IFB Brunei

REGULATIONS

ISLAMIC BANKING

In fulfilling the Brunei Darussalam Central Bank’s (BDCB) mandate to ensure financial stability, the Banking Unit under the Regulatory and Supervision Department administers and enforces the following legislations which provide legal and regulatory framework for the licensing and supervision of all banks and finance companies: -

  • Banking Order, 2006
  • Islamic Banking Order, 2008
  • Finance Companies Act, Chapter 89
  • Hire Purchase Order, 2006
  • ·International Banking Order, 2000

In discharging its responsibilities in the above regard, it strives to benchmark itself to the relevant international standards such as the Basel Core Principles, International Financial Reporting Standards and Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB Standards).

The Banking Unit license, regulate and supervise all banks and finance companies (both Islamic and conventional).

To download:

Islamic Banking Order, 2008 
http://www.agc.gov.bn/AGC%20Images/LAWS/Gazette_PDF/2008/EN/Islamic%20Banking%20Order,%202008%20(S%2096).pdf

Islamic Banking Regulations, 2008 
http://www.agc.gov.bn/AGC%20Images/LAWS/Gazette_PDF/2008/EN/S097.pdf