28th June 2023 The FIAU would like to notify subject persons that the Sanctions Monitoring Board (SMB) has issued a notice on amendments that have been made to the EU and/or UN Sanctions Regime with regards to Iran. More information on the same can be obtained by accessing this link. Subject persons are also reminded that […]
27th June 2023 The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) would like to bring to your attention that Europol has just published the European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) 2023. Europol has been entrusted with the task of supporting Member State authorities in countering terrorism and extremism, thereby ensuring public security in the EU. […]
27th June 2023 Following our recent news post, dated 16th June 2023, the FIAU would like to inform CBAR Reporting Entity users that the CBAR Portal (cbar.fiaumalta.org) is up and running once again. Reporting obligations emanating from CBAR Regulations 4(2) have been reinstated as of the publication of the current notice. The usual seven-day allowance permitted to Reporting Entities […]
23rd June 2023 The FIAU would like to bring to your attention the latest FATF ‘High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action‘ and ‘Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring‘ documents issued by the FATF on the 23 of June 2023. A copy of these documents has been uploaded on the FIAU’s website under ‘Country Statements’. The […]
23rd June 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. Consultation on Amendments to the Guidelines on ML/FT Risk Factors: The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a consultation paper containing amendments to its Guidelines on money laundering […]
22nd June 2023 The FIAU has just published the “Guidance Note on Mononymous Natural persons”. This document is addressed to all AML/CFT subject persons in Malta. The purpose of this Note is to provide guidance on the AML/CFT measures that subject persons are to take when they are required to identify and verify the identity […]
16th June 2023 The FIAU would like to inform CBAR Reporting Entity users that the CBAR Portal (cbar.fiaumalta.org) is experiencing an unexpected service disruption. Urgent and unforeseen maintenance is underway, and as a result, the application will be unavailable or with limited access until further notice. Our team is working diligently to resolve the issue and restore […]
16th June 2023 The FIAU would like to inform subject persons about the following: The Council of the European Union adopts new rules on markets in crypto assets (MiCA): On the 31st of May 2023, the Council of the European Union adopted a regulation on markets in crypto assets (MiCA) (Regulation (EU) 2023/1114). This […]
6th June 2023 The FIAU would like to inform users that on Friday 09th June 2023 between 07:00 and 12:00 (am) there will be a scheduled down time of the CBAR system. During this maintenance window, the CBAR Portal (cbar.fiaumalta.org) will be inaccessible. All operations around the platform will resume immediately after the maintenance window.