Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehörde (Financial Market Authority Austria) FMA
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Who they are
An institution under public law with its own legal personality, set up by the FMABG and not bound by instructions in carrying out its duties. Its seat is Vienna and its jurisdiction covers the whole federal territory.
What they do
Carries out banking, insurance, pension company and securities supervision, split between solvency supervision and market and conduct supervision, and acts as the national resolution authority (since 1 January 2015). From 1 January 2026 it also monitors and enforces international financial sanctions, and it supervises anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, crypto-asset service providers under MiCAR, and DORA obligations.
Key laws & regulations issued
- Act ESG-Rating-Verordnung-Vollzugsgesetz (ESG Ratings Regulation Enforcement Act) 2026
- Guideline FMA Guide for Managing Sustainability Risks (01/2025) 2025
- Act Bundesgesetz über das Wirksamwerden der Verordnung (EU) 2022/2554 über die digitale operationale Resilienz im Finanzsektor (DORA-Vollzugsgesetz – DORA-VG) (DORA Enforcement Act) 2024
- Act Bundesgesetz über das Wirksamwerden der Verordnung (EU) 2023/1114 über Märkte für Kryptowerte (MiCA-Verordnung-Vollzugsgesetz – MiCA-VVG) (MiCAR Enforcement Act) 2024
- Act Bundesgesetz über die Erbringung von Zahlungsdiensten 2018 (Zahlungsdienstegesetz 2018 – ZaDiG 2018) (Payment Services Act 2018) 2018
- Act Bundesgesetz über die Wertpapier- und allgemeinen Warenbörsen 2018 (Börsegesetz 2018 – BörseG 2018) 2018
- Act Bundesgesetz über den Betrieb und die Beaufsichtigung der Vertragsversicherung (Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetz 2016 – VAG 2016) 2016
- Act Bundesgesetz zur Verhinderung der Geldwäscherei und Terrorismusfinanzierung im Finanzmarkt (Finanzmarkt-Geldwäschegesetz – FM-GwG) (Federal Act on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Financial Markets) 2016
- Act Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehördengesetz (FMABG) (Federal Act on the establishment and organisation of the Financial Market Authority) 2001
Enforcement by this regulator
| Date | Entity | Action | Penalty | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2026 | Natural person (not named): business partner of an issuer (individual) | Monetary Penalty | €5,000 | official |
| 16 Sep 2026 | TiH GmbH (company) | Business Restriction | — | official |
| 1 Sep 2026 | Liechtensteinische Landesbank (Österreich) AG (bank) | Monetary Penalty | €244,000 | official |
| 21 Aug 2026 | Raiffeisenverband Salzburg eGen (bank) | Monetary Penalty | €159,000 | official |
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Related regulators
Others in Austria supervising overlapping sectors.