-Z

• Uganda
  • Capital Markets Authority (Uganda) (CMA)
  • Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda
• Ukraine – National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC)
• United Arab Emirates:
  • Insurance Authority – (IA)
  • Securities and Commodities Authority – (SCA)
  • United Arab Emirates (Dubai) – 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)
• 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)^[3]
  • 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)

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