Rule · SBS · 1 Aug 2025 · Resolución SBS 02663-2025
The Superintendency of Banking, Insurance, and Private Pension Fund Administrators (SBS) modifies the Accounting Manual for Financial System Companies, approved by SBS Resolution N° 895-98. This resolution substitutes Chapters I and II, and extensively modifies Chapters III, IV, and V, including specific rubrics, accounts, and numerous annexes and reports, to align accounting provisions with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 9, 13, and 15, and IFRS 11. Financial system companies must adjust initial balances for 2027 to the new policies in January 2027, apply new impairment criteria for financial instruments to 2027 initial balances, and provide specific disclosures in quarterly and annual financial statements for 2027. The resolution generally takes effect from January 2027 information, with Article Sixth effective the day after publication, and Article Seventh effective from January 2027 information.
Lima, July 30, 2025
S.B.S. Resolution
N° 02663-2025
The Superintendent of Banking, Insurance, and Private Pension Fund Administrators
CONSIDERING:
That, in accordance with numeral 13 of article 349 of the General Law of the Financial System and the Insurance System and Organic Law of the Superintendency of Banking and Insurance, Law N° 26702 and its amendments, hereinafter the General Law, it is the Superintendent's attribution to issue general norms to specify the preparation, presentation, and publicity of financial statements and any other complementary information, ensuring that the real economic-financial situation of companies is reflected; That, by means of SBS Resolution N° 895-98 and its amendments, the Accounting Manual for Financial System Companies, hereinafter the Accounting Manual, was approved; That, it has been considered necessary to harmonize the accounting norms issued by this Superintendency, taking into account the nature of the companies that integrate the supervised systems, towards International Financial Reporting Standard N° 9 "Financial Instruments", International Financial Reporting Standard N° 13 "Fair Value Measurement" and International Financial Reporting Standard N° 15 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers"; That, in accordance with the above, it is necessary to make modifications to the Accounting Manual; That, in order to gather opinions from the general public regarding the proposed modifications to the financial system regulations, by means of SBS Resolution N° 0476-2025, the draft norm was published on the Superintendency's digital headquarters, under the provisions of the Thirty-Second Final and Complementary Provision of the General Law, as well as Supreme Decree N° 009-2024-JUS; With the approval of the Deputy Superintendencies of Banking and Microfinance, of Regulation and Legal Affairs, as well as the Risk Management and Economic Studies Department; and,
In use of the attributions conferred by numeral 13 of article 349 of the General Law;
RESOLVES:
Article First.- Modify the Accounting Manual for Financial System Companies, approved by SBS Resolution N° 895-98 and its amendments, as indicated below:
Accounting Manual for Financial System Companies. The effects that would correspond to be recorded in income and expense items must be recognized in the "Accumulated results" rubric. The effect of the first application of the new impairment model and other accounting provisions shall be recorded in the corresponding equity account of the "Accumulated results" rubric.
Article Third.- In matters not covered by the Accounting Manual, financial system companies must adhere to the International Financial Reporting Standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) that have been approved in the country by the Accounting Standards Council.
Article Fourth.- Financial system companies must prepare and present their financial information in accordance with the following guidelines:
1. The initial balances for the 2027 period must be adjusted to the new accounting policies, accounting for said effect in accordance with the guidelines established in article second of this resolution, in the month of January 2027.
2. The new impairment criteria for financial instruments shall apply to the initial balances of the 2027 period.
3. In the quarterly financial statements corresponding to the 2027 period (March, June, and September), companies shall disclose the following in notes:
a) A complete set of significant accounting policies; and, b) A description of the change in accounting policy.
4. For the annual financial information corresponding to the close of the 2027 period, the disclosure in notes shall be comparative with the previous year. Likewise, as one of the notes to the annual financial statements, the effect on each of the financial statement items resulting from the application of the new requirements must be disclosed; that is, comparing the final balances as of 12/31/2026 determined based on previous accounting principles with the adjusted financial statements indicated in numerals 1 and 2 of this article.
Article Fifth.- For the purposes of distribution, capitalization or any form of application of profits from the adjustments indicated in numerals 1 and 2 of article fourth of this resolution, the annual financial statements for the 2027 period must have been audited and approved by the General Meeting of Shareholders.
Article Sixth.- Repeal numeral II of Annex I of SBS Resolution N° 2110-2024.
Article Seventh.- Modify the Accounting Manual for Financial System Companies, approved by SBS Resolution N° 895-98 and its amendments, as indicated below:
1. Modify the first paragraph of numeral 3.2 "Indirect credits or contingent credits" of literal E. "General accounting norms" of Chapter I "General Provisions", as follows:
"3.2 Indirect credits or contingent credits
Represent guarantees, letters of guarantee, bank acceptances, letters of credit and unused commitments, granted by financial system companies. Such credits are accounted for in class 7 accounts and are presented as off-balance sheet operations, together with other contingent operations."
2. Substitute the denomination of sub-account 5201.05 "Unused credit lines and undisbursed granted credits" with "Unused commitments" in Chapters III and IV.
3. Modify in Chapter V "Complementary Information" of the Accounting Manual for Financial System Companies, Annex N° 5 "Report on debtor classification and provisions" as follows:
3.1 Substitute in section V.- BALANCE FIGURES, the formula for the TOTAL row and BALANCE column, as follows:
V.- BALANCE
FIGURES
Balance
Total V6= V1+V2+V3+V4+V5= 1401+1403+1404+1405+1406-2901.01-(2901.02- 2901.02.07)-2901.07.02-2901.08.01+ 7201+7202+7203+7204+7207
Article Eighth.- This resolution shall enter into force from the information corresponding to the month of January 2027, except for the following:
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“Repeal numeral II of Annex I of SBS Resolution N° 2110-2024”
“by means of SBS Resolution N° 895-98 and its amendments, the Accounting Manual for Financial System Companies, hereinafter the Accounting Manual, was approved”
“under the provisions of the Thirty-Second Final and Complementary Provision of the General Law, as well as Supreme Decree N° 009-2024-JUS”
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