---
guosmmDocumentId: GUOSMM-C-2026-009
title: "zBank — Fiat and FX Conversion Add-On Charter"
instrumentVersion: 1.0
language: en
publishedAt: 2026-07-06T18:00:00Z
effectiveAt: 2026-07-06T18:00:00Z
signingAuthority: Sovereign Military Order of Malta
baseCharter: GUOSMM-C-2026-003
licenseId: LICENSE-ZBANK-FIATFX-SHOSJJ-2026-004
activityId: fiat-currency-and-fx
---

# GAZZETTA UFFICIALE DELL'ORDINE SOVRANO MILITARE DI MALTA
# OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA (GUOSMM)

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Document ID | `GUOSMM-C-2026-009` |
| Series | C |
| Document type | Supplemental Activity Add-On Charter |
| Instrument version | 1.0 |
| Title | zBank — Fiat and FX Conversion Add-On Charter |
| Base charter | `GUOSMM-C-2026-003` |
| Licence number | `LICENSE-ZBANK-FIATFX-SHOSJJ-2026-004` |
| Activity ID | `fiat-currency-and-fx` |
| Published | 2026-07-06T18:00:00Z |
| Effective | 2026-07-06T18:00:00Z |

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# zBank — Fiat and FX Conversion Add-On Charter

**Registration/publication number:** `GUOSMM-C-2026-009`

**Licence number:** `LICENSE-ZBANK-FIATFX-SHOSJJ-2026-004`

**Base charter:** `GUOSMM-C-2026-003`

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## Shared standard terms (incorporated)

## Authority and issuance chain

**Official long name:** Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta.

**Recognized designations (same sovereign authority):**
- **SMOM** — Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- **SHOSJJ** — Sovereign Hospitallers Order of St. John of Jerusalem (`GUOSMM-A-2026-003`)

SMOM and SHOSJJ are short forms of the **same** sovereign international legal personality under the official long name; GUOSMM uses all three forms interchangeably.

1. **Sovereign authority:** official long name (SMOM / SHOSJJ designations) — published in GUOSMM Tier 1.
2. **Monetary issuer:** **Treasury** issues **SCUDO** under `GUOSMM-A-2026-001`. **GRU** is **monetary policy** for the tokenized reserve basket (commodities, currencies, securities, …) — **not** the issuer. **OMNL is not the issuer.**
3. **License issuer:** **SHOSJJ Licensing Authority** under `GUOSMM-A-2026-002` — **OMNL is not the licensor.**
4. **OMNL EMCB** (`GUOSMM-B-2026-001`) — **EMCB institution of the Order**; domestic e-money chain only; **not DBIS**.
5. **DBIS** (`GUOSMM-C-2026-001`) — **Tripartite Sovereign Body** settling between **EMCBs and other central banks** within the **treatied nations of the Order**; completely apart from the OMNL chain. See `gazette/docs/MONETARY_ARCHITECTURE_CANONICAL_SCHEMA.md`.

**Canonical license identifiers** use the `-SHOSJJ-` suffix (e.g. `LICENSE-ZBANK-SHOSJJ-2026-001`). Fineract external IDs ending in `-OMNL` are operational routing aliases under OMNL supervision — not license issuance labels.

## Juridical form and seat

- **Legal form:** Order-chartered juridical person — supervised affiliate institution under OMNL head-office hierarchy.
- **Principal place of business:** Boulder, Colorado, United States of America (aligned with OMNL registered address for supervisory coherence).
- **Duration:** Perpetual unless revoked under Licensing Authority procedures.
- **Governing law:** Order law as published in GUOSMM.

## Dispute resolution and appeals

1. **Commercial and inter-institutional disputes** among Order-chartered parties arising under this Charter: **ICC Arbitration**, Paris seat, **ICC Rules in force at commencement of the arbitration**, English language, one arbitrator unless the amount in dispute exceeds USD 500,000,000 (three arbitrators). The arbitral award is final; enforcement follows the **New York Convention** where applicable.
2. **Licensing and prudential appeals** (suspension, revocation, fit-and-proper): administrative path under `GUOSMM-A-2026-002` through the **SHOSJJ Licensing Authority** → Licensing Governance Board → Grand Chancellor; **judicial license appeals** per `GUOSMM-A-2026-003` Article 6.2 (ICCC chamber rules).
3. **Forum separation:** licensing appeals do not stay commercial arbitration unless a final ICCC order expressly requires it under Order law.

## Track B / external transactability

External banking, insurance, money-transmission, and correspondent access in nation-state jurisdictions requires closure of Track B compliance matrices and program counsel sign-off. This instrument establishes **Order capacity and internal operations commencement** only.

