EBA legal instruments and guidelines on AML/CFT supervision, including risk-based approaches, remote onboarding, third-country rules, travel rules, compliance, and prudential risks under CRD, PSD, and MiCAR frameworks.
EBA consultation paper proposing regulatory technical standards for AMLA mandates, covering risk assessment of obliged entities, selection methodology for direct supervision, customer due diligence, and sanctions under AMLD6 and AMLAR – open for stakeholder feedback until June 2025.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on four draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) that will be part of the EBA’s response to the European Commission’s Call for Advice. These technical standards will be central to the EU’s new AML/CFT regime and will shape how institutions and supervisors will comply with their AML/CFT obligations under the new AML/CFT package. The consultation runs until 6 June 2025.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a Peer Review assessing the effectiveness and degree of supervisory convergence of issues relating to tax integrity and dividend arbitrage trading schemes following the implementation of its 2020 Action plan on dividend arbitrage trading schemes. The action plan aimed to clarify that supervisors, while not responsible for investigating tax crimes, have responsibility for ensuring that financial institutions have systems and controls in place to manage tax crime risks.
EBA peer review assessing how competent authorities integrate tax integrity into supervision to combat dividend arbitrage schemes, covering risk-based oversight, AML/CFT risk assessments, internal governance, and integrity evaluations of management bodies.
EBA AML/CFT Newsletter Issue 14 covers MiCAR redemption plan guidelines, EU AML/CFT regime updates including industry roundtable feedback, and final guidance on internal policies for sanctions compliance by financial institutions and crypto-asset service providers.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its fourth Report on the functioning of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) colleges. The Report finds that competent authorities continued to improve the functioning of AML/CFT colleges in 2023. Nevertheless, further progress is needed especially in two key areas, namely: adjusting the functioning of AML/CFT colleges to the money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks to which the underlying firm is exposed, and discussing the need for a common approach or joint action.
European Banking Authority (EBA) 2023 report assessing the functioning of AML/CFT colleges, covering progress on key action points, supervisory convergence, risk-based approaches, and recommendations to enhance cooperation and effectiveness in combating money laundering and terrorist financing.
EBA’s 2024 report assesses how national authorities supervise banks’ anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing measures, covering risk assessments, supervisory tools, enforcement, and cooperation under EU AML/CFT frameworks.
EBA factsheet on countering terrorist financing – explains terrorist financing risks, differences between targeted financial sanctions and detection, and outlines EBA guidelines for financial institutions and supervisors to mitigate risks, enhance cooperation, and prevent unwarranted derisking under EU Directive 2017/541 and FATF standards.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published the findings from its fourth and final round of reviews of competent authorities’ approaches to tackling money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks in the banking sector. With this round, the EBA has now assessed all competent authorities that are responsible for the AML/CFT supervision in thirty EU/EEA member states.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today launched a public consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) specifying the criteria according to which crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) should appoint a central contact point to ensure compliance with local anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) obligations of the host Member State. This consultation runs until 4 February 2025.
EBA consultation on draft regulatory technical standards amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1108 to update criteria for central contact points for electronic money issuers, payment service providers, and crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) under Directive (EU) 2015/849.
European Banking Authority (EBA) explainer on preventing money laundering and terrorism financing in the EU’s crypto-assets sector under MiCAR and updated AML/CFT rules – covering regulatory requirements, risk assessments, compliance guidelines, and supervisory measures for crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) from December 2024.
EBA final guidelines (2024) establish EU-wide standards for financial institutions, payment service providers, and crypto-asset service providers to implement internal policies, procedures, and controls ensuring compliance with Union and national restrictive measures under Regulation (EU) 2023/1113.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published two sets of final Guidelines that, for the first time, set common EU standards on the governance arrangements and the policies, procedures and controls financial institutions should have in place to be able to comply with Union and national restrictive measures.
EBA AML/CFT Newsletter Issue 13 covers updates on virtual IBANs risks, MiCAR governance guidelines for asset-referenced tokens, joint EBA-ESMA suitability assessments for crypto-asset issuers, translated ML/TF risk factors guidelines, and supervisory training on crypto-assets and risk assessment.