The International Financial Services Commission (IFSC) was established by the enactment of the International Financial Services Commission Act (IFSCA) on 3rd May 1999. The IFSC is a premier regulatory body for the offshore industry in Belize and as the regulatory authority, the IFSC’s responsibility under the IFSC Act, is to enhance Belize as an international financial services center and to regulate the provision of international financial services.

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) was founded on July 13, 1990, on the basis of the Russian Republic Bank of the State Bank of the USSR. Accountable to the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, it was originally called the State Bank of the RSFSR.According to the constitution, it is an independent entity, with the primary responsibility of protecting the stability of the national currency, the ruble.Before 1 September 2013, it was the main regulator of the Russian banking industry, responsible for banking licenses, rules of banking operations and accounting standards, serving as a lender of last resort for credit organizations. After pointed date functions and powers of CBR were significantly expanded and the central bank received the status of a mega-regulator of all financial markets of Russia.It holds the exclusive right to issue ruble banknotes and coins through the Moscow and St. Petersburg mints, the Goznak mint. The central bank issues commemorative coins made of precious and non-precious metals as well as investment ones made of precious metals, which are distributed inside and outside the country.Under Russian law, half of the bank's profit must be channeled into the government's federal budget. The Central Bank of Russia is a member of the BIS.