The Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act (Wet ter voorkoming van witwassen en financieren van terrorisme – Wwft) allows the laying down of further rules by ministerial regulation. The Regulation implementing the Wwft (Uitvoeringsregeling Wwft) uses this option.
It discusses exceptions to the customer due diligence requirements and provides for the option of simplified customer due diligence. It also elaborates on the statutory provisions governing customer identity verification, on the Committee on the obligation to disclose unusual transactions (Commissie inzake de meldingsplicht van ongebruikelijke transacties), and on a Wwft compliance exemption. In addition, the Regulation implements a number of technical amendments in various other ministerial and other regulations.
16 December 2025
News
In the past two years, Dutch life insurers have taken over €7 billion in pension liabilities through so-called buy-outs, according to new figures from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB). For pension funds, a buy-out serves as an alternative to transitioning to the new pension system under the Wtp.
Read more Dutch insurers acquire €7 billion in pension fund liabilities
02 December 2025
News
Euro area banks have been financing fewer and fewer greenhouse gas emissions through their loans to European firms in recent years, as revealed by new figures from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and the European Central Bank (ECB).
Read more Drop in carbon emissions from European bank loans
21 November 2025
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has commended the Dutch authorities’ approach to cyber resilience in the financial sector, as revealed in its Peer Review of the Netherlands report, published on Friday, 21 November.
Read more Financial Stability Board reviews cyber resilience in the Netherlands
28 October 2025
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FATF released an update of its ‘grey’ and ‘black’ lists.
Read more Update FATF-warning lists October 2025