{"id":41956820,"date":"2026-07-14T14:04:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/?p=41956820"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T07:11:59","slug":"announcement-fma-imposes-sanction-on-western-union-international-bank-gmbh-for-breaches-of-dora-notification-obligations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/announcement-fma-imposes-sanction-on-western-union-international-bank-gmbh-for-breaches-of-dora-notification-obligations\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement: FMA imposes sanction on Western Union International Bank GmbH for breaches of DORA notification obligations"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) has imposed a fine of EUR 42,000 on Western Union International Bank GmbH as a legal person. The reason is repeated breaches of the reporting obligations pursuant to Article 19 (4) of Regulation (EU) 2022\/2554 on digital operational resilience in the financial sector (DORA) in conjunction with Article 5 (1) lits. a-c of Delegated Regulation (EU)2025\/301. Western Union International Bank GmbH is obliged to notify the FMA about major information and communication technology-related incidents (ICT-related incidents) within certain deadlines. The credit institution has made several delayed initial and intermediate reports in relation to such incidents. The penal order was issued by way of the accelerated conclusion of proceedings pursuant to Article&nbsp;22 para.&nbsp;2b of the Financial Market Authority Act (FMABG; Finanzmarktaufsichtsbeh&ouml;rdengesetz) and is legally final.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FMA imposes sanction on Western Union International Bank GmbH for breaches of DORA notification obligations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41956820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sanction"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Announcement: FMA imposes sanction on Western Union International Bank GmbH for breaches of DORA notification obligations - 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