AMLA Chair Bruna Szego, in her Il Sole 24 Ore Interview, outlines plans for a unified, risk-based framework to oversee high-risk institutions, guide non-financial sectors, and tighten defenses against ML/TF

The authority will directly supervise the highest-risk financial institutions—including banks, insurers, asset managers, and crypto-asset service providers—while guiding national authorities on non-financial sectors such as lawyers, notaries, real estate agents, and...

AMLA announces it will launch a data collection exercise starting in Mar 2026 to test and calibrate its risk assessment models for the financial sector, paving the way for harmonised EU AML/CFT framework

The exercise, conducted with national supervisors and the private sector, involves both entities potentially eligible for direct supervision and a representative sample of institutions remaining under national oversight. The goal is to ensure consistent EU-wide...