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News and articles on EU fintech topics — licensing, AML, payments, reporting for operators.
How to report CESOP in the Netherlands — step by step
Filing CESOP in the Netherlands: the Digipoort channel to the Belastingdienst, the PKIoverheid certificate problem for foreign PSPs, the Validation Test Service,…
Open banking in the Netherlands — AISP, PISP and PSD2 access
How PSD2 access-to-account works in the Netherlands: the mature domestic payments ecosystem, dedicated interface vs modified customer interface, SCA exemptions, consent management…
AFM MiFIR transaction reporting in the Netherlands
AFM MiFIR transaction reporting in the Netherlands — who files, the 65-field report, T+1 deadline, ARM vs direct submission, BSN handling and…
The Dutch AML framework beyond goAML
Beyond the goAML UTR: the Sanctiewet 1977 asset-freeze regime, the BFT for non-financial sectors, the Kamer van Koophandel UBO register and the…
Dutch conduct and complaints — Kifid and the AFM framework
Dutch conduct and complaints explained: how Kifid, the AFM and DNB split supervision, what complaint data firms report, and how the ADR…
DNB Digitaal Loket Rapportages — the reporting channel
DNB's centralised XBRL submission channel for FINREP, COREP, IPR, BSI, MIR and AnaCredit. Onboarding, the XBRL discipline, the test environment and the…
DNB statistical reporting — BSI, MIR and AnaCredit
DNB statistical reporting (BSI and MIR): the monthly balance-sheet-items and interest-rate returns a Dutch bank, EMI or PI files to De Nederlandsche…
CASP authorisation in the Netherlands under MiCA
The Dutch route to MiCA CASP authorisation: AFM for conduct, DNB for prudential. The migration from the prior DNB crypto-service-provider registration, custody…
AFM MiFID II investment firm authorisation in the Netherlands
How AFM MiFID II investment firm authorisation works in the Netherlands — the AFM/DNB split, IFR classification, capital floors, dossier contents and…
PI licence in the Netherlands — DNB
PI licence in the Netherlands (DNB): the PSD2 payment-institution authorisation, the EUR 20k/50k/125k initial-capital tiers by service, safeguarding, the AISP registration side-door…