The Financial Markets Authority of the West African Monetary Union (French: Autorité des Marchés Financiers de l'Union Monétaire Ouest Africaine, AMF-UMOA) is a supranational markets regulator established in 1996 and based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
It is the single securities authority for the eight countries of the West African Monetary Union (French acronym UMOA), namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.
Simultaneously, the member countries established a regional stock exchange (French: Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières, BRVM) and a Central Depository/ Settlement Bank (French: Dépositaire Central / Banque de Règlement, DC/BR).
[1] The first members of the CREPMF were appointed in October 1997, and its General Regulation (French: règlement général) was adopted on 28 November 1997.
[2] On 1 January 2021, nearly a quarter-century after the CREPFM's establishment, it was rebranded AMF-UMOA, aligning its name with that of the French securities authority, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers.