The EU is planning to create a new anti-money laundering watchdog in the wake of several bank scandals before the pandemic. The Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA), a new EU agency, will be the "centrepiece" of an updated regulatory system involving also national authorities, the European...
1 co-observer Detailed plans are taking shape for the EU's new anti-money laundering agency. It's to have 150 staff in its first year of operation, growing to 300-350 in the subsequent two years, "before reaching probably 400 in cruising regime," the European Commission said in a memo...
The new proposals on the AML/CFT framework will align the scope of the Anti-Money Laundering Directive which already applies to exchanges of crypto-assets for money with the activities covered by MiCA and notably exchanges of one crypto-asset for another. These proposed rules ban the ...
According to a report by the UK National Crime Agency, over ‘£131 million was denied to criminals as a result of DAML (Defence Against Anti Money Laundering) requests in 2018-19’. 4MLD required obliged entities to provide evidence that they have undertaken appropriate lev...
Related:MiCA laws come into effect in Europe — Here’s what you need to know Legal basis and background of the guidelines The EBA noted that in 2021, the European Commission issued a legislative package to reform the EU's Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terroris...
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we cover updates on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD); the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues; the Investment Firms Regulation (IFR); the new anti-money-laundering (AML) legislative package; and the European ...
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Footnote 44 Meanwhile, the Anti-Money Laundering frameworkFootnote 45 helps to safeguard the integrity of the financial system but is in need of revision. In addition, a much-needed broader root and branch review of the entire existing EU financial services landscape remain promised but as yet ...
Common Foreign and Security Policy: Improving the efficiency of decision-making; Seasonal clock changes: Commission proposes to put an end to seasonal clock changes; Anti-Money Laundering: Stronger anti-money laundering supervision for a stable banking and financial sector. ...