BaFin
German financial supervisor
ZAIT repealed — ICT risk under DORA in Germany
ZAIT was repealed and DORA took over: which articles a German payment or e-money institution applies, BaFin's reporting channel and the incident…
Transparenzregister deadline Germany — §23a duties
Transparenzregister deadline Germany: no periodic date — § 20(1) GwG requires filing unverzüglich. Dates by legal form, and the §23a discrepancy report.
Conduct complaints in Germany — BaFin and Schlichtung
Conduct complaints in Germany: how BaFin supervises complaints-handling, the PSD2 15-day reply clock, and which Schlichtungsstelle settles a dispute.
CASP authorisation in Germany — the BaFin MiCA licence
CASP authorisation in Germany: the BaFin MiCA licence, the KMAG transitional window, the capital classes and the KWG crypto-custody transition.
Investment firm licence in Germany — BaFin and the WpIG
Investment firm authorisation in Germany: the BaFin WpIG licence, the three IFR/IFD size classes, the capital tiers and K-factor own funds.
German supervisory reporting — Bundesbank ExtraNet
German regulated reporting: the BaFin/Bundesbank split, ExtraNet registration, the portals, COREP/FINREP plus the national set, and AWV reporting.
How to issue German IBANs
German IBANs: the 22-character format, how the Bundesbank allocates the eight-digit Bankleitzahl, and the 14 fields of the quarterly sort-code file.
Payment institution licence in Germany — the ZAG file
Payment institution licence in Germany under the ZAG: the seventeen application items, capital available in Germany, the decision clocks and safeguarding.
EMI licence in Germany — the BaFin application under the ZAG
EMI licence in Germany under section 11 ZAG: what the e-money authorisation also covers, the capital that must be available in Germany,…
§43 GwG — filing SARs in Germany via goAML
Section 43 GwG in practice: the three reporting triggers, the goAML registration duty that binds even without a filing, and the execution…