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.
Effective 1 January 2025, Dutch insurers planning to obtain a stock exchange listing (IPO) need a declaration of no-objection (DNO) from DNB. They can apply for the DNO through MyDNB. Read more on applying for a DNO below.
Read more New DNO obligation for insurers planning an IPO
The Climate Adaptation Working Group of the Platform for Sustainable Finance has been working hard over the past year to follow up on recommendations from the report 'Accelerating climate adaptation'.
Read more 2024 progress report: Climate Adaptation Working Group is making headway
Since the entry into force of DORA, financial institutions must keep a register of information on all contractual agreements on the use of ICT services provided by third-party providers (DORA, Article 28(3)). T
Read more DORA: Reporting DORA registers of information in April 2025
Payment service providers must comply with a number of new obligations under the Instant Payments Regulation, which DNB will monitor. We list the most important obligations below.
Read more Instant Payments Regulation: new obligations