In order to promote greater stability in Angola’s financial system, the National Bank of Angola (BNA), acting in its capacity as supervisory authority, has recently approved a new set of regulations for Banking Financial Institutions.

• Circular Letter No. 03/2025, of 17 December 2025, published the “Guide to Standardizing Criteria for Identifying Critical Functions and Strategic Business Lines” (“Guia de Padronização de Critérios para a Identificação das Funções Críticas e Linhas de Negócio Estratégicas”) which sets out essential principles and guidelines aimed at strengthening financial institutions’ ability to respond effectively in this domain.
• Circular Letter No. 04/2025, of 18 December 2025, published the “Guidelines for Implementing Principle III – Leveraging Partnerships to Deepen Understanding of Sustainability Issues and Practices” (“Guia de Implementação do Princípio III - Alavancar Parcerias para Aprofundar a Compreensão das Questões e Práticas de Sustentabilidade”), encouraging financial institutions to establish strategic partnerships - both domestically and internationally - to foster cooperation, share knowledge, and adopt practices aligned with corporate responsibility.

Both instruments came into force on their respective dates of publication.

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