XBRL Express handles the full FINREP lifecycle — template population, EBA taxonomy validation, and direct ONEGATE filing — with no consulting fees or manual XBRL authoring.
FINREP (Financial Reporting) is the EBA's harmonised supervisory financial reporting framework for credit institutions and investment firms in the EU. It is mandated under Article 99 of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and implemented through EBA Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting. Institutions subject to FINREP must file structured financial statements — covering balance sheets, income statements, off-balance-sheet exposures, asset quality, and more — directly with their national competent authority (NCA) using XBRL-formatted data.
FINREP reporting cycles are quarterly for most institutions. The data must conform to the EBA's published XBRL taxonomy, which is updated with each ITS amendment. This means both the business logic and the technical file format change regularly, creating a compliance burden that manual processes handle poorly at scale.
Diligence XBRL Express supports the complete set of FINREP template families as defined in the EBA ITS on supervisory reporting. All templates are maintained against the current EBA XBRL taxonomy version, with updates applied as new taxonomy releases are published.
The full F 01–F 46 template set is loaded in XBRL Express with dimensional structure, validation rules, and cross-template consistency checks derived directly from the EBA taxonomy. No manual template maintenance is required from your team.
FINREP exists in two distinct variants, and the distinction matters operationally. Institutions applying IFRS as adopted by the EU file under the FINREP IFRS framework. Institutions applying national GAAP (nGAAP) — common in France, Germany, and other jurisdictions with opt-in provisions under Article 99(3) CRR — file under the FINREP nGAAP framework. The template sets, data point definitions, and validation rules differ materially between the two.
The IFRS variant requires classification of financial assets under IFRS 9 categories (amortised cost, FVTOCI, FVTPL), ECL staging disclosures (Stage 1/2/3), and hedge accounting breakdowns under IFRS 9 or IAS 39 where still applied. XBRL Express maps IFRS accounting outputs to the relevant XBRL data points, including the correct dimensional axes for measurement category and counterparty sector.
The nGAAP variant uses a parallel template structure adapted for national accounting standards. Institutions in France reporting to the ACPR, for example, use nGAAP FINREP alongside COREP. XBRL Express supports nGAAP FINREP with the correct taxonomy entry points and NCA-specific submission parameters, including ONEGATE filing via XBRL Connect for ACPR filers.
Within XBRL Express, the reporting framework (IFRS or nGAAP) is set at the report level. The tool loads the corresponding EBA taxonomy entry point, restricts visible templates to the applicable set, and applies the correct validation rules. When the EBA publishes a new taxonomy version — typically aligned with ITS amendments — the platform updates automatically. Your reporting team does not manage taxonomy files.
FINREP automation in XBRL Express follows three stages: data import and template population, validation, and submission. Each stage is designed to reduce manual effort and eliminate the class of errors that arise from spreadsheet-based XBRL preparation.
Source financial data enters XBRL Express via structured import formats. For institutions using SAB core banking systems, the Core Banking Connector handles native data extraction and maps ledger outputs directly to FINREP data points — including RUBA, FINREP, COREP, and AnaCredit — in an on-premises deployment model. For institutions with other source systems, XBRL Express accepts Excel-based imports with configurable field mappings. Either path populates FINREP templates without manual data entry at the cell level.
Once templates are populated, XBRL Express runs validation against three layers of rules. First, the EBA XBRL taxonomy validation rules — covering data type constraints, enumeration values, and mandatory data points — are checked automatically. Second, cross-template consistency rules defined in the EBA ITS (for example, total assets on F 01.00 reconciling against breakdowns on F 04.00) are evaluated in real time. Third, any NCA-specific validation overlays applicable to the institution's jurisdiction are applied. Errors and warnings are surfaced with the relevant rule reference and template location, so remediation is specific rather than generic.
XBRL Pro, Diligence's professional editor, provides the same validation logic in an interactive environment for teams that prefer to work directly in the dimensional table view, with live formula calculation as cells are edited.
Validated FINREP packages are submitted directly through ONEGATE, the EBA's central data collection hub. XBRL Express generates compliant XBRL instance documents and handles the transmission protocol. For ACPR filers specifically, XBRL Connect provides a real-time filing monitor with native ONEGATE synchronisation, giving compliance teams visibility into submission status, acknowledgement receipts, and any feedback messages returned by the NCA.
Diligence supports over 200 institutions across nine European countries. The median support response time is 23 minutes, and every support query receives an answer — which matters when a filing deadline is in hours, not days.
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