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AML/CFT Newsletter - Issue 15
EBA legal instruments with an AML/CFT component
Consultation Paper on Response to Call for Advice new AMLA mandates
Regulatory Technical Standards package on compliance of institutions and supervisors with their AML/CFT obligations
The EBA consults on new rules related to the anti- money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism package
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.
Reviewed supervisors overall applied the EBA’s recommendations on tax integrity and dividend arbitrage trading schemes, the EBA Report finds.
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.
Peer review on tax integrity and dividend arbitrage schemes
Public hearing on Regulatory Technical Standards on CCP to strengthen fight against financial crime
AML/CFT Newsletter - Issue 14
Colleges on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism have become more effective but further progress is needed, the EBA finds
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.
Report on the functioning of AML/CFT colleges in 2023
Report on NCAs approaches to the supervision of banks with respect to AML/CFT
Factsheet on countering terrorist financing
Competent authorities have made significant progress in their approaches to tackling money laundering and terrorist financing, the EBA Report finds
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.
EBA proposes criteria to appoint a central contact point for crypto-asset service providers to strengthen the fight against money-laundering and terrorism financing in host 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.