Colombia’s UIAF requires virtual-asset service providers to submit suspicious-operation, transaction, absence, and customer reports through SIREL.
UIAF lists Resolution 314 as vigente; report submissions began July 1, 2022.
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UIAF Resolution 314 of 2021 is Colombia’s virtual-asset transaction reporting regulation for persons and companies that provide virtual-asset services in Colombia. The Unidad de Información y Análisis Financiero (UIAF) lists the measure as vigente, and the operative reporting start date was later moved by Resolution 84 of 2022 to July 1, 2022.
The resolution is an AML/CFT reporting measure, not a comprehensive crypto licensing statute or a declaration that virtual assets have legal-tender status. It sits within Colombia’s financial-intelligence framework and is designed to bring virtual-asset service providers into UIAF’s reporting perimeter for suspicious-operation, transaction, no-activity, and customer information reports.
Resolution 314 applies to natural or legal persons that carry out covered activities for, or on behalf of, another person, regardless of transaction amount. Covered activities include:
Covered providers must send immediate suspicious-operation reports through SIREL when they detect suspicious activity. If no suspicious operations are identified for a period, they must submit a monthly absence report within the first 20 calendar days of the following month. UIAF’s technical annex for suspicious-operation reports also addresses attempted or rejected operations that have suspicious characteristics.
| Report type | Core trigger or timing |
|---|---|
| Suspicious-operation report | Immediate filing through SIREL after detection of a suspicious operation. |
| Absence of suspicious operations | Monthly filing when no suspicious operations were identified. |
| Virtual-asset transaction report | Monthly report for individual transactions of USD 150 or more and multiple transactions totaling USD 450 or more, or equivalent value. |
| Absence of virtual-asset transactions | Monthly filing when no reportable virtual-asset transactions occurred. |
| Customer report | Monthly report covering active, inactive, and disconnected customers registered on the exchange platform. |
Resolution 314 was issued on December 15, 2021 and, according to legal-publication records, appeared in Diario Oficial No. 51.898 on December 24, 2021. Article 12 provides that the resolution enters into force upon publication. Article 7 initially set April 1, 2022 as the start date for reports, but UIAF Resolution 84 of 2022 extended that date to July 1, 2022.
The resolution allows UIAF to update reporting amounts and conditions, requires submission through SIREL according to technical annexes, and states that noncompliance may result in administrative fines and other sanctions by the Superintendencia de Sociedades or the relevant supervisory authority, without excluding other administrative or criminal actions.
UIAF publishes the Resolution 314 text, Resolution 84, and technical annexes on its virtual-assets sector page. The annexes set file formats and operational instructions for suspicious-operation reports, customer reports, and transaction reports. UIAF also notes that providers must preserve case-sensitive wallet, transaction-hash, and counterparty-wallet data exactly where those fields are required in Annexes 2 and 3. Those operational materials may change independently of the short legal text, so the profile should be reviewed against the current UIAF sector page before publication updates.
| 2021-12-15 | Resolution 314 issued |
| 2021-12-24 | Published in Diario Oficial |
| 2022-04-19 | Resolution 84 extends start date |
| 2022-07-01 | Reporting start date reached |
Applies to persons or companies providing VA-fiat exchange, VA-VA exchange, transfers, custody/admin, issuer-offer services, or other virtual-asset services.
Requires immediate and direct ROS filings through SIREL for suspicious operations detected by covered providers.
Requires monthly absence filings when no suspicious operations or reportable virtual-asset transactions are identified.
Requires monthly reports for individual transactions of USD 150+ and multiple transactions totaling USD 450+ or equivalent.
Requires monthly reporting of active, inactive, and disconnected customers registered on a provider’s exchange platform.
Reports must be sent through SIREL and noncompliance may lead to administrative fines or other sanctions by the competent supervisor.
UIAF issued Resolution 314 imposing virtual-asset reporting obligations.
Legal-publication records cite Diario Oficial No. 51.898; Article 12 states the resolution takes effect on publication.
UIAF Resolution 84 extended the reporting start date under Article 7 to July 1, 2022.
Covered providers were required to begin sending reports under the extended deadline.
Resolution 314 is treated as an in-force Colombian AML/CFT reporting regulation for virtual-asset service providers. Resolution 84 of 2022 postponed report submissions to July 1, 2022. Editors should monitor UIAF for later threshold or annex changes.