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IMF embeds money-laundering, financial-crime and terrorist-financing risks more firmly within its surveillance, financial-stability assessments and lending work

July 16, 2026

The updated guidance directs IMF staff to examine financial-integrity weaknesses when they could materially affect macroeconomic stability, financial-sector resilience, external stability or the effectiveness of Fund-supported programmes. It replaces guidance issued in 2012 and reflects the IMF’s growing emphasis on the economic consequences of illicit finance, rather than treating AML/CFT solely as a technical compliance issue.

Wolfsberg Group publishes Guidance on Banking Services to Non-Bank PSPs, setting out a practical risk-based framework to help banks manage rising AML/CFT risks across the payments ecosystem

July 15, 2026

The guidance provides a practical risk-based framework for financial institutions providing banking services to non-bank payment service providers, including expectations around relationship types, business-model understanding, customer activity, payment transparency and financial crime controls. Wolfsberg highlights the challenges created by intermediation, cross-border bundled or bulk transactions, and…

NCA secures convictions against a group that diverted payments from a fraudulent pandemic PPE deal into luxury vehicles, property improvements and personal debts

July 15, 2026

The defendants falsely claimed they could supply protective equipment during the pandemic and were convicted of fraud and money-laundering offences following a five-week trial. Investigators traced the proceeds into personal expenditure and payments to associates, illustrating how opportunistic procurement fraud was converted into apparently legitimate private assets and consumption.

AMLA’s 2025 AnnualActivity Report marks the Authority’s transition from institutional set-up to operational delivery, advancing the EU Single Rulebook, harmonised supervision and FIU cooperation

July 15, 2026

The report highlights key achievements in 2025, including the development of the EU Single Rulebook, preparations for direct supervision of selected high-risk cross-border FIs from 2028, strengthened coordination with national supervisors, and initiatives to enhance cooperation between FIUs. It also outlines AMLA’s work to build EU-wide risk analysis capabilities, data-sharing frameworks and technology to support more consistent, risk-based AML/CFT supervision…

The Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences warns that near-certain impunity has made fraud a low-risk, high-reward crime, with only 1% of reported cases producing a criminal-justice outcome

July 14, 2026

The report says victims whose cases are investigated wait an average of 18 months for a charging decision, while a typical serious fraud case takes 442 days to progress from arrival at the Crown Court to completion. Its 47 recommendations respond to fragmented enforcement, weak corporate and online-platform accountability, shortages of specialist investigators, international offending and the growing use of AI, deepfakes and crypto-assets to perpetrate and launder fraud.

UK Govt publishes Fisher Review’s “Fraud in the Digital Age”, outlining 47 Rec. to strengthen fraud prevention, intelligence sharing, enforcement against digital and cross-border fraud

July 14, 2026

The report identifies weaknesses including fragmented responsibilities, complex digital evidence, limited specialist capability and lengthy investigations. It makes 47 recommendations calling for a shift from a reactive approach to a more proactive and preventative model, including stronger public-private partnerships, improved data sharing, greater corporate accountability, action on emerging technologies…

HMT launches consultation on Modernising UK Payments Regulation, proposing reforms to support Open Banking, tokenised payments and new technologies while enhancing regulatory oversight

July 14, 2026

The proposals consider how responsibilities between regulators and firms should be structured, how emerging payment services should be brought within an appropriate regulatory framework, and how rules can better support competition and innovation without increasing risks to consumers or the wider financial system…

FCA consults on reforms to streamline the UK asset management rulebook, aiming to save the industry £128M a year through simpler reporting and a more proportionate regulatory framework

July 14, 2026

The proposals would simplify Fund Reporting for Asset Management Entities (FRAME), modernise AIFMD-related rules, and introduce a more proportionate remuneration framework, reducing regulatory burdens while improving data quality and maintaining robust regulatory standards. The reforms are intended to create a more flexible, efficient, and risk-based regime for UK asset managers…

MAS sets out practical AML, terrorist-financing and proliferation-financing expectations for Singapore’s digital-payment-token providers

July 13, 2026

The supervisory information paper draws on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s observations of regulated firms and explains how digital-payment-token providers should apply effective financial-crime controls in practice. It gives firms a clearer benchmark for governance, customer-risk assessment, due diligence, monitoring and the implementation of their wider AML/CFT programmes.

AMLA consults on harmonised risk assessments in the non-financial sector, proposing EU’s first common methodology to assess ML/TF risks and strengthen consistent, risk-based supervision from 31 Dec 2028

July 13, 2026
AMLA’s draft standards ensure similar businesses are assessed consistently across Member States while allowing for proportionate approaches based on the size, complexity and risk profile of different entities. The framework is designed to help supervisors better allocate resources towards higher-risk areas, reduce unnecessary reporting burdens for smaller businesses and strengthen risk-based supervision…

Europol’s new EU TE-SAT 2026 report warns that online ecosystems and AI are reshaping terrorist threat, making it more fragmented and less predictable, while jihadist terrorism remains EU’s top concern

July 13, 2026

The report finds that jihadist terrorism remains the EU’s most significant terrorist threat, while ideological boundaries are becoming increasingly blurred and lone actors continue to pose a growing risk. It highlights how extremist groups are exploiting digital platforms, AI and encrypted technologies to spread propaganda, recruit followers and plan attacks…

HMT designates AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft and Oracle as ‘Critical Third Parties’, bringing them under joint regulatory oversight to strengthen financial sector resilience against cyber & technology risks

July 10, 2026

Effective 13 July 2026, the providers will be subject to joint oversight by the Bank of England, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), requiring them to meet minimum resilience standards, identify and manage systemic risks, and cooperate with regulators to reduce the impact of technology failures or cyber incidents on financial services….

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