On 20 October 2025, the Dutch Authority for Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) and the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) published a report about digital dependency in the financial sector. The key message is that the Dutch financial sector faces systemic risks as it has
On 30 September 2025, an amendment to the Regulation on supervisory costs of one-off actions (the Supervisory Costs Regulation) was published. The Regulation increases the rates charged by the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) for one-off supervisory actions. One-off supervisory actions are, for instance, screenings of (co-)policymakers and applications
On 28 April 2025, the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs published a draft report on safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertainties. Among other things the Rapporteur identifies several macro-financial risks and stresses the need for robust crisis preparedness mechanisms to safeguard the EU’s financial system. The rapporteur also highlights the
On 24 April 2025, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) published a news update concerning the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882, the EAA), which will become applicable in the Netherlands as of 28 June 2025. In this news item, the AFM urges financial institutions
On 17 April 2025, the Dutch Minister of Finance published a letter addressed to the Dutch Parliament, together with a recent evaluation of the Remuneration Policy (Financial Institutions) Act (Wet beloningsbeleid financiële ondernemingen, the Remuneration Act). The Remuneration Act, incorporated in the Act on the Financial Supervision (Wet op het financieel
On 2 April 2025, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) announced the launch of an exploratory investigation into financial services provided under the so-called ‘national regime’ exemption. This regime allows financial service providers and investment firms in the Netherlands to provide (i) investment advice and (ii)
On 28 February 2025, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) reminded companies offering group insurance policies of the upcoming licence requirement, effective 1 October 2025. This requirement follows a 29 September 2022 ruling by the Court of Justice of the EU, clarifying licensing obligations for group
On 5 June 2024, the European Supervisory Authorities entered into a multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity.
The MoU sets out the framework for cooperation and exchange of information on tasks of mutual interest, including policy implementation, incident reporting, and oversight of critical Information Communication Technologies third-party