AUSTRAC will review the SMR report structure, improve the user interface of its reporting platform, provide more guidance and feedback to reporting entities, and improve reporting automation.
August 18, 2021New Zealand’s FMA is considering introducing a class exemption for insolvent FMC reporting entities from certain financial reporting obligations.
August 12, 2021The goal is to push criminals to the margins and into the hands of non-compliant operators, where law enforcement can be deployed more effectively.
August 3, 2021Reporting entities will have to conduct customer due diligence on nominee directors and nominee general partners of companies, among other changes.
July 14, 2021Sight unseen real estate purchases are an attractive method of money laundering and terrorism financing, the Department of Internal Affairs says.
July 13, 2021The new resources include a reference guide and checklist, and feature guidance on how to write succinct, accurate and clear grounds for suspicion.
May 3, 2021This report will help VASPs, FIs, DNFBPs, and other reporting entities detect and report suspicious transactions, and national authorities detect criminal activity.
September 15, 2020Under Alert Level 4, reporting entities have the discretion to not necessarily sight certain documents for ongoing CDD and account monitoring.
March 31, 2020The warnings relate to failures by the firms to comply with requirements to have their risk assessments and AML/CFT programmes audited every two years.
May 14, 2019New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority has released a report highlighting failures in reporting entities' AML/CFT programmes, risk assessments and customer due diligence.
April 2, 2019