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  "title": "Somalia: Technical Assistance Report-Prudential Classification and Provisioning of Credit Operations",
  "publication": "Technical Assistance Reports, March 27, 2026",
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  "summary": "The Technical Assistance (TA) assisted Somalia in reviewing its prudential regulation on classification and provisioning of credit operations aiming at aligning it with international standards and benchmarks and delivered a dedicated training on credit risk.",
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      "content": "- The Technical Assistance (TA) assisted Somalia in reviewing its prudential regulation on classification and provisioning of credit operations aiming at aligning it with international standards and benchmarks and delivered a dedicated training on credit risk.\n- The mission is part of a broad initiative to help the Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) improve the quality of data submitted by commercial banks, according to an action plan approved in July 2024.\n- The effort covers reviewing prudential regulations, training supervisors, and updating data requirement templates.\n- The prudential supervision framework under review includes capital requirements, liquidity requirements, related party transactions and assets classification and provisions.\n- While capital and liquidity were addressed in earlier TAs, the current focus is on asset classification, provisioning, and broader credit risk issues."
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      "content": "- Asset classification and provisioning: primary focus of the mission.\n- Credit risk: dedicated training was delivered on credit risk.\n- Data quality: improving the quality of data submitted by commercial banks to CBS is a central objective.\n- Prudential supervision framework components under review:\n  - capital requirements\n  - liquidity requirements\n  - related party transactions\n  - assets classification and provisions"
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      "content": "- Review of prudential regulation on classification and provisioning of credit operations.\n- Dedicated training on credit risk for supervisors.\n- Work to update data requirement templates submitted by commercial banks."
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      "content": "- Bank supervision\n- Credit\n- Credit risk\n- Financial regulation and supervision\n- Financial sector policy and analysis\n- Financial sector stability\n- Financial Sector Stability Review\n- Money\n- asset classification\n- Cbs's Licensing and Supervision Department\n- credit operations\n- credit risk category\n- credit risk management\n- forbearance\n- large exposures\n- non-performing\n- past-due\n- provisioning\n- risk management\n- sanctions and penalties\n- technical assistance provider\n- Monetary and Capital Markets department\n- IMF publication\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- tarea2026022-source-pdf - Preface\n  - tarea2026022-source-pdf - Preface (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - tarea2026022-source-pdf - Preface (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/technical-assistance-reports/issues/2026/03/27/somalia-technical-assistance-report-prudential-classification-and-provisioning-of-credit-574962"
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    "Published: March 27, 2026",
    "Series: Technical Assistance Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229042376.019",
    "The Technical Assistance (TA) assisted Somalia in reviewing its prudential regulation on classification and provisioning of credit operations aiming at aligning it with international standards and benchmarks and delivered a dedicated training on credit risk.",
    "The mission is part of a broad initiative to help the Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) improve the quality of data submitted by commercial banks, according to an action plan approved in July 2024.",
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    "The prudential supervision framework under review includes capital requirements, liquidity requirements, related party transactions and assets classification and provisions.",
    "While capital and liquidity were addressed in earlier TAs, the current focus is on asset classification, provisioning, and broader credit risk issues.",
    "Asset classification and provisioning: primary focus of the mission.",
    "Credit risk: dedicated training was delivered on credit risk.",
    "Data quality: improving the quality of data submitted by commercial banks to CBS is a central objective.",
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