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Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution

ACPR · Banking regulator

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Employees

~1,100

2024

Annual budget

€220M

2024

Supervised entities

~1,400

2024

Overview

France's banking and insurance prudential supervisor, sitting inside the Banque de France. Supervises French credit institutions (jointly with the ECB for significant ones), insurers, payment and e-money institutions. AMF handles market conduct and asset management; ACPR handles prudential + AML.

Mandate

Preserve financial system stability, protect banking and insurance customers, and — as national resolution authority — manage bank crises.

Regulated sectors

BanksPayment institutionsE-money institutionsInsurance companiesCredit institutions

Leadership

  • Denis BeauChair (Sub-collège Banque) · since 2021
  • Nathalie AufauvreSecretary General

Key legislation

  • Code monétaire et financier

    French financial code

  • Code des assurances

    Insurance code

Public registers

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Data last updated: 2026-06-15 · Sources: acpr.banque-france.fr + ComplyBridge researchActivity Index methodology →

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