2012-01-01
The Central Bank of the Comores issued five circulars in 2012 to regulate financial operations, including authorizing the Comoros Development Bank to conduct money transfers via Moneygram with a 1 million FC limit. The bank also standardized the mandatory reserve ratio for financial institutions at 20% and mandated uniform client identification protocols to enhance anti-money laundering efforts. Additionally, the regulations imposed semi-annual reporting requirements for loans to bank insiders and officially approved the Union of Sanduk of Moheli as a decentralized financial institution.