24th April 2023 The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) would like to inform subject persons that a 3 hour remote training session: “AML Supervisory Examinations: What to Expect”, will be held on Tuesday, 30th May. This session aims to provide subject persons with information on the supervisory examination process, why compliance examinations are conducted and […]
20th April 2023 The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) would like to notify subject persons that the European Banking Authority (EBA) has recently published the following documents: 1. EBA consultation paper on amendments to the Guidelines on the AML/CFT Risk-Based Supervision to include crypto-asset service providers. On 20July 2021, the EU issued an AML/CFT legislative […]
13th April 2023 The FIAU would like to inform reporting entities that on Friday 14th April 2023 after 18:00 there will be a scheduled downtime of the goAML system. During this maintenance window, the goAML Portal (goaml.fiaumalta.org/PROD/Home) will be inaccessible. All operations around the platform will resume immediately after the maintenance has been completed.
14th April 2023 The FIAU wishes to inform all subject persons and stakeholders that the Board of Governors of the FIAU has appointed Deputy Director Mr Alfred Zammit as the Acting Director of the Unit. He will be taking over from Mr Kenneth Farrugia who has been appointed as the CEO of the Malta Financial […]
11th April 2023 Subject persons (SPs) have a number of obligations under the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations (PMLFTR), including the obligation to carry out on-going monitoring. A main aspect of on-going monitoring is that of scrutinising unusual, anomalous and suspicious transactions detected through the systemic and continuous review of customers’ […]