## Supplemental activity separation

Base institution charters do **not** automatically authorize every adjacent financial, blockchain, exchange, custody, or market activity that an institution may wish to conduct.

Where an institution seeks to operate:

- a private or permissioned blockchain,
- a dedicated digital asset exchange,
- fiat conversion or FX desks,
- commodity or bullion exchange operations,
- securities or capital-markets programmes, or
- custody, nominee, escrow, safekeeping, or other ancillary regulated activities,

those activities must be covered by a **separate published add-on charter or license** with a distinct license identifier and explicit scope statement. The base charter remains the juridical anchor; the add-on publication defines the extra activity perimeter.

## Materiality controls (HO batch programme)

Interoffice allocations at or above **USD 100,000,000,000** per tranche, or cumulative HO batch programme materiality thresholds, require maker-checker control and, where applicable, second-reviewer approval before ledger posting.

## Nunc pro tunc ratification (operations commencement 2026-05-02)

Between **2 May 2026** and Tier 1 publication of this instrument, provisional operations were conducted under:

- **SHOSJJ Licensing Authority** interim programme authorization (`GUOSMM-A-2026-002`) and counsel resolutions (EV-003);
- OMNL head-office **prudential** supervision (`GUOSMM-B-2026-001`);
- HO batch programme authorization recorded in the OMNL Fineract office hierarchy (offices 29–32); and
- pending admission under `GUOSMM-C-2026-001` Article 3 (Membership).

Forward-looking bounded digital operations: **`GUOSMM-E-2026-003`** (PDOA, SHOSJJ Licensing Authority).

Interim basis and evidence index: **`GUOSMM-E-2026-002`** (HO batch governance and interim operations notice).

Upon Tier 1 publication, operations **commencing 2 May 2026** are **ratified nunc pro tunc** to the extent consistent with this Charter and parent acts. **No retroactive claim** arises against external regulators, correspondents, or policyholders without separate Track B evidence and nation-state recognition.

## Suspension and revocation

Suspension or revocation follows the appeal path for the entity license class under `GUOSMM-A-2026-002` and `GUOSMM-A-2026-003` Article 6, through the **SHOSJJ Licensing Authority**, Licensing Governance Board, and Grand Chancellor as applicable.

## Counsel roles (program vs institutional)

| Role | Name | Scope |
|------|------|--------|
| **Program counsel** | P.C. Walker, Esq. | Publication readiness, prohibited-claims register, Track A/B gating attestation (`GUOSMM-E-2026-002` counsel schedule) |
| **Institutional counsel** | David Eugene Ntshabele | Day-to-day charter interpretation, licensing conditions, external diligence responses (DBIS lane) |

Program counsel attestation does not substitute for institutional counsel on operational matters; neither attestation creates nation-state license equivalence.

## Governance and officers (HO batch pool)

Each HO batch institution is supervised by **OMNL** with a named **operations pool**:

| Role | Name | Entity lane |
|------|------|-------------|
| **Banking and Compliance Officer (prudential supervisor)** | Romeo L. Miles | OMNL (central bank) |
| **Operations pool** | Adam Michaelson; Bernard Niehaus; David Bullock | Officers Pool — shared maker-checker |

Material HO batch postings require at least **two distinct pool members** (maker + checker) and compliance oversight by the Banking and Compliance Officer or delegate. Full roster, entity liaisons, and fit-and-proper index: **`GUOSMM-E-2026-002`**.

## LEI and public identity

Each institution **shall obtain** a distinct **GLEIF-issued, active** Legal Entity Identifier separate from OMNL LEI `98450070C57395F6B906`, with Level 1 relationship disclosure to OMNL, **before** Tier 2–5 external notice or correspondent KYB representation. Public designation names in this Charter do not substitute for domain registration, SOS name clearance, or external trademark clearance.

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## Scope

Authorizes institutional fiat-currency conversion, treasury FX activity, and cash-in or cash-out coordination with approved endpoint banking partners where permitted by separate host-state arrangements.

## Restrictions

- No claim of money-transmitter, EMI, payment-institution, or remittance-licence equivalence.
- No consumer-facing remittance programme from this add-on alone.
- No access claim to domestic payment rails without local law closure.

## Governance

This add-on remains subordinate to `GUOSMM-C-2026-003`, `GUOSMM-A-2026-002`, the shared charter terms, the HO batch supplemental licensing framework, and Track B host-state gating.

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*Signing authority: Sovereign Military Order of Malta · Supplemental activity add-on under the HO batch framework*