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In forceCrypto-asset service providers: AML/CFT (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Money laundering risk evaluation questionnaire, crypto-asset service providers (REQ, CASP)

A regulatory return listed by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), Ireland.

A yearly questionnaire on a crypto-asset service provider's exposure to money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions risk (custody, trading platform, exchange, order execution, transfers, geography, transactions) and its controls. It also covers data points for the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority. Source

Official title: Sector specific ML/TF Risk Evaluation Questionnaire - Crypto-Asset Service Providers

The facts

Who files
Crypto-asset service providers: the page lists a sector-specific REQ for CASPs. Source
How often
Each submission covers a reference date of 31 December of the previous calendar year. Source
Deadline
Submission date 12 March 2027 (REQ page). The first submission, for reference date 31 December 2025, was due 31 July 2026 (guidance notes, section 2). Source
Format
XML. Only XML files built to the published XSD (v1.0) are accepted, uploaded to the Central Bank Portal; the Excel version supports understanding only. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the CBI: Central Bank of Ireland Portal (formerly the Online Reporting System, ONR); MiFIR transaction reporting Machine to Machine channel; Online Reporting System (ONR), now linked as 'Credit Union Auditor Reporting'; Email to the Central Bank. See how firms file with the CBI.
Status
In force
Legal basis
Group
Crypto-asset service providers: AML/CFT (national)

Templates (18)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the CBI's code in brackets.

  • General (8.2)
  • Inherent Risk (8.3)
  • Mitigation and Control (8.4)
  • Physical Presence (8.5)
  • Residence and Establishment (8.6)
  • Beneficial Owner (8.7)
  • Politically Exposed Person (8.8)
  • Custody Administration (8.9)
  • Trading Platform (8.10)
  • Exchange Funds (8.11)
  • Exchange Cryptos (8.12)
  • Order Execution (8.13)
  • Reception Transmission (8.14)
  • Portfolio Management (8.15)
  • Transfer Cryptos (8.16)
  • Correspondent Relationship (8.17)
Show all 18 templates
  • Geography of Funds Flow (8.18)
  • Transaction Monitoring (8.19)

Sections of the questionnaire as numbered in section 8 of the CASP REQ Guidance Notes v1.1 (inside the CASP Files zip). Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. Only the XSD schema is published, which checks file structure and data types; no list of business validation rules was found. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No published data from this return was found on the Central Bank pages checked. Source

Official documents (2)

The CBI'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.

  • Sector specific money laundering/terrorist financing Risk Evaluation Questionnaire

    List of returns · HTML

    Lists the sector REQs, their next submission dates and the files (XSD, template, guidance notes, examples) for each sector.

  • CASP Files v1.1

    Template · ZIP · 3.0 MB

    Questionnaire v1.1 (xlsm), XSD v1.0, guidance notes v1.1, individual question instructions, Q&A, examples and a technical change log.

    SHA-256 b3102d4ada3fshow in fullb3102d4ada3fc4b83355b9b3cd4d47c40bde529c19361187ce3c8f8b2c20cd5f

Sources

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Contains Irish Public Sector Information from the Central Bank of Ireland (https://www.centralbank.ie), copyright Central Bank of Ireland, re-used under the Bank's licence for re-use of public sector information (https://www.centralbank.ie/fns/re-use-of-public-sector-information). This library summarises it in plain English and links the originals; the Central Bank of Ireland does not endorse this library.

Last checked 11 November 2026.