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🇧🇪 Belgium

FSMA-led MiCA CASP regime, only legally operative since the Act of 11 December 2025 entered into force in January 2026

Crypto (CASP / VASP) E-money (EMI)
Last verified 2026-08-15 Next review 2026-08-29

Data verified: oldest cell 46 days ago (verified 2026-07-02). Individual cells show their own verification date below.

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Licence type

Etablissement de monnaie electronique (EME) under the Law of 11 March 2018 on the status and supervision of payment institutions and electronic money institutions (transposing EMD2/PSD2); a 'limited' e-money institution exemption tier (etablissement de monnaie electronique limite) also exists for small-scale issuers under Art. 111 of the same law

Verified 7 weeks agoSource: National Bank of Belgium: https://www.nbb.be/en/financial-supervision-and-resolution/supervision-financial-institutions/payment-3

Regulator

National Bank of Belgium (Banque Nationale de Belgique / Nationale Bank van Belgie, NBB/BNB)

Verified 7 weeks agoSource: National Bank of Belgium: https://www.nbb.be/en/financial-supervision-and-resolution/supervision-financial-institutions/payment-3

Recent changes

PSD3 and the PSR merge payment-institution and EMI authorisation into one payment-institution category able to issue e-money. The final compromise texts remain awaiting formal adoption and Official Journal publication as of 15 August 2026, with an indicative European Parliament plenary on 14 December 2026. After entry into force, Member States have 21 months to transpose and apply PSD3, and the PSR generally applies after 21 months. Existing EMIs may continue for 27 months, with an exceptional further three-month extension.

Verified 2 days agoSource: https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-8222-2026-INIT/en/pdf ; https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-8221-2026-INIT/en/pdf ; https://oeil.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0209%28COD%29

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