Opinion of the Supervisory Authorities of the Financial Market of the National Bank of Slovakia of 9 February 2026 No. 1/2026 Repealing Opinion No. 1/2018 on Client Identification

Part 2/2026 Bulletin of the NBS – Opinion 2
_________________________________________________________________________________________ Opinion of the Supervisory Authorities of the Financial Market of the National Bank of Slovakia of 9 February 2026 No. 1/2026, repealing the Opinion of the Supervisory Authority of the Financial Market of the National Bank of Slovakia of 10 December 2018 No. 1/2018 on the identification and verification of identification of a client - a natural person, without their physical presence through technical means and procedures under the Act on the Protection against the Legalization of Proceeds from Criminal Activity and Financing of Terrorism

The National Bank of Slovakia, the supervisory authorities of the financial market, pursuant to Section 1(3)(a)(3) and Section 2(9) of Act No. 747/2004 Coll. on Supervision of the Financial Market and on Amendment and Supplement of Certain Acts, as subsequently amended, issue this opinion:

Article I
The Opinion of the Supervisory Authority of the Financial Market of the National Bank of Slovakia of 10 December 2018 No. 1/2018 on the identification and verification of identification of a client - a natural person, without their physical presence through technical means and procedures under the Act on the Protection against the Legalization of Proceeds from Criminal Activity and Financing of Terrorism is repealed.

Article II
This opinion shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Bulletin of the National Bank of Slovakia.

Vladimír Dvořáček s. r.
Member of the Banking Board and Executive Director for the Supervision and Financial Stability Department of the National Bank of Slovakia

Júlia Čillíková s. r.
Executive Director for the Supervision and Financial Consumer Protection Department of the National Bank of Slovakia