International cooperation agreements
The BCRA has entered into cooperation agreements with central banks, authorities responsible for the supervision or resolution of financial institutions, and other organizations from different jurisdictions.
These agreements establish frameworks for the exchange of information and experience, technical assistance, and institutional coordination on matters related to the BCRA’s duties.
Bank supervision and resolution
The BCRA has signed agreements with foreign authorities to facilitate cooperation in the supervision of financial institutions and groups with operations across multiple jurisdictions.
Depending on the scope of each instrument, such cooperation may include the exchange of information, consolidated supervision, inspections, crisis management, resolution planning, operational and cybersecurity risk analysis, and the prevention of money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing.
| Date | Counterparty | Scope | Type | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-13 | European Central Bank | Cooperation on bank supervision, licensing processes, inspections, resolution, crisis management and operational risks. | Memorandum of understanding on supervision | Agreement BCRA – ECB (PDF) |
| 2024-06-14 | Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP (Peru) | Cooperation on prudential supervision, information exchange, inspections, crisis management and cybersecurity. | Memorandum of understanding on cooperation concerning supervision | Agreement BCRA – SBS (PDF) |
| 2023-06-07 | Banco Central do Brasil | Cooperation on consolidated and cross-border supervision, resolution, crisis management and operational resilience. | Memorandum of understanding on supervision | Agreement BCRA – BCB (PDF) |
| 2023-03-21 | Single Resolution Board of the European Banking Union | Information exchange and coordination for bank resolution planning, assessment and execution. | Cooperation arrangement on bank resolution | Arrangement BCRA – SRB (PDF) |
| 2014-05-05 | People's Bank of China | Cooperation and exchange of information on suspicious transactions, regulation and practices to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. | Memorandum of understanding on supervision | No public document |
| 2011-10-05 | China Banking Regulatory Commission, currently National Financial Regulatory Administration | Cooperation on supervision of institutions with cross-border operations, inspections and technical consultations. | Memorandum of understanding on supervision | Agreement on supervision (PDF) |
| 2010-05-19 | Central Bank of The Bahamas | Exchange of information and technical assistance on bank regulation and supervision. | Memorandum of understanding on cooperation concerning supervision | Agreement on supervision (PDF) |
| 2009-11-19 | Banco Central del Paraguay | Cooperation, technical assistance and exchange of information for consolidated supervision. | Memorandum of understanding on supervision | No public document |
| 2009-11-09 | Central Bank of the Russian Federation | Exchange of information and technical consultations on bank regulation and supervision. | Memorandum of understanding on cooperation concerning supervision | No public document |
| 2008-02-13 | Cayman Islands Monetary Authority | Exchange of information for supervision of financial institutions and coordination in the event of contingencies. | Memorandum of understanding on cooperation concerning supervision | Agreement on supervision (PDF) |
| 2007-07-13 | South African Reserve Bank | Cooperation and exchange of information on regulation and supervision of financial institutions. | Memorandum of understanding on cooperation concerning supervision | No public document |
| 2006-10-30 | Banco Central del Uruguay | Cooperation for consolidated supervision, inspections, licensing and exchange of information. | Memorandum of understanding on supervision | Agreement BCRA – BCU (PDF) |
| 2002-01-14 | Banca d'Italia | Cooperation on supervision of financial groups with cross-border operations and technical assistance. | Memorandum of understanding on supervision | Agreement BCRA – Banca d´Italia (PDF) |
| 2001-02-15 | Bundesaufsichtsamt für das Kreditwesen, currently BaFin (Germany) | Cooperation on financial supervision and technical assistance; scope subsequently broadened to include the prevention of financial crime. | Memorandum of understanding on supervision | Agreement, as amended (PDF) |
| 2000-09-19 | Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (Mexico) | Cooperation on supervision, licensing processes, inspections and prevention of money laundering. | Memorandum of understanding on supervision | Agreement, as amended (PDF) |
| 2000-07-24 | Financial Services Authority (United Kingdom) | Cooperation on supervision of financial institutions, licensing, inspections and exchange of information. | Memorandum of understanding on supervision | Agreement on supervision (PDF) |
| 1999-09-03 | Bank supervisory authorities of the United States | Cooperation and exchange of information with federal authorities responsible for bank supervision. | Statement of cooperation in supervision | Statement, as amended (PDF) |
| 1998-05-28 | Banco de España | Cooperation on consolidated supervision of institutions located in both jurisdictions. | Protocol for cooperation concerning supervision | No public document |
| 1994-11-30 | Superintendencia de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras, currently Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (Chile) | Cooperation, exchange of information and coordination of bank supervision activities. | Resolution on supervision | No public document |
Institutional and technical cooperation
The BCRA has also entered into cooperation agreements with other central banks to promote the exchange of knowledge, experience, and best practices.
Depending on the scope of each instrument, these agreements may cover matters related to training, monetary and foreign exchange policy, financial stability, regulation, payment systems, statistics, market development, and technologies supporting central bank functions.
| Date | Counterparty | Scope | Type | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | Deutsche Bundesbank (Germany) | Technical cooperation on training and advisory assistance. | Memorandum of understanding for broad cooperation | No public document |
| 2021-08-10 | People's Bank of China | Cooperation on financial stability, monetary and foreign exchange policies, payment systems, statistics, regulation and market development. | Memorandum of understanding for broad cooperation | No public document |
| 2020-11-11 | Banco de España | Technical and institutional cooperation on financial stability, monetary policy, regulation, supervision, payments, statistics and technology. | International non-regulatory agreement for broad cooperation | No public document |
| 2020-05-08 | Central Bank of the Russian Federation | Exchange of information and technical cooperation on monetary policy, financial stability, regulation, payments, statistics and technology. | Memorandum of understanding for broad cooperation | No public document |
| 2006-03-13 | South African Reserve Bank | Cooperation and exchange of experience in monetary policy, foreign exchange policy, the financial system, payments and supervision. | Memorandum of understanding for broad cooperation | No public document |