Members of the Finance and Budget Commission of the National Council of Regions and Districts (CNRD) urged banks to comply strictly with the decisions and agreements issued by the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT).
During a hearing held Wednesday with representatives of the banking and financial council (former Tunisian professional association of banks and financial establishments), discussions mainly focused on the revision of the tax scale.
The deputies insisted on the importance of diversifying credits and supporting state efforts to stimulate investment, by facilitating the access of project leaders to the necessary funding. They also denounced the abuses of which certain customers would be victims, pleading for the creation of an independent regulatory body responsible for ensuring the transparency and compliance of banking activity.
The Commission also underlined the need to draw up an inventory of the difficulties encountered by banking establishments, in particular public banks, and to set up new mechanisms to strengthen their capacities and improve the quality of the services offered.
The parliamentarians also recalled the essential role of banks in the creation of a climate favorable to investment, through the granting of solid guarantees to investors, and invited them to play a more active role in the economic development of the country.
In response, representatives of the banking and financial advice presented the missions of their structure, namely the supervision, evaluation and regulation of banking and financial activity, as well as the training of human resources in the sector.
