This category lists those government and quasi-government institutions that regulate banks, finance and insurance companies, and others in the financial industry. However, this category does not list central banks or finance ministries, which are listed elsewhere.
Subcategories 5
Related categories 5
Sites 38
- Panama - Superintendencia de Bancos Some information in English, mostly in Spanish.
- Chile - Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros The Chilean securities and insurance regulator, with copies of most financial laws, and more content in Spanish.
- Italy - Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa CONSOB is the public authority responsible for regulating the Italian securities market, the activity of which is aimed at the protection of the investing public.
- Bulgaria - Financial Supervision Commission Unifies the regulatory functions formerly performed by the former State Securities Commission, the State Insurance Supervision Agency and the Insurance Supervision Agency.
- Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets Autoriteit Financiële Markten. Includes a warning list of those known to be offering financial services without proper authorization.
- Japan - Financial Services Agency The FSA is responsible for ensuring the stability of the financial system in Japan, protection of depositors, insurance policy-holders and securities investors.
- Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority Finansinspektionen is responsible for supervising companies in the insurance, credit and securities markets.
- Hong Kong - Securities and Futures Commission Unified regulator for Hong Kong's financial markets.
- France - Autorité des marchés financiers A subset of the notices and rules are available in English, most only in French.
- Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering Inter-governmental body developing and promoting policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Includes a summary of the FATF country evaluations.
- China Securities Regulatory Commission The CSRC is the executive branch of State Council Securities Commission, which is the central market regulation authority.
- Portuguese Insurance Institute Instituto de Seguros de Portugal is the body that controls and supervises the business of insurance and reinsurance, pension funds and brokerage.
- Turkey - Capital Markets Board of Turkiye The regulatory and supervisory authority in charge of the securities markets in Turkey
- Malaysia - Securities Commission of Malaysia Combined Malaysian regulator with the aim of protecting the investor, and encouraging and promoting the development of the securities and futures markets in Malaysia.
- Thailand - Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission Supervises Thailand's capital markets.
- United Kingdom - Financial Services Authority Regulator of all providers of financial services in the UK; Bank of England retains responsibility for systemic risk.
- Isle of Man - Financial Supervision Commission Manx body responsible for the licensing and supervision of banks, building societies, investment business, collective investment schemes and corporate service providers.
- Iceland - Financial Supervisory Authority The Fjármálaeftirlitsins is responsible for the official regulation and supervision of financial operations in Iceland.
- Estonia - Finantsinspektsioon Papers and rules by the Financial Supervision Authority, an autonomous agency of the Bank of Estonia.
- Gibraltar - Financial Services Commission Statutory body corporate established by the 1989 Financial Services Commission Ordinance.
- Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority With information about the legal position of NAMFISA, its consumer education bulletins, and an online complaints form.
- South Africa - Financial Services Board Regulating insurers, intermediaries, retirement funds, friendly societies, unit trust schemes, management companies, and financial markets.
- Papua New Guinea - Securities Commission of Papua New Guinea The SCPNG is a division of the Investment Promotion Authority.
- Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority APRA is the prudential regulator of banks, insurance companies and superannuation funds, credit unions, building societies and friendly societies.
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission Enforces company and financial services laws to protect consumers, investors and creditors; regulates and informs the public about Australian companies, financial markets, financial services organisations and professionals who deal and advise in investments, superannuation, insurance, deposit taking and credit.
- Austrian Financial Market Authority Combines the former regulatory roles of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Austrian Securities Authority (Bundes-Wertpapier-Aufsicht).
- Hong Kong - Office of the Commissioner of Insurance Regulatory body set up for the administration of the Insurance Companies Ordinance.
- Latvia - Securities Markets Commission of the Republic of Latvia Ensuring overall stability in the financial and capital markets.
- International Organization of Securities Commissions Has as members the individual securities regulators.
- Brazil - Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, with a section of regulations of interest to foreign investors.
- Society of Financial Examiners Professional society for examiners of insurance companies, banks, savings and loans, and credit unions.
- Germany - Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht BaFin, the Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority.
- South Korea - Korea Financial Supervisory Commission Lists recent proposals and initiatives, with links to English versions. More in Korean.
- Bangladesh - Securities and Exchange Commission Mission is to protect the interests of securities investors; develop fair, transparent and efficient securities markets; and ensure proper compliance with securities laws.
- Norway - Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway The Finanstilsynet, with limited content in English, mostly in Norwegian.
- Argentina - Comisón Nacional de Valores The National Securities Commission of the Argentine Republic ensures the transparency of Argentina's securities markets, watches over the market price formation process and thus protects investors.
- Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) The single supervisory authority for the Belgian financial sector.
- New Zealand - Financial Markets Authority To encourage, promote and facilitate good securities and corporate practice and to discourage malpractice, both in the promotion of securities and in the management of investors' funds.