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  • FR Y-7Q Reporting: The Fed’s Capital and Asset Report for FBOs

    FR Y-7Q reporting is how the Federal Reserve Board collects consolidated capital and asset figures from every foreign banking organization (FBO) with a U.S. banking presence. The form, formally the Capital and Asset Report for Foreign Banking Organizations (OMB control number 7100-0125), runs to four pages in U.S. dollar millions. Since the 31 December 2024…

  • CSSF Tokenisation FAQ: Control Agents, Fund Registrars and DORA

    On 2 October 2026 the CSSF published version 1 of its FAQ on tokenisation, a nine-page document with six questions about Luxembourg investment funds that issue units or shares on a distributed ledger and about the control agents created by Blockchain Law IV. The CSSF tokenisation FAQ splits its answers evenly: three for fund managers…

  • AnaCredit v1.0.15: BCL Swaps the NUTS 3 Code List for January 2027

    On 1 October 2026 the Banque centrale du Luxembourg (BCL) published version 1.0.15 of its AnaCredit technical specifications together with a new SDMX schema package, and its reporting instructions page states that the AnaCredit v1.0.15 schemas are mandatory from reference date January 2027 (included) onwards. Credit institutions and foreign branches resident in Luxembourg therefore send…

  • Modelo 196 Reporting in Spain: The Monthly Account Return to the AEAT

    Modelo 196 reporting in Spain has run monthly since the January 2026 reference month. Orden HAC/747/2025 of 27 June 2025, issued by the Ministry of Finance and published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) on 15 July 2025, approved a new Modelo 196, whose title opens with “Declaración informativa mensual de cuentas en toda…

  • Riksbank EUREP Access: A EUR 50 Billion Euro Backstop From Q4 2026

    On 1 October 2026 the Riksbank announced that the Eurosystem has approved its onboarding to EUREP, the Eurosystem’s repo facility for central banks outside the euro area. The line lets the Riksbank borrow up to EUR 50 billion by pledging eligible euro-denominated collateral, and the ECB has said that drawings under the enhanced facility are…

  • FinCEN A7 Network Special Measure: Prohibiting Sub-Agent Transmittals

    On 1 October 2026 FinCEN released a notice of proposed rulemaking under section 9714(a) of the Combating Russian Money Laundering Act that would add a new 31 CFR 1010.668 and prohibit every covered US financial institution from sending or receiving funds, including convertible virtual currency (CVC), in transactions involving the A7 Network’s Sub-Agents. The FinCEN…

  • Luxembourg Countercyclical Capital Buffer Q4 2026: Year-End COREP

    On 1 October 2026 the CSSF published Regulation No 26-03, which keeps the Luxembourg countercyclical capital buffer at 0.50% for the fourth quarter of 2026. Dated 30 September and printed in Memorial A No 482, the regulation entered into force on its publication day, so the rate for relevant credit exposures located in Luxembourg through…

  • CSSF Insider List Templates: Fields Dropped Under ITS 2026/1291

    The CSSF publishes two templates for insider lists under Article 18 of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR): the general “Template for insider lists and updating insider lists” and the template for issuers of financial instruments admitted to trading on SME growth markets. The legal format behind the CSSF insider list templates is set by Commission…