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In forceBanks and payment institutions: annual accounts (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Annual financial statements of banks and payment institutions (§ 26 KWG / § 22 ZAG)

A regulatory return listed by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) (BaFin), Germany.

Institutions file their prepared and their adopted annual financial statements with BaFin electronically through the MVP procedure 'Bankenaufsicht'. Filing with BaFin does not replace the filing with the Deutsche Bundesbank, which uses its own application NExt. Source

Official title: Aufgestellte und festgestellte Jahresabschlüsse nach § 26 KWG und § 22 ZAG

The facts

Who files
Institutions under the Banking Act (KWG) and the Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG). Institutions audited by a cooperative audit association or the audit office of a savings bank association keep the arrangements of section 1(2) AnzV. Source
How often
Annual, for each financial year (prepared and adopted statements). Source
Deadline
Not stated on BaFin's procedure page, the page checked. Source
Format
Other. Electronic filing only, through the MVP procedure 'Bankenaufsicht'. The file type is not stated on the page; the Bundesbank's NExt file naming conventions apply to the submission type 'Jahresabschlüsse'. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the BaFin: MVP Portal (Melde- und Veröffentlichungsplattform, reporting and publishing platform); Direct submission to BaFin outside the MVP Portal. See how firms file with the BaFin.
Status
In force
Group
Banks and payment institutions: annual accounts (national)

Templates (0)

The library lists no templates for this return.

No BaFin form: the firm's own annual accounts. Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. Not published by BaFin. Source

Official documents (5)

The BaFin's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

  • MVP-Portal

    List of returns · HTML

    BaFin's page on its reporting and publishing platform (Melde- und Veröffentlichungsplattform, MVP). It lists 44 specialised procedures (Fachverfahren) firms use to file with BaFin, with registration steps and manuals. Read in German; the English version lists only 18 of them.

  • Bankenaufsicht - Fachverfahren

    Filing rules · HTML · 10 March 2025

    Says annual financial statements under section 26 KWG and section 22 ZAG and the appointment of the auditor must be filed electronically through this procedure; Pfandbrief reports were added in 2023; notifications to the Bundesbank use its NExt application.

  • Informationsblatt zum MVP-Fachverfahren Bankenaufsicht

    Filing rules · PDF · 1.2 MB · 25 March 2026

    Not read in full; size and hash recorded.

    SHA-256 13584fa6e09ashow in full13584fa6e09a5dd36a65aa4f66e044d016cf98ff5021bccf541e085127adcdd3
  • Anzeige- und Meldepflichten (Kreditinstitute)

    List of returns · HTML

    BaFin's page for credit institutions: notifications under the KWG and the Notifications Regulation go through the MVP Portal; for supervisory reporting (Meldewesen) it refers institutions to the Deutsche Bundesbank's pages.

  • Benutzerhandbuch für das MVP Portal

    Guidance · PDF · 3.3 MB

    User manual for registering on the MVP Portal and applying for specialised procedures. Not read in full; size and hash recorded.

    SHA-256 ad770ad7df85show in fullad770ad7df85ff9be0dcd51cb1dc67d7edb2db7c7c6cb35cab09ca5ff605278e

Sources

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Last checked 11 November 2026.