The facts
- Who files
- Payment institutions under foreign law with established authorised agents or a branch in Belgium. Source
- How often
- Annual ('Annual report'). Source
- Deadline
- Not stated in the COOP_S protocol or on the MBS XML page checked. Source
- Format
- XML, CSV, Web form. Manual entry, XML or CSV import of the form, or XML upload (OneGate domain MBS), with CSAM or an electronic certificate. Source
- How it is filed
- Filing routes recorded for the NBB: OneGate; NBB Supervision. See how firms file with the NBB.
- Status
- In force
- Group
- Payment and e-money institutions: periodic reporting (national)
Templates (1)
The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the NBB's code in brackets.
- Annual report form (one form, in sections) (COOP_S)
The form layout is in coop_s.xlsx, which could not be read (robots.txt). Source
Validation rules
No published validation rules were found for this return. Source
Public data
No published data from this return was found. No data from this return published by the NBB was found on the pages checked. Source
Official documents (3)
The NBB'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.
- Domain MBS - XML reports: BNK, ELMI, IF, IRRBB, MIR, PHL, PI, SCHA...
List of returns · HTML
Current and former XML reports in domain MBS (national reports of banks, stockbroking firms, payment and e-money institutions) with examples, rules and protocols.
- Reporting to OneGate: Technical instructions for the reporting of Annual report of the payment institution under foreign law with established authorized agents or a branch in Belgium (COOP_S)
Filing rules · PDF · 265.2 KB · November 2024
SHA-256
d2d7821ed815show in fulld2d7821ed815dad77b942434c75f706b6ff0613cdc064e154716772f9cb751cc - COOP_S form (coop_s.xlsx)
Template · XLSX · Not downloadable by software (behind a login or blocked)
Not requested: the NBB's robots.txt disallows .xlsx files for every user agent (checked 2026-11-11).
Sources
Every page and document this return's facts were read from.
- nbb.be/doc/dd/onegate/data/2024-12-01-protocol-onegate-coop_s_v1.0.pdf
- nbb.be/en/reporting/onegate-reporting/general-access-onegate/onegate-documentation/domain-mbs-xml-reports-bnk-elmi-if-irrbb-mir-phl-pi-scha
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Last checked 11 November 2026.
