Rule · FI · 3 Dec 2019
Finansinspektionen amended its regulations for institutions for electronic money and registered issuers to require a general risk assessment and internal rules aligned with the Anti Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act. The updated Chapter 2, Section 20 mandates that business plans specify whether payment services are subject to EU Regulation 2015/847 and detail compliance intentions if applicable. These regulations entered into force on 15 July 2019.
Finansinspektionen’s Regulatory Code
Publisher: Finansinspektionen, Sweden, www.fi.se ISSN 1102-7460 This translation is furnished solely for information purposes. Only the printed version of the regulation in Swedish applies for the application of the law. 1 Regulations amending Finansinspektionen’s regulations and general guidelines (FFFS 2011:49) regarding institutions for electronic money and registered issuers; decided 18 June 2019. Finansinspektionen prescribes pursuant to section 6, point 11 of the Electronic Money Ordinance (2011:776) that Chapter 2, section 20 of Finansinspektionen’s regulations (FFFS 2011:49) regarding institutions for electronic money and registered issuers shall have the following wording.
Chapter 2
Section 20 An undertaking shall append to its application a general risk assessment,
internal rules, and procedures prepared in accordance with the provisions set out in Chapters 2–6 of the Anti Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act (2017:630) and Chapter 2, section 1 of Finansinspektionen’s regulations (FFFS 2017:11) regarding measures against money laundering and terrorist financing. The business plan shall specify if the undertaking’s payment services are subject to Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006. If the undertaking’s payment services are subject to this Regulation, the business plan shall specify how the undertaking intends to comply. _______________ These regulations shall enter into force on 15 July 2019. ERIK THEDÉEN Love Wilén Örnulf FFFS 2019:12 Published 25 June 2019
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“prepared in accordance with the provisions set out in Chapters 2–6 of the Anti Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act (2017:630)”
“Finansinspektionen prescribes pursuant to section 6, point 11 of the Electronic Money Ordinance (2011:776)”
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