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The Central Bank supervises TRNC banks; bank staff owe a lasting confidentiality duty

Rule record · last verified 22 September 2026

In force. Start date not confirmed in this record.

Rule

The Central Bank of the TRNC is the sole authority responsible for supervision and audit of the implementation of the Banking Law. Anyone who learns a bank's or a customer's secrets in the course of their role is bound by a confidentiality obligation that continues after they leave their post, subject to exceptions such as disclosure required by law or a permitted public statement.[1]

Exceptions

  • Source is an English translation hosted on the Central Bank's own site, of unconfirmed official/unofficial status, not cross-checked word-for-word against the Turkish original.
  • The Central Bank's own founding/independence statute (Law 41/2001) was not read, so its own powers beyond what the Banking Law describes are not independently confirmed here.

Where this rule comes from

Authority
Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi), TRNC
Jurisdiction
Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC)
Basis
Legislation · asserted by us within this jurisdiction
Verification
Primary source verified. We read the primary text ourselves on 22 September 2026.
Legal review
Not yet reviewed by a named legal reviewer.

History of this rule

  • — Published following Founder approval. (version 1, First published)

Sources for this rule

Numbered in order of first use. Each entry names the kind of source it is and the day we read it.

  1. [1]
    Banking Law of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, No. 62/2017 (as amended/integrated with Law No. 22/2020) — English translation

    Central Bank of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus · Government institutions · accessed 19 September 2026 · source record

Cite this record

https://northcyprusreference.com/en/rules/bank-regulator-and-secrecy-obligation

Identifier bank-regulator-and-secrecy-obligation · Open data · challenge this rule