2020-01-01

Decision on Payment System Reporting to the Central Bank of Montenegro

The Council of the Central Bank of Montenegro issued this decision to mandate quarterly reporting by banks, payment institutions, and e-money issuers. The regulation requires these entities to submit specific data on payment transactions, card usage, and account volumes using standardized electronic forms. The rules became effective on the eighth day following publication and apply retroactively to data starting from January 1, 2018.

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Pursuant to Article 44 paragraph 2 point 3 of the Central Bank of Montenegro Law (OGM 40/10, 46/10, 06/13 and 70/17), and Article 55 paragraph 2, Article 103 paragraph 3, and Article 124 paragraph 1 of the Payment System Law (OGM 62/13), the Central Bank of Montenegro Council, at its meeting held on 30 November 2017, passed the following DECISION on Payment System Reporting to the Central Bank of Montenegro Article 1 This decision specifies reporting entities, content, manner and deadlines for the submission of payment system data to the Central Bank of Montenegro (hereinafter: the Central Bank). The Central Bank shall collect and process data under paragraph 1 above for the purpose of monitoring payment system, including the use of payment instruments in Montenegro. Article 2 Payment system data shall be submitted to the Central Bank in accordance with reports specified herein. Article 3 Reporting entities under this decision shall be the specified providers of payment service (hereinafter: payment service providers) and electronic money issuers (hereinafter: e-money issuers), as follows:

  1. banks and other credit institutions having their registered office in Montenegro;
  2. payment institutions having their registered office in Montenegro;
  3. electronic money institutions having their registered office in Montenegro;
  4. third-country branches of credit institutions having their registered office in Montenegro. Article 4 Payment service providers and/or e-money issuers shall submit the reports specified herein using the forms annexed hereto and making an integral part hereof. Annex 1 hereof provides definitions of individual terms used in the forms and Annex 2 presents individual reporting forms. The Central Bank may, if needed, provide clarifications and guidelines for filling in positions in the reporting forms referred to in paragraph 1 above.

2 Article 5 Payment service providers and/or e-money issuers shall submit the following reporting forms to the Central Bank:

  1. Report on the number of users and accounts by the payment service type and outstanding value on e-money storages (Form BKRPUNV);
  2. Report on the number of payment cards issued (Form BIPK);
  3. Report on the number of acceptance devices (Form BUPPK);
  4. Report on the number and value of payment transactions by the payment service type (Form BVPTPU);
  5. Report on the number and values of payment transactions using payment cards and e-money (Form BVPTPKEN);
  6. Report on card transactions by the terminal type (Form BVTPTVT);
  7. Report on the number and value of payment transactions executed without a payment order (Form BVTBNP)
  8. Report on the number of cash deposits and cash withdrawals (Form BVUIGN). Article 6 Payment service providers and/or e-money issuers shall submit the reports referred to in Article 5 herein to the Central Bank on quarterly basis, no later than 15 days following the reporting quarter date. Article 7 Payment service providers and/or e-money issuers shall submit the data required under this Decision in electronic form and, if requested by the Central Bank, in hard copy as well. Article 8 The reporting obligation of payment system operators shall be determined upon the establishment of payment systems other than those operated by the Central Bank. Article 9 This Decision shall come into effect on the eighth day following that of its publication in the Official Gazette of Montenegro and it shall apply as of 1 January 2018. COUNCIL OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF MONTENEGRO

CHAIRMAN Decision no. 0101- 9793-9/2017 GOVERNOR Podgorica, 30 November 2017 Radoje Žugić, m.p.