Paraguay
9 regulators · 8 laws & regulations · 2 obligations
Regulators of Paraguay
| Regulator | Acronym | Established | Supervises | Official site | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banco Central del Paraguay Primary | BCP | — | Banking · Insurance · Capital Markets · Payments & Fintech | Official site | |
The state central bank, which its Organic Law defines as a public-law legal person and a technical body with administrative and patrimonial self-governance and regulatory autonomy (Art. 1). | |||||
| Secretaría de Prevención de Lavado de Dinero o Bienes Primary | SEPRELAD | 1997 | All industries | Official site | |
Paraguay's financial intelligence unit (Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera), which describes itself as governed by Laws 1015/97 and 3783/09, as amended by Law 6497/2019, and as having functional and administrative autonomy. | |||||
| Superintendencia de Bancos (Banco Central del Paraguay) Primary | SIB | — | Banking · NBFC / Non-bank Lending | Official site | |
The banking supervisor, a technical body within the Banco Central del Paraguay that has functional, administrative and financial autonomy (Ley 489/1995, Art. 30). | |||||
| Superintendencia de Seguros (Banco Central del Paraguay) Primary | SIS | — | Insurance | Official site | |
Ley 827/1996 creates it as the control authority over all insurance and reinsurance entities; it depends on the Banco Central del Paraguay's Board but has functional and administrative autonomy (Art. 56). | |||||
| Superintendencia de Valores (Banco Central del Paraguay) Primary | SIV | — | Capital Markets · Asset & Wealth Management | Official site | |
A technical body within the Banco Central del Paraguay with functional and administrative autonomy, through which the Central Bank applies the securities law (Ley 7572/2025, Arts. 3 and 6). | |||||
| CERT-PY (national cyber incident response centre) | CERT-PY | — | Telecom & Tech | Official site | |
Paraguay's national cyber incident response centre, which operates under the MITIC Dirección General de Ciberseguridad y Protección de la Información. | |||||
| Contraloría General de la República | CGR | — | All industries | Official site | |
The State audit and control body whose site lists audit reports, public tenders and sworn asset declarations. Ley 7389/2024 names it the rector of the national integrity, transparency and anti-corruption regime. | |||||
| Ministerio de Industria y Comercio | MIC | — | All industries | Official site | |
Paraguay's ministry of industry and commerce, with sub-secretariats for industry and for commerce and services. | |||||
| Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación | MITIC | 2018 | Telecom & Tech | Official site | |
The ministry for information and communication technologies, created by Ley 6207/2018. Its Dirección General de Ciberseguridad y Protección de la Información oversees CERT-PY, and Ley 7593/2025 places the new data protection agency within it. | |||||
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