037 2018 SGDB EXT

BC8-DGO~VUC BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA ESTADO PLURINACIONAL DE BOLIVIA EXTERNAL CIRCULAR GENERAL MANAGER DATE La Paz, October 18, 2018 SGDB No. 037/2018 FROM: GENERAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL ENTITIES MANAGEMENT BANKS, SAVINGS AND CREDIT COOPERATIVES, HOUSING FINANCIAL ENTITIES, DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS, CLEARING AND SETTLEMENT CHAMBERS TO: SUBJECT: ENABLEMENT OF SETTLEMENT OPERATIONS IN THE LIP FOR NEW PARTICIPANTS OF THE MLD AND ACH

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In the framework of the Regulation of the Deferred Settlement Module (MLD) of the Integrated Payment Settlement System (LIP), approved by BCB Board Resolution No. 203/2016 of October 18, 2016, and External Circular SGDB No. 017/2018 of March 28, 2018, LIP participant entities must connect to the MLD or a Clearing and Settlement Chamber and make available to their account holders the service of Electronic Fund Transfer Orders (OETF) to accounts throughout the financial system, complying with the interconnection and interoperability conditions established by the current regulatory framework.

Once the process of verifying compliance with technical requirements for the provision of the OETF service has been carried out, and to complete the enablement process in the MLD or a Clearing and Settlement Chamber, LIP participants must send a note addressed to the Financial Entities Management (attached model) accompanying the following documentation:

1. Copy of the no-objection issued by the BCB for the provision of the OETF service.
2. Copy of the authorization issued by the ASFI for the provision of the OETF service.
3. Request for enablement of operations to the current digital certificate:

Participants of the MLD: a. E42 - Increase of multilateral net debtor position limit - MLD. b. E43 - Payment of multilateral net debtor position - MLD. c. E45 - Liquidity credit request Tranche MLD.

Participants of the ACH: a. E07 - Increase of multilateral net debtor position limit - ACCL. b. E17 - Payment of multilateral net debtor position - ACCL. c. E22 - Liquidity credit request Tranche CEC.

4. Assignment of a percentage of the RAL Fund in Bolivianos and in Dollars as the Multilateral Net Debtor Position Limit for transactions processed in the MLD or the ACH.
5. Authorization for debit of Multilateral Net Debtor Positions, commissions, and fines for fund transfers processed in the MLD or the ACH.
6. Only MLD participants must include the following information:
   • Technical data of the exposed web service.
   • Form 1900-007 "Administration of communications for external BCB services" (attached form).
7. Define in which settlement cycles of the MLD the entity will participate.
8. Define which digital certificate the entity will use for processing operations through the MLD. It is possible to use one of those already enabled by the entity in the Hybrid Settlement Module - MLH of the LIP or carry out a new exchange or presentation of digital certificates.

Sincerely,

JULIO HUMEREZ QUIROZ FINANCIAL ENTITIES MANAGER a.i.

CARLOS DRO LÓPEZ GENERAL MANAGER a.i.

Adj.: The indicated:

1. NOTE MODEL

La Paz --- of --- of 2018

Sir, Julio Humerez Quiroz FINANCIAL ENTITIES MANAGER a.i. CENTRAL BANK OF BOLIVIA Present

Ref.: ENABLEMENT OF MLD OR ACH PARTICIPANT

Of our consideration:

In the framework of the incorporation process to the Deferred Settlement Module (MLD) of the Integrated Payment Settlement System (LIP) or to the Electronic Fund Transfer Clearing House (ACH), we request the following from you:

1. The enablement in the digital certificate XXXXXXXX currently valid in the Hybrid Settlement Module (MLH) of the LIP of the following operations:

   • EXX - Increase of multilateral net debtor position limit - XXX.
   • EXX - Payment of multilateral net debtor position - XXX.
   • EXX - Liquidity credit request Tranche XX.

