^{On 15 May 2025, the Banking Commission published disciplinary and pecuniary sanctions pronounced by its Supervisory College during its 146th session, held on 20 and 21 March 2025.} Banks based in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger and an electronic money issuer in Senegal have been sanctioned for breaches and breaches of legal and regulatory texts

The shortcomings include weaknesses in governance and risk management; weaknesses in the anti-money laundering and terrorist financing system during verification. According to the note from the Banking Commission, a note was pronounced reprimanding a bank based in Burkina. This penalty, according to the information, is motivated by breaches and infringements of the legal and regulatory texts applicable to credit institutions. In particular, weaknesses were identified in the governance and risk management of this bank.
In addition to the above disciplinary sanction, the bank received a financial penalty in the amount of three hundred million (300,000,000) CFA

Also, the commission issued a warning against another bank based in Burkina. “This disciplinary sanction is motivated by breaches and infringements of the legal and regulatory texts applicable to credit institutions. In particular, weaknesses were identified in the anti-money laundering and terrorist financing system during the verification carried out with this bank,” the document states. In addition to the disciplinary penalty referred to above, the credit institution received a financial penalty in the amount of one hundred fifty-one million (151,000,000) CFA francs.

In Côte d'Ivoire, the UMOA Banking Commission issued a reprimand for breaches of the legal and regulatory texts applicable to credit institutions. In particular, these were the weaknesses identified in the governance, risk management and anti-money laundering and terrorist financing arrangements of this bank. In addition to the above disciplinary sanction, the bank received a financial penalty in the amount of three hundred million (300,000,000) CFA

For the bank based in Niger, the Banking Commission blamed a bank. This disciplinary sanction, the press release states, is motivated by breaches and infringements of the legal and regulatory texts applicable to credit institutions. In addition to the above disciplinary sanction, the bank received a financial penalty in the amount of three hundred million (300,000,000) CFA