Banque de la République du Burundi (Bank of the Republic of Burundi) BRB
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Who they are
Burundi's central bank. Its site lists 15 commercial banks and one financial establishment (BNDE) under its banking supervision, and it also supervises microfinance institutions.
What they do
Publishes the banking, microfinance, foreign-exchange, money-market, payment-system and consumer-protection texts on its site and issues AML/CFT regulations for banks. Its circulars include sanctions matrices for credit institutions, payment institutions and providers of financial products and services, and it published a payment-system oversight framework dated 20 November 2025. A communiqué of 23 January 2025 announced the launch of the BRB securities market.
Key laws & regulations issued
- Circular Circulaire N° 001 de 2024 relative aux activités des établissements de paiement émetteurs de monnaie électronique (Circular on the activities of payment institutions issuing electronic money) 2024
- Regulation Règlement N° 001/2019 relatif à la protection des consommateurs des produits et services financiers (Regulation on the protection of consumers of financial products and services) 2019
- Act Loi N° 1/07 du 11 mai 2018 portant système national de paiement (Law on the national payment system) 2018
- Act Loi N° 1/17 du 22 août 2017 régissant les activités bancaires au Burundi (Law governing banking activities in Burundi) 2017
- Act Loi n° 1/34 du 02 décembre 2008 portant statuts de la Banque de la République du Burundi (Law on the statutes of the Bank of the Republic of Burundi) 2008
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Others in Burundi supervising overlapping sectors.