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The banking regulator CNBS is piloting a centralized beneficial-ownership registry with the private sector and FOPRIDEH to strengthen corporate transparency and prevent illicit activity.

Honduras's banking regulator issued guidance on cybersecurity threats and recommended users avoid suspicious links, protect passwords, and verify digital transactions to prevent fraud in the country's financial system.

Honduras's banking regulator has developed the country's first comprehensive national financial-inclusion strategy, backed by the Alliance for Financial Inclusion, to build a more inclusive, resilient, and innovative financial system by 2030.

Honduras's transparency law is already in force, and the formal registration process for beneficial owners of accounts and entities will open in January, officials say, to strengthen legal certainty and transparency.

Honduras's banking regulator alerts the public to fraudulent investment offers circulating on Telegram that impersonate the brokerage firm CABVAL and its manager, urging investors to verify all offers through official channels before sending money.

Honduras is undergoing its fifth mutual evaluation by Gafilat, the Latin American financial-action group, to assess compliance with international standards for combating money laundering, terrorism financing, and weapons proliferation; the 18-month review is expected to conclude in December 2027.

The president of Honduras's banking regulator highlighted the importance of national capacity-building and regional cooperation to combat money laundering, terrorism financing, and weapons proliferation, citing the Fifth Round of Mutual Evaluations as a key accountability measure.

Honduras's banking regulator released its annual financial inclusion report with data through end-2025, available on the CNBS Financial Inclusion Portal.

Honduras's banking regulator approved temporary relief measures for over 40,000 agricultural debtors affected by El Niño drought, including loan restructuring, grace periods, reduced interest rates, and waived penalties, with applications due by February 28, 2027.

CNBS President Nicolás J. García Pineda highlighted Honduras's commitment to strengthening its anti-money-laundering and counterterrorism-financing systems ahead of GAFILAT's fifth mutual-evaluation round.

Honduras's banking regulator is hosting a free webinar on September 30 to help people manage money during vacations through budgeting, contingency planning, and responsible spending.

Honduras's banking regulator approved a temporary debt-restructuring program for agricultural producers in six departments covering 75 municipalities, allowing them to reschedule loans, extend payment periods, and access working capital.

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.

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.