On 2 October 2026 the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) opened a call for expressions of interest in sectoral roundtables on simplified customer due diligence (SDD), with applications due by 18 October 2026 at 23:59 CEST. The discussions will feed own-initiative AMLA simplified due diligence guidelines under Article 54 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 (the AMLA Regulation,…
On 1 October 2026 the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) announced that it had finalised three sets of regulatory technical standards for the private sector and submitted them to the European Commission. The AMLA final RTS cover customer due diligence under Article 28(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 (the AMLR),…
A relationship manager flags a client as awkward. The country profile is messy, the ownership chain runs through two jurisdictions, and the file would take real work to keep current. The easy answer is to exit. Close the account, decline the onboarding, and the risk number on the dashboard goes down. The CSSF communique of…
A CSSF AML/CFT sanction rarely turns on an exotic typology. It turns on the housekeeping. The administrative fine the CSSF imposed on 5 March 2026, and published on a nominative basis on 9 June 2026, is a clean example. A Luxembourg specialised professional of the financial sector running a domiciliation business was fined EUR 56,000…
Introduction AML reporting in Luxembourg is mandatory for every regulated financial institution and obliged entity – failure to file suspicious transaction reports exposes your firm to regulatory sanctions, reputational damage, and legal liability. For compliance officers, risk managers, and AML practitioners in Luxembourg’s financial sector, understanding when and how to file Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs)…