Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority

The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA; Finnish: Finanssivalvonta or Fiva; Swedish: Finansinspektionen or FI) is the Financial regulatory authority responsible for the regulation of financial services in Finland. Since 2014, it has also been Finland's national competent authority within European Banking Supervision.^[1]

Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA)

Finanssivalvonta (Fiva) Finansinspektionen (FI)
FIN-FSA building in Kruunun­haka, Helsinki
Agency overview
Formed	January 1, 2009 (2009-01-01)
Jurisdiction	Finland
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
Agency executive	Mr. Tero Kurenmaa, Director General
Website	www.finanssivalvonta.fi

History

The Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) was established on 1 January 2009, following a merger of the former Financial Supervision Authority and the Insurance Supervisory Authority. FIN-FSA operates in connection with the Bank of Finland. The predecessor of the Financial Supervision Authority was the Banking Supervision Office (in Finnish: Rahoitustarkastus [Rata]; also then in Swedish: Finansinspektionen [FI]).^[2]

See also

• Bank of Finland
• Finnish Financial Stability Authority
• Economy of Finland
• Securities Commission
• List of financial regulatory authorities by jurisdiction