Mon, 08 Nov 2021 10:17:51 GMT Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:24:39 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/ The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released two documents, indicating jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes. Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:24:39 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/fatf-warning-lists-june-2021-update/ On 19 May 2021, following a ruling on an objection, we re-examined an earlier decision regarding a crypto service provider's compliance with the Sanctions Act. Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:24:10 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/risk-based-approach-to-compliance-with-the-sanctions-act/ On 4 June, the Regulation on the Funding of Financial Supervision (available in Dutch) was adopted by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, and published in the Government Gazette. Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:24:07 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/regulation-on-the-funding-of-financial-supervision/ We ask you to also submit information about the recruitment and selection procedure and the decision-making and considerations regarding the appointment when applying for an initial assessment. Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:24:03 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/additional-documents-required-for-assessment-of-crypto-service-providers/ The introduction of the UBO reputation assessment was discussed in the December 2020 newsletter. This new assessment will apply from 1 May 2021 for new UBOs. Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:23:59 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/ultimate-beneficiary-owner-reputation-assessment-effective-from-1-may/ DNB & the AFM jointly inform you about the state of affairs regarding the European sanctions against Russia. This news item only relates to new sanctions and/or changes to existing sanctions regimes concerning the situation in Ukraine. Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:20:18 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/dnb-afm-sanctions-alert-state-of-affairs-concerning-russia-and-ukraine-24-february-2022/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:17:25 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/fatf-warning-lists-march-2021-update/ There are two new regulatory developments of relevance to banks regarding their crypto asset exposures. Firstly, the Capital Requirements Regulation 3 (CRR3) includes a transitional regime on banks’ direct crypto asset exposures. Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2024/new-rules-for-the-crypto-exposures-of-banks/ Embedded finance offers customers the convenience of in-app payment options and on-the-spot insurance. This seamless integration of financial services, available exactly when and where they are needed, makes life simpler. But this innovation also entails new risks. Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2024/embedded-finance-striking-a-balance-between-convenience-and-risk-in-the-digital-economy/ Supervisory authority De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) is submitting a new anti-money laundering approach to financial institutions and other stakeholders as part of a public consultation. In a policy document presented today [...] Wed, 18 Oct 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2023/dnb-submits-new-anti-money-laundering-approach-to-financial-sector/ DNB has conducted a series of examinations to assess financial institutions’ compliance with sanctions regulations and, more specifically, whether their compliance operations are fit for purpose. We are happy to share the results of these investigations. Wed, 31 May 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2023/sanctions-act-examinations-room-for-improvement-but-sector-shows-strong-commitment-to-compliance/ Did you know that you can track the status of your assessment application in My DNB? As of 11 May 2023 you can see the status of your assessment application in My DNB – Supervisory Applications Service. Thu, 11 May 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2023/new-status-of-your-assessment-application-with-dnb/ We hereby inform you that DNB has experienced a delay in implementing the new portal to be used for supervisory surveys. Unfortunately, this affects the date that the integrity supervisory survey for your institution will become available in MijnDNB. Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2023/integrity-survey-response-deadline-postponed/ On 21 March, an online demo of the new qualitative surveys service will take place at 16:00h. Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2023/join-us-for-the-online-demo-qualitative-surveys-service/ The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released two documents, indicating jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes. Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2023/fatf-warning-lists-february-2023-update/ De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) assesses incumbent and prospective policymakers, such as management and supervisory board members, for fitness to fulfil their duties and whether their propriety is beyond doubt. In conducting our assessments, we also take any antecedents into account. Wed, 01 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2023/continuous-notification-requirement-for-antecedents/ The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released two documents, indicating jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes. Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/fatf-warning-lists-october-2022-update/ On 6 October 2022, the European Union imposed new sanctions against Russia. As this is an extraordinary situation, we are providing a brief explanation in this news release. Below, we discuss the sanctions in force on 7 October 2022 at the time of writing. Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/sanctions-against-russia-status-7-october-2022/ Providers of crypto services are required to notify us of changes in their operational management or control structure. However, we have observed that crypto service providers in some cases neglect to notify us of such changes, or fail to notify us in time. Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:53:07 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/notifying-changes-to-dnb/ Today, DNB published a Q&A describing policy on sanctions screening for (incoming and outgoing) crypto transactions. Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/dnb-publishes-qa-on-sanctions-screening-for-crypto-transactions/ Financial institutions often serve many different customers in many different sectors, including customers in sectors with higher inherent integrity risks. The sector in which a customer operates is one of the factors that a financial institution... Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/further-clarification-of-the-questions-about-sectors-in-the-annual-integrity-risk-survey/ DNB and the AFM jointly inform you about the state of affairs regarding the European sanctions. This news item only relates to new sanctions and/or changes to existing sanctions regimes concerning the situation in Ukraine. Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/dnb-afm-sanctions-alert-state-of-affairs-concerning-russia-and-ukraine-14-april-2022/ On 8 April 2022, the European Union imposed new sanctions against Belarus and Russia. As this is an extraordinary situation, we are providing a brief explanation in this news release. Below, we discuss the sanctions in force at the time of posting of this news release. Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/sanctions-against-russia-status-12-april/ All sanctions list hits must be reported to DNB, not just freeze transactions/sanctions. In this update, we will further discuss the 15 March 2022 sanctions package. Thu, 17 Mar 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/sanctions-against-russia-update-status-17-march/ The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released two documents, indicating jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes. Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/fatf-warning-lists-march-2022-update/ The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released two documents, indicating jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes. Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/fatf-warning-lists-june-2022-update/ What are the obligations for complying with the Sanctions Act and what should you do if you encounter a hit? Fri, 04 Mar 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/what-does-dnb-expect-institutions-to-do-if-they-encounter-a-hit/ On 28 February and 2 March 2022, the EU imposed new sanctions against Russia. As this is an extraordinary situation, we are providing a brief explanation in this news release. Below, we discuss the sanctions in force on 4 March 2022 at the time of dispatch. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/sanctions-against-russia-status-4-march/ On 9 March 2022, the European Union imposed new sanctions against Belarus and Russia. As this is an extraordinary situation, we are providing a brief explanation in this newsletter. Below, we discuss the sanctions in force on 11 March 2022 at the time of dispatch. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/supervision-2022/sanctions-against-belarus-and-russia-status-11-march/ DNB is submitting for consultation a Q&A on compliance with the Sanctions Act for the screening of relationships by crypto service providers. Fri, 19 Nov 2021 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/consultation-draft-qa-sanctions-act-screening-by-crypto-service-providers/ The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released two documents, indicating jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes. Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/fatf-warning-lists-october-2021-update/ Innovation, technological developments and the emergence of new market participants are radically changing the financial sector. Mon, 02 Aug 2021 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/innovation-and-regulation-opportunities-and-obstacles/ Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/fatf-warning-lists-december-2020-update/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/webinar-on-counterparty-screening-under-the-sanctions-act/ Thu, 21 May 2020 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/21-may-definitive-date-for-entry-into-force-of-implementation-act/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/fatf-warning-lists-february-2020-update/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-news/seminar-supervision-of-crypto-service-providers/