The National Bank of Moldova is fully committed to meeting the highest European standards in regulation, supervision, banking system stability, and European financial integration - Anca Dragu
The Governor of the National Bank of Moldova made this statement during the participation of the NBM delegation in the Vienna 2025 Forum, organized by the European Commission in Brussels on September 29-30. According to the National Bank, this year's forum is dedicated to the Savings and Investment Union project for the economies of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. The forum brings together high-level decision-makers, central bank governors, and international financial experts and provides a platform for dialogue to strengthen financial stability and capital market integration in emerging and modernizing economies, uniting the public and private sectors around a shared vision for economic development. During the event, Anca Dragu held her first meeting with John Berringan, Director-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services, and Capital Markets at the European Commission (DG FISMA). Discussions focused on strengthening cooperation in European integration, assessing the compliance of the Moldovan banking system with legal requirements, and Moldova's progress in joining the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). Anca Dragu noted that the NBM is fully committed to meeting the highest European standards in regulation, supervision, ensuring the stability of the banking system, and European financial integration. She emphasized that Moldova will soon become part of SEPA, which signifies a real opening to the European Union and significant support for citizens and businesses through faster, safer, and cheaper transfers. The programme for her visit to Brussels also includes other high-level meetings with the European Commissioner for Economic Affairs, Productivity, Law Enforcement and Simplification, Valdis Dombrovskis; the European Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investment Union, Maria Luís Albuquerque; and the Director-General of DG ECFIN, Maarten Verwey, and DG ENEST, Gert Jan Koopman. Discussions will cover topics such as financial stability, regional cooperation, and the process of alignment with European standards, particularly in the current context, when Moldovan citizens' vote confirmed the country's continued commitment to European integration. The National Bank of Moldova joined the Vienna Initiative in June 2025. It provides a framework for public-private sector cooperation to ensure financial stability in emerging European economies, enabling Moldova to strengthen the links between its national and European financial systems. Joining the Vienna Initiative reflects both the significant reforms implemented over the past decade to enhance transparency and prudential supervision, and Moldova's strategic commitment to EU integration. The Vienna Initiative was established in January 2009 to ensure financial stability in emerging European economies and brings together a wide range of public and private sector actors: the European Commission, the European Central Bank, international financial institutions (the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the European Investment Bank), central banks and regulatory authorities of the EU and candidate countries, as well as banking groups with a commercial presence in the region. // 29.09.2025 — InfoMarket.
