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FIU-NL Transaction Postponement Power Effective July 2026

FIU-the Netherlands will acquire the legal power to request transaction postponements from reporting entities under Article 17a of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act (Wwft), effective 1 July 2026, with parallel provisions in the Implementation Act on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Iwt, Article 3.6) taking effect 10 July 2027. Reporting entities—principally banks and crypto/payment service providers—must comply with postponement requests immediately and may hold transactions for a maximum of five business days (ten days for foreign FIU requests). Clients must be notified of the postponement without this breaching the tipping-off prohibition under Article 23 Wwft, and reporting entities enjoy liability protection under Article 20c Wwft for complying with postponement requests.