2. The assignment of the Multilateral Net Debtor Position Limit for MLD/ACH transactions according to the following detail:

   • XX% in Local Currency (MN)
   • XX% in Foreign Currency (ME)

3. The enablement of the secure communication channel according to Form 1900-007 "Administration of communications for external BCB services" attached.

4. The configuration of the technical data of the exposed web service detailed below:

WEB SERVICE ATTRIBUTE | VALUE EXPOSED BY THE PARTICIPANT 1 | End Point of the web service. This must be on SSL. 2 | IP of resolution of the domain name provided in point 1, which is recognized in the VPN established between the Bank Central of Bolivia and the participant. 3 | targetNamespace. Namespace used by the exposed web service. 4 | part name of the method "receptor" 1 5 | part name of the response to the method "receptor" 6 | part name of the method "receptorProcesadas" 1 7 | part name of the response to the method "receptorProcesadas" 2 8 | part name of the method "receptorLote" 1 9 | part name of the response to the method "receptorLote" 2 10 | part name of the method "test" 1 11 | part name of the response to the method "test" 2 12 | part name of the method "recibirMensaje" 1 13 | part name of the response to the method "recibirMensaje" 2 14 | Does the web service support Batch processing?: YES/NO 15 | The value of this attribute of any exposed method. (If the exposed web service is developed under .NET technology) / soapAction

SETTLEMENT CYCLE | Business Days | Participates 1 | Business Days | Yes/No 2 | Business Days | Yes/No 3 | Business Days | Yes/No 4 | Weekends and Holidays | Yes/No

Attached as support for the request is a copy of the no-objection issued by the BCB and the ASFI authorization for the provision of the Electronic Fund Transfer Orders (OETF) service.

Finally, in application of Article 61 (Settlement Process), numeral 11, Automatic Debit Settlement, of the Regulation of Payment Services, Electronic Payment Instruments, Compensation and Settlement, we expressly authorize the BCB so that from the date of start of operations of (place the name of the entity) in the MLD/ACH, the settlement of our Multilateral Net Debtor Positions (PMND) is carried out through automatic debit of our settlement account, in the corresponding currency.

Sincerely, (The note must be signed by 2 legal representatives registered with the BCB)

Adj. Copy of SCS no-objection, ASFI authorization, and Form 1900-007. Approved with BCB Board Resolution No. 134/2015 of 28.07.2015 and its modifications.

Form 1900-007 Systems Management Sub-Management of IT Infrastructure Database and Communications Department

Date: [ ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR EXTERNAL BCB SERVICES

1. ENTITY DATA ENTITY NAME | Telephone | Email Technical Contact A | | Technical Contact B | |

2. CONNECTION REQUEST High [ ] | Low [ ] | Modification [ ] Communication Type: (Check only one box) Principal [ ] | Contingency [ ]

Below you must fill in the corresponding alternative (A or B):

A) SITE-TO-SITE VPN ALTERNATIVE Brand | Model Peer | Peer IP | Internal Segment | Mask | The parameters for the VPN will be sent via email and the pre-shared key will be coordinated via telephone with the technical contact.

B) CLIENT-SITE VPN ALTERNATIVE Username | Email | These data correspond to the user who will use the system. Communication link to enable the system(s): MIPRED [ ] | SIOC [ ] SIGADED [ ] | SIR-ALADI [ ]

3. SIGNATURES OF REQUESTING ENTITY Technical Responsible (Signature and Seal) | Max Systems Executive (Signature and Seal)

4. SIGNATURES OF CENTRAL BANK OF BOLIVIA AUTHORIZATION Manager or Sub-manager of the System Owner Area (Signature and Seal) | Systems Manager or Sub-manager of IT Infrastructure (Signature and Seal)

5. RECEIPT AND ENABLEMENT OF DBDC Receipt Date: dd/mm/yyyy Enablement Date: dd/mm/yyyy LIP SUBASTA [ ] | CAFCoD [ ] | SIOC [ ] | SUCRED [ ] | OTHER [ ]