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AML, Crypto and Russia risks in check
Financial authorities strengthen their controls of risky financial activities
Direct exposure to Russia, Ukraine and Belarus is negligible, representing only 0.01% of the total loan portfolio of Estonian banks
• A new regulation to reduce risks associated with Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPS) came into force on 15 June 2022 with the following changes:
• Additional minimum capital and audit requirements, reporting requirements and stricter rules for operations
• Stricter rules have resulted in the number of licenses dropping to 53 as of 31 December 2023 from 381 on 31 December 2021
• The Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority (FSA) will license and supervise VASPs in future according to new draft law (expected to be
in 2025)
Combating money laundering remains a strategic priority for Estonia's FSA and legislative changes were passed in 2021 to comply with the latest
money laundering directive from the European Union (EU 2018/1673)
• Since 2022, the FSA has raised capital requirements and tightened housing loan requirements to prevent further risks to the banking system
• Swedish banks and US financial companies owned 81.8% of Estonia's banking capital as of Q2 2023
Geographical breakdown of loan portfolio (Q3 2023)
Poland
1.1%
Latvia
8.8%
Lithuania
15.0%
Nordic Russia Other
0.6% 0.004% 0.0% Other Europe
1.8%
Estonia
72.9%
25%
Non-EU deposits (including from the UK) are dropping
6,000
5,000
20%
4,000
15%
3,000
10%
2,000
1,000
5%
0
0%
2014 2015
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
2023
Q3
Source: Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority
Non-resident total, EURm (lhs)
Non-resident total, share in total deposits % (rhs)
-Non-resident outside EU, share in total deposits % (rhs)
Source: Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority
REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCEView entire presentation