Financial Regulation

Setting standards enhancing resilience

We develop laws and rules that govern the financial services industry in order to safeguard the financial system and protect financial consumers.

RBM Reserve Bank of Malawi Headquarters, Lilongwe
Our Mandate

What we are empowered to do by the
Law

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Financial Regulation

We develop laws and rules that govern the financial services industry in order to safeguard the financial system abd protect financial consumers.

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Licensing

We are the gatekeepers to the financial services industry in Malawi ensuring that only fit and proper persons operate in the market.....

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Supervision

We have oversight of licensed institutions and indivuduals to reduce actual and potential harm to the financial system and financial consumers.

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George Patridge
Who is the Registrar

Dr George Patridge

George Patridge is the current Registrar of Financial Institutions and also the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi.

Bank

Bank

Capital Markets

Capital Markets

Financial Cooperative

Financial Cooperative

Insurance

Insurance

Microfinance

Microfinance

Pensions

Pensions

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Registered Financial Entities

About RFI

Helping you achieve your financial goals

The Registrar of Financial Institutions is entrusted with the paramount responsibility of ensuring the stability, security, and soundness of the financial system while concurrently safeguarding the interests of financial consumers. This crucial mandate is achieved through the vigilant enforcement of regulatory standards and the establishment of exacting operational standards.
The Registrar, in accordance with this mandate, assumes the pivotal role of licensing, regulating, and meticulously supervising a diverse array of financial institutions. This encompasses the oversight of banks, capital market participants, credit reference bureaus, development financial institutions, discount houses, leasing companies, financial cooperatives, insurance firms, microfinance institutions, and pension companies.

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