2023 FinCoNet Annual General Meeting & International Seminar

The FinCoNet Annual General Meeting was hosted by the Bank of Mauritius in Port Louis, Mauritius on 22-23 November 2023.

The AGM was followed by the FinCoNet/Bank of Mauritius International Seminar on Financial Consumer Protection, on 24 November 2023.

The AGM marked FinCoNet's 10th Anniversary.

The open sessions of the AGM commenced at 13.30 on 22 November 2023. They were opened by the Chair of FinCoNet and the Governor of the Bank of Mauritius made a welcome address. The FinCoNet Secretariat provided an update on the joint work that FinCoNet is undertaking with other International Organisations and groups, Standing Committees 2 and 3 presented their ongoing work. Participants also had the opportunity to engage in the FinCoNet Member Roundtable focused on forward looking supervisory risks, trends and priorities.

Day two, 23 November 2023, started with an update from Standing Committees 4 and 6. The roundtable session focused on forward looking supervisory risks, trends and priorities concluded and the afternoon session was dedicated to a Workshop which explored the entry of non-traditional financial entities into the payments ecosystem (and the financial services market more broadly). The Workshop discussed the challenges posed for market conduct supervisors.  

The Seminar, was held on 24 November 2023, co-hosted by FinCoNet and the Bank of Mauritius. The Seminar addressed the topic of Market Conduct Supervision in Challenging Times.

The Seminar discussed global financial and economic trends and their impact on consumers, financial services providers, market conduct supervisors and other oversight authorities.