Summary The Omnibus Amendment Bill is before Parliament and is likely to become law in late 2027 or early 2028. Customer due diligence (CDD) becomes more risk-based, with wider use of simplified CDD and no automatic Enhanced customer due diligence…
Summary The AML/CFT Act requires an independent audit of your risk assessment and compliance programme at least every three years, or when the supervisor requests it Your auditor must be suitably qualified and independent of whoever wrote or last updated…
1 June 2025 marked a substantial change around customer risk-rating. If your business has AML/CFT obligations, you’ll need to risk-rate every new customer at the time of onboarding and ensure the rating is kept up to date. These changes are…
An updated Terrorism Financing Risk Summary has been released by the DIA. The guidance is intended to assist reporting entities in understanding terrorism financing and how their business could be used for that purpose. Terrorism financing is slightly different to…
In this update we announce that New Zealand’s leading AML conference, the AML Summit, is now open for registrations. Details are below. AML Solutions has also released two new online training courses tailored specifically for Lawyers and Accountants captured under Phase…
In this update we announce that New Zealand’s leading AML conference, the AML Summit, is now open for registrations. Details are below. AML Solutions has also released two new online training courses tailored specifically for Lawyers and Accountants captured under…
