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Reporting of breaches (whistleblowing) at banks and other entities supervised by Banka Slovenije
Background

Reporting of breaches (whistleblowing) at banks and other entities supervised by Banka Slovenije

Banka Slovenije is, among other things, competent and responsible for conducting supervision of compliance with prudential requirements and requirements in connection with corporate governance, prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, payment services, consumer protection, and consumer lending by banks and savings banks. In addition to information in the aforementioned areas, information in connection with any fraud, abuse, ethically questionable conduct or acts of corruption committed by entities supervised by Banka Slovenije is also of relevance.

In its treatment of breaches reported by whistleblowers, Banka Slovenije distinguishes between:

For whom is the reporting of breaches at banks and other supervised entities designed?

The whistleblowing process for reporting breaches at banks and other entities supervised by Banka Slovenije is primarily designed for employees of banks and other entities supervised by Banka Slovenije, but breaches may also be reported by other persons who have at their disposal information about possible breaches in relation to the provision of financial services or compliance with prudential requirements.

Each individual can contribute to more effective supervision of banks and other supervisory entities by reporting breaches and providing relevant information to Banka Slovenije. For Banka Slovenije, a report of a breach is an important additional source of information for the exercise of its supervisory powers.

If you, as a user of financial services, believe that a bank or other supervisory entity has breached the applicable regulations when dealing with you and you would like a substantive response regarding your specific case, please select the Complaints by users of financial services (bsi.si).

Reporting of breaches under the Protection of Whistleblowers Act (external whistleblowing)

External whistleblowing is designed for the reporting of breaches that the whistleblower learned of in their working environment at an entity supervised by Banka Slovenije in accordance with its powers and tasks.

In accordance with its powers, Banka Slovenije addresses external whistleblowing under the ZZPri only if the whistleblower explicitly states in their report that there is a risk of retaliatory measures and that they need protection as a whistleblower under the aforementioned law. The protection of whistleblowers applies to reports of breaches that are still in progress, or that occurred or came to an end in the last two years.

For whom is external whistleblowing designed?

In accordance with the ZZPri, external whistleblowing is intended solely for the reporting of breaches of regulations that the whistleblowers learned of in their working environment, and thus may only be utilised by a whistleblower who is or was employed at or in a similar relationship with a supervised entity that is supervised by Banka Slovenije in accordance with its powers, and who previously submitted an internal whistleblowing report at the supervised entity, or if there is no internal whistleblowing platform put in place as envisaged by the ZZPri, if the internal whistleblowing could not be effectively addressed, or if the whistleblower believes that in the event of internal whistleblowing there is a risk of retaliatory measures.

How do I report a breach?

Whistleblowing reports can be submitted by post, by email, by using the online form or by telephone. Reports can also be submitted anonymously in all instances.

By using the online form
When submitting a report via the online form, you will receive a unique password, which you need to keep safe. You can then update the report later by using the password.

To report form

By emailing [email protected]
Please be aware that by its very nature, email does not specially protect the information from being viewed by third parties.

By post addressed to
Banka Slovenije
Banking supervision - Report of external breach – do not open
Slovenska cesta 35
1505 Ljubljana
(IN PERSON)

By telephone (in the case of submitting whistleblowing report pursuant to ZZPri)
by prior notification by e-mail to: [email protected] (the conversation may be recorded)

When submitting a whistleblowing report by post, save the consignment sending date, the content of the whistleblowing report, and the business name of the bank or supervised entity to which the report relates. This information will be useful for any updates of the whistleblowing report, or for feedback.

Contact information for the whistleblowing officer (the official responsible for whistleblowing under the ZZPri)

Mitja Bukovec
[email protected]

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