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The European Union’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has identified five areas where amendments or clarifications to the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) could strengthen protections against money laundering and terrorist financing. The recommendations cover staking and crypto-asset lending, decentralised finance, unauthorised stablecoins, certain token issuers and cross-border supervision of crypto-asset service providers. AMLA published its response to the

The European Union’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has opened a public consultation on draft regulatory technical standards for establishing a central EU-wide database containing anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing supervisory information. The consultation, launched on October 7, 2026, concerns regulatory technical standards required under Article 11(6) of the AMLA Regulation. The proposed framework is intended to create a single system through whic

The European Union’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has finalised three sets of draft regulatory technical standards designed to establish greater consistency in how companies and professionals apply anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing requirements across the private sector. The standards, announced by AMLA on 1 October 2026, focus on three key areas: identifying business relationships and occasional or linked transactions, customer due diligence,

The newly created Anti-Money Laundering Authority, known as AMLA, has completed its first major conference, marking a significant step toward building a unified continental framework for combating illicit financial activity. The gathering signaled a decisive move away from fragmented national approaches and toward a cohesive, legally enforceable system intended to strengthen the economic security of the European single market. During the meeting, participants examined the inc

The European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has formally launched a public consultation on a draft operational manual that will shape how regulated organizations monitor both corporate and individual customer activity throughout the European Economic Area. The initiative represents a significant step in the implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR), specifically fulfilling obligations established under Article 26(5) of the legislation. Through the

The Anti-Money Laundering Authority has launched an extensive consultation process on three draft implementing technical standards intended to reshape the way financial intelligence is exchanged across borders within the European Union. The proposed measures introduce standardized templates for the transmission of information between national financial intelligence units and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, with the objective of strengthening the detection and prosecu

The Anti-Money Laundering Authority has formally introduced the criteria that will determine the first group of credit institutions and financial entities subject to direct European supervision as part of a sweeping effort to reduce systemic money laundering and terrorist financing risks across the continent. The regulatory initiative represents a major transformation in the governance of Europe’s financial system by consolidating oversight of the highest-risk organizations u

The European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has taken a decisive step toward reshaping financial supervision across the European Union by convening its first public hearing on a set of pivotal draft regulatory technical standards. This milestone event brought together more than sixteen hundred participants from a wide spectrum of professional fields to scrutinize proposed rules governing customer due diligence and the identification of business relationships. The over

On 1 January 2026, the European Union reached a decisive moment in its campaign against financial crime as the European Banking Authority formally completed the transfer of all anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism responsibilities to the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism. The handover represents a major step toward centralizing oversight at the EU level and safeguarding the integrity of the single market.