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In forcePayment processing service providers (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Payment processing service provider report (PPSP, PPSP-M, PPSP-Y)

A regulatory return listed by the De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), Netherlands.

Operational data from payment processing service providers: customers, availability of services, authorisation request volumes and incidents for transporting authorisation requests, the same for stand-in processing, clearing participants and payments, and the yearly number of transactions. Source

Official title: Payment processing service provider reporting

The facts

Who files
Payment processing service providers (DNB page for these firms; the Dutch version of the page is headed afwikkelondernemingen). Source
How often
Monthly set of three forms (entry point ppsp-m) and a yearly form (ppsp-y). Source
Deadline
Not stated: the release notes say the reporting period and deadlines are not affected by the new format and that the reporting guidelines are communicated separately. Source
Format
XBRL-XML, Excel. XBRL taxonomy PPSP v1.0 (framework DNB-NR, normative code PPSP-2018-01), with Excel templates used in the Reporting Service. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the DNB: Reporting Service (Dienst Rapportages; Digitaal Loket Rapportages, DLR) in My DNB; Dataloop. See how firms file with the DNB.
Status
In force
Group
Payment processing service providers (national)

Templates (4)

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

  • Process of transporting authorization requests (monthly) (A_01.00)
  • Stand-in (monthly) (B_01.00)
  • Clearing (monthly) (C_01.00)
  • Number of transactions (yearly) (T_01.00)

Tables of PPSP taxonomy v1.0; A, B and C are in the monthly module PPSP-M, T in the yearly module PPSP-Y. Source

Validation rules

13 rules, as counted from the DNB's published material. Software can run them exactly as published. Source

How they are written: XBRL Formula 1.0 assertions in the DNB taxonomy, also listed in the annotated templates workbook (sheet Assertions).

All 13 are marked non-blocking.

The rules, on dnb.nl

How they were counted

Rows in sheet 'Assertions' of the PPSP v1.0 annotated templates (v0001_m to v0013_m); the release notes also say 13 assertions.

Counts are in the DNB's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No data from this return published by DNB was found on the pages checked. Source

Official documents (18)

The DNB'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.

  • Payment processing service providers (supervisory reports)

    List of returns · HTML

  • Release notes for the PPSP taxonomy v1.0

    Release note · PDF · 380.1 KB · 1 May 2018

    SHA-256 7eb896d6b340show in full7eb896d6b3409c88169f30abfde752482b5e0201014a7f92901506c0ff95a345
  • PPSP Annoted templates and assertions v1.0

    Template · XLSX · 208.8 KB · 1 May 2018

    SHA-256 a9a35f9e9654show in fulla9a35f9e9654e222e035cd3e2f6fe75853592d52153d40072cbfed0894abee93
  • PPSP Taxonomy v1.0

    Taxonomy · ZIP · 401.4 KB · 1 May 2018

    SHA-256 844f290e1748show in full844f290e17487adc335c9f9a3be9652144efd40ef18229ff21fddd38ddf3eb21
  • PPSP Excel templates v1.0

    Template · ZIP · 41.3 KB · 19 February 2020

    SHA-256 339da04c4024show in full339da04c4024f1c05321763b39f913cb03b5d522424425f53ddefcb02d20c009
  • PPSP Data dictionary

    Data dictionary · XLSX · 225.4 KB · 1 May 2018

    SHA-256 8f3c4fe3dcc1show in full8f3c4fe3dcc17d5f9f10eb4d47dcccb92385139545938d3c7a1265748f627818
  • De Nederlandsche Bank Filing Rules v. 1.1

    Filing rules · PDF · 335.1 KB · 6 February 2024

    DNB filing rules for XBRL instance documents (file naming, filing indicators, contexts, units, decimals, entity codes).

    SHA-256 fe58dc87bc12show in fullfe58dc87bc12e6a48144f06b8907e398f62d73f3c1248b46d453d211c500cf7f
  • Reporting Service

    Guidance · HTML

    DNB page on its digital Reporting Service in My DNB, with links to information and documentation, supervisory reports and statistical reporting.

  • Information and documentation

    Guidance · HTML

    General documents for all reports: DNB filing rules, DNB data dictionary, custom functions, supplementary taxonomies, user manual and FAQ.

  • Reporting Service User Manual (version 9)

    Guidance · PDF · 1.8 MB · 25 September 2023

    Log-in (eHerkenning or My DNB account), overview of reporting obligations, submitting reports, validation reports, certification and Dataloop.

    SHA-256 fefcb6120b75show in fullfefcb6120b75b9fc1df2d960f095da64871b4b56c6a23eda13dc0c31bf206fb0
  • XBRL as data standard

    Guidance · HTML

    Explains that DNB uses XBRL for supervisory and statistical reports and where the taxonomy descriptions ("Annotated templates and assertions") are published per sector.

  • XBRL Taxonomy Development at DNB

    Guidance · PDF · 420.7 KB · January 2026

    How DNB builds its taxonomies (DPM, single data dictionary), defines and deactivates validation rules (XBRL Formula 1.0, "_ext_" external rules), the validation steps and the report formats (xBRL-XML, xBRL-CSV, Excel).

    SHA-256 04f14a967750show in full04f14a9677507eb3b002a1a988c32d5b8be217ac2cb0798433c198f94af34684
  • DNB Data Dictionary (xlsx)

    Data dictionary · XLSX · 1.9 MB · 30 September 2026

    SHA-256 e08d84314fcfshow in fulle08d84314fcfaf03f7056805c452f8dc13c73e3fd8bd774386fbe4e0c6e3624e
  • DNB Data Dictionary (zip)

    Data dictionary · ZIP · 2.4 MB · 30 September 2026

    SHA-256 fa8b4866eaf6show in fullfa8b4866eaf634a87da28f9113db663f82e9d004d411d4718e50f8e3a669eb38
  • DNB Data Dictionary - Changelog

    Release note · XLSX · 155.0 KB · 30 September 2026

    SHA-256 8fe25f90d1cdshow in full8fe25f90d1cdde08f993f8f79b317d19e8ed83679e736a1dae58667443c9295f
  • DNB Custom Functions v. 1.0.0

    Taxonomy · ZIP · 8.4 KB · 15 April 2020

    SHA-256 169b30530d2bshow in full169b30530d2ba5af78a09c2f4d4e57ca8273ed166d04f7da39bfc0d53f0f2960
  • DNB Reporting Supplementary Files

    Taxonomy · ZIP · 166.6 KB · 31 December 2025

    XBRL International and Eurofiling files that DNB taxonomies need (taxonomy package dated 2025-12-31).

    SHA-256 5b28b7983501show in full5b28b7983501dff670fd45307086b56592fb69349e251f601130e91e61e03c0a
  • DNB implementation of EBA xBRL-CSV Filing Rules

    Filing rules · PDF · 262.4 KB · 22 September 2026

    DNB adopts the EBA Filing Rules (based on version 5.9) for xBRL-CSV reports on DNB taxonomies and lists the rules it excludes from validation.

    SHA-256 0ca935f82810show in full0ca935f828109f9e2874f93249688f0b79070d7e203e18b1cfd0bdf7bd23c12e

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

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Last checked 11 November 2026.