If you do not hold a licence from DNB, you are not permitted to provide trust services. This follows from Section 3 of the Act on the Supervision of Trust Offices 2018 (Wet toezicht trustkantoren, Wtt 2018). The prohibition does not apply if you qualify for exemption.
DNB conducts an active enforcement policy including regular inspections. If we find that you are providing unlicensed trust services, we have several enforcement measures that we can impose, including issuing cease-and-desist orders and imposing administrative fines.
A violation of the Wtt 2018 is a criminal offence under the Economic Offences Act, which we can report to the public prosecutor's office.
In view of our continued support for a deeper and more integrated European Capital Markets Union (CMU), De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) present next steps to shape the right policies and create a competitive European capital market.
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De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) imposed an administrative fine of €2,500,000 on trust office Intertrust (Netherlands) B.V. (Intertrust) on January 10th 2024. The fine was imposed because the customer due diligence carried out by Intertrust did not meet the legal requirements.
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De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) imposed an administrative fine of €10,000 on trust office Athos Business Services (Netherlands) B.V. (Athos) on. The fine was imposed because Athos provided trust services without carrying out sufficient customer due diligence.
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De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) imposed a fine of €10,000 on trust office Lewben Netherlands B.V. (Lewben) on 19 January 2023. The fine was imposed for Lewben's failure to commission audits during the period from 1 January 2019 to 7 September 2021.
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