On 27 October 2025, HM Treasury issued an updated Money Laundering advice notice.
The update reflects changes to the countries in scope of High Risk Third Countries, as defined in the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, following updates to the list published by the Financial Action Task Force.
On 20 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its survey findings on financial crime controls in corporate finance firms (CFFs). The results provide insight into how CFFs mitigate the risks of financial crime that they face and the FCA has stated that it will use the survey data as
On 22 October 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its fifth and final report on the functioning of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) colleges.
Key findings
The final report notes that overall the EBA found that the state of the colleges’ framework has remained stable since
On 9 October 2025, the Anti-Money Laundering Action Plan Act (Wet plan van aanpak witwassen, the Act) was published in the Dutch Government Gazette. The Act introduces a ban on cash payments of EUR 3,000 or more by traders of goods in the Netherlands.
This measure forms part of the Dutch government’s
On 8 October 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a final report on Member State competent authorities’ (NCAs) approaches to the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) supervision of banks.
Background
The final report follows in-depth reviews that the EBA carried out on 40 NCAs’
On 2 September 2025, the Home Office published its outcomes progress report on the Economic Crime Plan 2 (ECP2), which was published in March 2023 and set out how public and private sectors would cut economic crime, protect national security and support the UK’s economic growth. The report provides a summary of key
On 2 September 2025, HM Treasury (HMT) published a draft of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 2025 (the draft SI) alongside a note detailing the policy intention of the draft SI.
The draft SI makes certain technical amendments to the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer
With under two weeks to go until the new UK failure to prevent fraud offence comes into force, this blog discusses the priority actions companies can take in preparation.
On 1 September 2025, the UK’s new “Failure to Prevent Fraud” (FtPF) offence will come into force, reshaping corporate liability for fraud and effectively
On 12 August 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a Report on the use of technology tools in anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) supervision.
Overview
On 19 June 2024, the AML/CFT package was published in the Official Journal of the European Union which
On 31 July 2025, the Home Office updated its guidance on the exemptions from the money laundering obligations and money laundering reporting obligations in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA).
The purpose of the guidance is to set out the government position on exemptions relating to the money laundering obligations in the