Peru and Uruguay Move Ahead on Financial-Sector

Peru’s Superintendency of Banking, Insurance and AFPs said it approved regulatory changes aimed at strengthening protection for users of the financial system, although the social media announcement did not yet spell out which articles were affected or which rules were changed. In Uruguay, the central bank said on its institutional site that it is moving forward with the rollout of new cybersecurity standards for the financial industry, without detailing the regulatory texts, related notices or compliance deadlines on the homepage.