Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

Central Bank of Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

Headquarters	Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Established	January 1, 1997 (1997-January-01)
Chairman ^[1]	Grant Stein
Central bank of	Cayman Islands
Currency	Cayman Islands dollar KYD (ISO 4217)
Website	www.cima.ky

The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) is the primary financial services regulator of the Cayman Islands and supervises its currency board.^[2]

The CIMA manages the Cayman Islands currency, regulates and supervises financial services, provides assistance to overseas regulatory authorities and advises the Cayman Islands government on financial-services regulatory matters.

It is a corporation created pursuant to the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Law (2013 Revision).^[3]

Regulatory framework

Banks and lenders
Offshore banks
Funds and segregated portfolio companies
Payment processing services
Credit unions

References

^ "CIMA website - Structure and Governance". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
^ Cindy Scotland (7 July 2014). "The Cayman Islands Financial Services Regulatory Framework". Mondaq.
^ Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Law (Revised), section 5(1): "There is established an Authority to be called the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority which shall be a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name."