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Financial Services Unit

Mandates

Mandate

The mandate of the FSU stems from the FSU Act (PDF 83.14KB) which gives it responsibility to monitor financial institutions operating in Dominica, take action against persons carrying on unlicensed financial services business, supervise licensees in accordance with the FSU Act and the financial services enactments, and administer the financial services enactments or any other relevant enactments.

The following financial services enactments are listed in Schedule I of the FSU Act:-

The following financial institutions falling under the purview of the Unit are listed in Schedule II of the FSU Act:-

In addition to the mandate listed above, the FSU is responsible for monitoring and ensuring  AML/CFT compliance of domestic commercial banks plus the financial institutions mentioned above, and for the administration of the Economic Citizenship Programme of the Government of Dominica.