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News and articles on EU fintech topics — licensing, AML, payments, reporting for operators.

UBO register Belgium — filing, confirmation and access
UBO register Belgium: the 30-day filing clock, the annual confirmation, supporting documents, ForREG and BORIS, and the new CBE striking-off withdrawal.

OneGate — the NBB’s PI and ELMI reports (domain MBS)
OneGate domain MBS: how a Belgian payment or e-money institution files the PI, ELMI and PI-ELMI-QUAL reports — certificate access, XML grammar,…

CTIF-CFI — reporting suspicions in Belgium via goAML
CTIF-CFI: how a payment or e-money firm reports suspicions in Belgium — goAML since 30 September 2024, the Article 51 clock, the…

PCC / CAP — Belgium’s central register of accounts
PCC / CAP Belgium: who reports to the National Bank's central register, the five-working-day clock, the €3,000 cash threshold and the 2026…

Central Bank of Ireland Portal — PIA, PIS, EIA, EIS returns
Central Bank of Ireland Portal: how PIA, PIS, EIA and EIS XBRL returns are filed after the ONR, with the filing indicators…

IFRS 18 — NIIF-UE 18 and the 2027 accounts reset
IFRS 18 (NIIF-UE 18) applies from 1 January 2027 under Regulation (EU) 2026/338: five P&L categories, three subtotals, MPM disclosure — and…

Modelo 290 — Spain’s annual FATCA account return
Modelo 290: Spain's annual FATCA account return — who is a reporting institution, the 1 January to 31 May window, the 512…

Central Credit Register — Ireland’s CIP obligations
Central Credit Register: who is a credit information provider in Ireland, the €500 and €2,000 thresholds, and the five-working-day monthly file.

Modelo 289 — Spain’s annual CRS account return
Modelo 289: Spain's annual CRS financial-account return — the 512 KB message ceiling, DAC2 versus CRS, OECD1/2/3 corrections and the negative filing.

Circolare 217 — supervisory reporting for IP and IMEL
Circolare 217: the Banca d'Italia manual for IP and IMEL supervisory reporting — the five sections, the day-25 and 5 April clocks,…