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Honduras's banking regulator (CNBS) announced an August supervisory examination of state agricultural bank Banadesa to review its loan portfolio, use of public funds, and operational controls, citing suspected irregularities in credits approved under previous administrations.

Honduras's banking regulator has ordered banks to equip affiliated merchants with mobile point-of-sale terminals to accept credit and debit card payments in person.

Honduras's banking commission (CNBS) is preparing regulations for cryptocurrency and virtual-asset companies through reforms to anti-money-laundering law, aiming to meet international standards ahead of a Financial Action Task Force evaluation in August and prevent illicit fund flows.

Honduras has enacted a law creating a centralized registry of beneficial owners of companies and legal entities, managed by the National Banking Commission, to combat money laundering, terrorism financing, and organized crime in compliance with international standards.

Honduras's banking and insurance regulator alerts the public to fraudulent messages falsely claiming to be from the CNBS and requesting identity verification, data updates, or biometric validation to unlock financial products.

Honduras has launched a centralized registry administered by the banking regulator to identify the true owners of companies, trusts, and investment funds operating in the country, aimed at eliminating corporate anonymity and meeting international transparency standards.

Honduras's banking regulator (CNBS) unveiled a five-year National Financial Inclusion Strategy (2025–2030) aimed at expanding access to formal financial services for women, youth, rural communities, small businesses, elderly people, and indigenous and Afro-Caribbean populations.

The CNBS Gender Gap Report 2025 shows men hold more bank accounts per capita in Honduras's high-activity economic regions, while women show higher financial participation in rural areas and the country's western region.

Investors defrauded by the Koriun Inversiones scheme—an unregulated financial platform that promised returns in five months and collapsed after six years of operation—are being called to register and coordinate legal action at an urgent assembly in Choloma on June 21.

A 2025 gender-gap report from Honduras's banking regulator shows women hold more savings accounts and certificates of deposit while men predominate in check and basic accounts, revealing distinct financial-product patterns by gender.

The National Congress's Gender Equity Commission met with UN Women, civil society, and regulators to review a National Financial Inclusion Strategy aimed at expanding formal financial services for women and other excluded groups.

Honduras's Congress unanimously passed a law requiring businesses to disclose their true beneficial owners in a new centralized registry, aiming to combat money laundering, corruption, and terrorist financing.

A former head of Honduras's banking commission warned that new US requirements for remittance senders to prove legal status could cut the flow of family money—which topped $12 billion in 2025 and already exceeds $4.5 billion in 2026—potentially harming multiple sectors of the Honduran economy.

Honduras's banking regulator is hosting a free webinar on June 4 about managing the traditional year-end bonus (catorceavo) wisely and building healthy financial habits.