On 26 June 2026 the Financial Action Task Force published a report on terrorist financing through social media, instant messaging applications and streaming platforms, and it lands with an uncomfortable number attached. Fewer than 30% of jurisdictions contributing to the FATF report said that this risk was covered in their national risk assessments. That national-level…
On 16 July 2026 the Financial Action Task Force published its seventh targeted update on how countries are implementing the FATF standards for virtual assets and virtual asset service providers. The headline finding is that implementation remains uneven. Of the 109 jurisdictions answering the Travel Rule legislation question, 91, or 83 percent, reported legislation in…
On 21 July 2026 the Financial Action Task Force published its Targeted Report on Regulatory Challenges from Decentralised Finance, and the message for anti-money laundering teams is blunt: decentralised is a claim to be tested, not a label that lifts a service out of scope. Where an identifiable natural or legal person controls or sufficiently…