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Category: Banks & Finance
Anca Dragu, Governor of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), has outlined Moldova’s prospects for capital market and mortgage development. Dragu made a speech entitled “Mortgage lending in Moldova: market perspectives and development directions” in Stavanger, Norway, where she is participating in the 38th plenary meeting of the European Council for Secured Bonds (ECSB).
At today’s government meeting, Natalia Doroftei was appointed Secretary of State at the Finance Ministry. She will start performing her duties from May 11, 2026.
Moldova pays special attention to maintaining fiscal discipline in a context where the budget deficit is largely driven by strategic investments and expenditures related to the reforms undertaken in the country.
A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), headed by Alina Iancu, will visit Moldova from May 7 to 20, 2026. The purpose of the visit is to coordinate policies under the new program.
The number of payments made with cards issued in Moldova continues to grow.
Visa (NYSE: V), a global leader in digital payments, today announced the appointment of Sergiy Martynchuk as senior vice president and group head of Ukraine, Moldova, Southern and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus region. Based in Kiev, Martynchuk will have overall responsibility for Visa’s operations and strategy in 17 countries.
The Ministry of Finance launches a mechanism of continuous subscription to state securities intended for individuals. Since May 4, subscription through the electronic platform eVMS.md is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, throughout the year, without time limits.
According to the National Commission on Financial Market, at the end of April the second issue of corporate bonds within the IV program of public offering of commercial bank maib was successfully registered in the Register of securities issuers.
The Romanian leu weakened to a new historic low against the euro on Monday, according to the National Bank of Romania (NBR).
It is established that the subscription period for SS for individuals opens at 00:00 hours on the first day of its announcement and closes at 15:00 hours on the closing day.
This is reported by the State Tax Service (STS). And emphasizes: the changes will not require additional actions by independent entrepreneurs already registered with the State Tax Service.
Moldova has saved almost 7 million euros in 6 months after joining the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), as the commission for transfers has been reduced to 0-3 euros, Anca Dragu, Governor of the National Bank of Moldova, said at the official opening of the event “Bucharest Leaders’ Summit: United for a Better World”.
The revenues to the national public budget, administered by the State Tax Service, according to the operational information of the authority, amounted to about 28.7 billion lei in the first 4 months of 2026. This represents an increase of 3.4 billion lei or 13.3% compared to the same period of the previous year.
Today May subscription for government bonds started, which will last until May 17. The conditions have not changed. The previous subscription through the eVMS.md platform attracted a record number of investments from the population – over 131 million lei.
The information resource RI “Treasury” (RI Trezoreria) is being created in Moldova. This state register will be the only official source of data on treasury operations related to cash execution of budgets-components of the national public budget, receipts of the state budget and local budgets, as well as submission of payment documents.
Iran’s Central Bank and the IRGC are using the country’s largest crypto exchange to convert dollars. A Reuters investigation found that it processed transactions worth tens and hundreds of millions of dollars related to sanctioned groups, including the Central Bank of Iran and the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Limited trade markups have not been applied to a line of goods (13 commodity items) included in the List of socially important goods (or essential goods) since April 30. The reason is that the Regulation on the order of formation of retail prices for essential goods has become invalid.
The independence of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) will be extended. It will report to the Parliament in an informative format only – without requesting or receiving any instructions. The same principle will be enshrined in relations with the government: cooperation on financial and budgetary issues will be maintained, but without interference.
State budget revenues increased by 3.3% or 583 million lei compared to the same period of 2025, while the growth of expenditures was more than twice as high. Compared to the first quarter of 2025, they increased by 7.3% or by 1,460.5 million lei.
The dollar strengthened after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, signaling a mood for policy tightening. The latest Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting showed the central bank’s increasingly hawkish stance. The trend has put pressure on most Asian currencies, including emerging market currencies.
