Mauritius Archives - Mauritius Bankers Association (MBA)

01 Apr 22

Investing in Mauritius: A Special Report by the Financial Times

Mauritius is the subject of a Special Report titled 'Investing in Mauritius', by the Financial Times.

22 Feb 22

Mauritius exits EU list of High-risk third countries on 13 March 2022

The Mauritius Bankers Association (MBA) has taken cognizance of Mauritius’s forthcoming exit from the European Union’s list of High-risk third countries, as published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 21 February 2022. As per Article 4 of the Regulation, “This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,” i.e., 13 March 2022.

23 Nov 21

Mauritius, an emerging International Financial Centre of resilience, substance and excellence

The CEO of the MBA, Mr. Daniel Essoo, will be moderating a webinar titled “Mauritius, an emerging International Financial Centre of Resilience, substance and excellence” on Thursday 25 November 2021.

05 Nov 21

Mauritius exits UK High-Risk Third Countries list

The Mauritius Bankers Association (MBA) has taken cognizance of the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament approval on 1 November 2021, of Mauritius’s exit from the UK’s list of High-Risk Third Countries, effective 2 November 2021. This follows from the country’s exit from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring earlier in October this year.

21 Oct 21

Sortie de Maurice de la liste grise du GAFI

Bonne nouvelle pour le secteur financier: Maurice est désormais hors de la liste grise du Groupe d’Action Financière (GAFI)/Financial Action Task Force (FATF). L’annonce a été faite ce jeudi 21 octobre 2021, lors d’une conférence de presse animée par le Dr. Marcus Pleyer, Président du GAFI, qui a fait état de la détermination et du travail acharné abattu par la partie Mauricienne pour cela.

13 Oct 21

Mauritius 4th Enhanced Follow-up Report & Technical Compliance Re-Rating – September 2021

On 7 October 2021, the FATF-Style Regional Body for the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESAAMLG), has posted the 4th Follow-Up Report (FUR) for Mauritius on its website. Overall, Mauritius has made sufficient progress and its technical compliance with the FATF Recommendations has been revised. Mauritius is now Compliant on 26 of the 40 Recommendations, Largely Compliant on 13 and remains Partially Compliant on 1 Recommendation.

19 Jul 21

FX Global Code Public Register for Mauritius hosted by MBA goes live

On Thursday 15 July 2021, the FX Global Code Participating Public Register for Mauritius, which is hosted by the Mauritius Bankers Association Limited (MBA), was admitted to the Global Index of Public Registers. Established by the Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC), the Global Index is the official list of banks worldwide which adhere to the FX Global Code. Mauritius is only the 17th country to be admitted to the Global Index repository so far.

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