Offshore Group of Banking Supervisors (OGBS)

A group established in 1980 at the instigation of the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision. The primary objective of OGBS is to:

promote the effective supervision of banks in their jurisdictions

to further international cooperation in the supervision between the Offshore Banking Supervisors

to further international cooperation in the supervision between the Offshore Banking Supervisors and the Basle Committee member nations and other banking supervisors

Current members of the OGBS are:

• Aruba
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Cayman Islands
• Cyprus
• Gibraltar
• Guernsey
• Hong Kong
• Isle of Man
• Jersey
• Lebanon
• Malta
• Mauritius
• Netherlands Antilles
• Panama
• Singapore
• Vanuatu