On 7 August 2026 the FCA published a statement confirming that it is applying increased scrutiny to Annex 1 firms, including unregulated lenders, safe custody providers, money brokers and financial leasing companies registered with it for anti-money laundering purposes. Alongside the statement, the regulator said it had sent an information request to around 900 Annex…
On 17 July 2026 the Council of the European Union adopted Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1779, which amends Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 and adds six new designations to the EU list of persons and entities subject to an asset freeze over the situation in Ukraine. The measure entered into force on the…
Your compliance team filled out the CSSF Questionnaire on Financial Crime last year. This year, you can forget everything about that format. The CSSF has replaced its annual questionnaire with a standardised template developed by the European Authority for Anti-Money Laundering (AMLA). The data points are different, the structure is different, and the purpose extends…