The FATF October 2026 plenary closed in Paris on 30 October 2026 with four removals from the list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, the grey list: Bulgaria, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Monaco. The list of high-risk jurisdictions subject to a call for action, the black list, kept its three names….
On 30 October 2026 the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) launched a targeted review to accelerate how jurisdictions implement its Standards on virtual assets (VAs) and virtual asset service providers (VASPs). The FATF targeted review is aimed primarily at jurisdictions with materially important VASP activity, selected on the basis of their current assessment status. Initial…
On 29 October 2026 the Riksbank published its consultation response to the Ministry of Finance memorandum EU:s penningtvättspaket (Fi2026/01654), and its main request is a SEK 10,000 cash limit for retail transactions. The memorandum proposes leaving the option in Article 80(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 (the AMLR) unused, so the EU ceiling of EUR 10,000…
On 27 October 2026 the Czech Financial Analytical Office (Finanční analytický úřad, FAÚ) published the second article in its “AML balíček krok za krokem” (AML package step by step) series on the Czech AML package. The document, marked version 1 and titled “Povinné osoby z finančního a nefinančního sektoru a systém dohledu od 10. 7….
On 7 October 2026 the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) published its response to the European Commission’s targeted consultation on the review of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on markets in crypto-assets (MiCA). The AMLA MiCA review paper is dated 30 September 2026, the day the consultation closed, and reads MiCA…
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),…
On 23 September 2026 the Financial Action Task Force published its mutual evaluation report on Türkiye, based on an on-site visit in November 2025. The FATF Türkiye mutual evaluation rates Recommendation 13, the correspondent banking standard, compliant, and puts 38 of the 40 Recommendations in the compliant or largely compliant bands. It also finds only…
On 17 September 2026 the Czech Financial Analytical Office (Finanční analytický úřad, or FAÚ) opened a guidance series for the firms it supervises, titled the AML package step by step. Its first instalment is narrow and practical: which legal texts will govern anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing work from 10 July 2027. That date is the pivot…
On 9 September 2026 the Financial Action Task Force published Risks of Gaming and Gambling, a Methods and Trends report drawn from contributions by more than 80 jurisdictions, industry associations and researchers, and it arrived with a set of new red-flag indicators written for compliance teams. For anyone running anti-money laundering controls inside a casino,…