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New reporting of payment statistics to the Riksbank from 1 October 2026 – NFC ensures your reporting is in order
Bakgrund Den 1 oktober 2026 börjar Riksbankens föreskrifter (RBFS 2025:1) om rapportering av betalningsstatistik att tillämpas. Föreskrifterna gäller för betaltjänstleverantörer och operatörer av betalningssystem med…
New Anti-Money Laundering Reporting Requirements: What Do the Changes Mean for Annual Reporting as well as Suspicious Transaction and Activity Reporting?
🏦 Introduction The implementation of the EU's new anti-money laundering package will bring about significant changes for financial institutions and other obliged entities. To harmonise supervision…
Time to Prepare the Reporting of Payment Statistics – the Riksbank has Announced Deviating Frequencies and Updated its Q&A
🏦 Introduction The Riksbank has recently published updates for the new payment statistics reporting which will begin in autumn 2026. In connection, it has announced which...
New Consumer Credit Act 2026 – licensing requirements for retailers providing and brokering consumer credits
Introduction On 20 November 2026, a new Consumer Credit Act will come into force, significantly expanding the regulation of credit activities. The implementation of the EU's second Consumer Credit Directive…
Time to Prepare for the Riksbank's new Reporting of Payment Statistics - What is Required?
Introduction Payment service providers and payment system operators (reporting agents) shall report payment statistics to the Riksbank from 1 October 2026. The payment statistics shall be reported via the Riksbank's API in JSON format,...
Finansinspektionen Increases Scrutiny on AML/CFT — Are Your Models Properly Validated?
Introduction As a result of the increasing digitalisation of banking and payments, both the opportunities and the requirements for operators to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing are...