The Centre for Risk, Compliance & Governance Studies
Login Register

Back to Afghanistan

Afghanistan

AF · AFG · Asia-Pacific

6 regulators

Da Afghanistan Bank DAB

Official site
https://dab.gov.af
Established
1939
Constituting statute
Da Afghanistan Bank Law (the bank's own history page records its creation through Cabinet Approval No. 152 of 23/04/1939 and later approvals)

Who they are

Afghanistan's central bank, set up in Kabul in 1939. Its primary objective is domestic price stability.

What they do

Sets monetary and exchange-rate policy and manages the official reserves. Licences, regulates and supervises banks, foreign exchange dealers, money service providers, payment system operators and securities service providers. Issues the AML/CFT, KYC, licensing and prudential regulations listed on its website.

Latest news

No news tagged to this regulator yet.

Browse all news

Related regulators

Others in Afghanistan supervising overlapping sectors.