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AFM folds AMLA eligibility data collection into existing supervisory questionnaires, removing the need for a separate AMLA-template submission for most Dutch-supervised firms.
AFM's 2025 SREP market review finds Dutch financial firms have adequate policies on paper but chronic gaps in execution, ICT risk management, and accountability structures, with direct implications for firms using crypto accounting software in regulated environments.
AFM finds the Dutch AI Act implementation law workable in principle but flags gaps in supervisory task allocation, capacity, and data-sharing that financial firms must track now
AFM is accepting early CCDII licence applications now, ahead of the 20 November 2026 implementation date, with buy-now-pay-later providers among the newly captured firms.
Chainalysis extends AML monitoring and transaction screening to Robinhood Chain, adding automatic token support and KYT alerts for compliance teams
AMF deregisters AUTOMATA France SAS as a PSAN from 30 June 2026, citing unauthorised crowdfunding activity and fitness failures, with ordered wind-down obligations now in effect
ESMA signals that prediction market event contracts are already caught by existing EU retail prohibitions, creating urgent product classification and compliance obligations for CASPs and their auditors.
How ground-truth labeling and ML-driven scaling shape the AML screening infrastructure that compliance teams and auditors rely on
The accountability-control gap in AI-driven compliance: why CCOs and MLROs face governance exposure before regulators catch up
Smart Valor AG receives MiCAR CASP licence from FMA Liechtenstein effective 1 July 2026, signalling continued post-transitional authorisation momentum in the EEA
Senator Gillibrand's proposed ethics restriction barring elected officials from issuing digital assets signals tightening governance standards that accounting firms and CFOs must track for compliance and client advisory work.
FMA Liechtenstein grants a new CASP registration two days after the MiCA transitional period closed, signalling active post-transition enforcement and compliance benchmarks for accounting firms and auditors serving digital asset clients in the EEA.
A key law enforcement bloc has dropped its opposition to the CLARITY Act, narrowing one political obstacle to US crypto market structure legislation with direct implications for DeFi liability and AML compliance frameworks.
Digital asset risk under BSA/AML regimes does not require a new framework, but it does require rethinking the underlying data environment and compliance tooling
Four major financial centres are building robust crypto licensing regimes to attract regulated digital asset activity, with direct implications for accounting firms and compliance teams advising crypto-active clients.
Dubai's VARA has published one of the most detailed crypto regulatory frameworks globally, with direct implications for VASP licensing, AML/CFT obligations, and asset segregation, plus a firm prohibition on privacy coins that accounting firms and compliance teams must absorb immediately.
Thailand SEC's 2026-2028 capital market strategy formalises digital assets as a legitimate asset class, opening crypto ETFs, derivatives, tokenized securities, and tightening AML/CFT enforcement simultaneously.
Three simultaneous regulatory moves, NYDFS-EBA stablecoin MOU, Hong Kong VATP and advisory licensing, and CFTC perpetual futures approvals, are reshaping the cross-border compliance obligations of stablecoin issuers, VASPs, and digital asset firms in 2026.
ASIC's DDO stop orders against Stratfund expose how TMD deficiencies in private credit funds create acute regulatory and compliance risk for accounting firms and CFOs advising on alternative investment structures
ASIC Report 833 exposes systemic trustee oversight failures across $305 billion in superannuation platforms, with enforcement already underway and more to come
ASIC's June 2026 industry letter makes cyber resilience a live licensing obligation for all Australian financial services firms, with AI-accelerated threats and the FIIG Securities court outcome raising the compliance bar immediately.
The MiCA VASP transition period closed on 1 July 2026: EU authorization is now a hard legal requirement, and non-compliant providers face immediate operational restrictions with direct consequences for their clients.
MFSA opens consultation on transposing EU AML Directive 2025/1 into Maltese law, with direct implications for CASPs, accountants, and compliance teams operating in or passporting into Malta
SECO updates SESAM sanctions database for ISIL and Al-Qaida designations on 22 May 2026, creating immediate screening obligations for Swiss financial intermediaries and crypto firms.
FINMA's AMLO-FINMA consultation introduces stricter beneficial ownership, embargo, and correspondent banking rules that Swiss financial intermediaries and their advisers must map against current compliance programmes before the 9 June 2026 deadline.
MiCA's transition window has closed but uneven NCА enforcement capacity across EU member states creates immediate compliance and audit risk for CASPs and their advisers
ECOFIN agrees general approach on VAT data-sharing reform: what the expanded EPPO/OLAF/Eurofisc access means for cross-border compliance obligations
ESMA's first post-deadline MiCA register update adds 37 CASPs including Standard Chartered, reshaping EU crypto licensing obligations for accounting firms and CFOs.
OFAC adds 134 ISIS-K and PCC-linked crypto wallets to SDN list on 1 July 2026, triggering immediate screening and transaction monitoring obligations for VASPs and financial institutions globally.
Approval phishing is a scalable, infrastructure-reusing scam that compliance teams can systematically detect and disrupt using on-chain intelligence and coordinated law enforcement protocols.
Five on-chain financial crime typologies compliance teams at banks, fintechs, and custodians must embed in their AML/CFT frameworks now
Event-driven continuous wallet rescreening closes the post-onboarding AML gap that manual periodic checks cannot cover at scale
A practical framework for embedding blockchain analytics into institutional AML workflows across all three lines of defense
AML and compliance obligations triggered by the Huione Guarantee marketplace processing over $11 billion in USDT, with implications for transaction screening, SAR filing, and sanctions exposure at regulated firms globally
How mixers and privacy wallets undermine crypto compliance screening, and what accounting firms and auditors must do to manage the exposure
Cross-chain bridges enable large-scale crypto laundering beyond current AML controls, creating urgent compliance exposure for firms handling digital assets
Regulated crypto firms do not need a novel governance model: the three-lines-of-defense framework from traditional finance already meets what regulators expect globally, and firms that ignore it face personal liability.
A five-stage blockchain risk maturity framework helps financial institutions benchmark AML/CFT readiness and build toward strategic digital asset capability
State-federal jurisdictional clash over prediction market sports betting creates licensing and compliance risk for firms servicing event-contract platforms
RBI revives banking isolation strategy for crypto, signalling renewed containment risk for firms with Indian banking exposure or cross-border settlement arrangements
State vs federal jurisdiction clash over prediction markets licensing creates compliance uncertainty for firms offering or auditing event-contract platforms
Germany leads EU MiCA CASP authorization with 57 approvals as the July 1 deadline arrives, while five member states have zero licenses and Italy dominates the non-compliant register
OFAC adds 130+ ISIS-linked Tron wallets to the SDN list, raising immediate screening and due-diligence obligations for crypto businesses and their advisers.
Taiwan's new omnibus Virtual Asset Service Provider law introduces mandatory licensing and a dedicated stablecoin framework, creating immediate compliance obligations for firms operating in or serving clients in Taiwan.
Coinmetro's reorganization filing, attributed to a legacy third-party provider failure, surfaces concrete third-party dependency and operational resilience risks that EU crypto firms and their auditors must assess now.
The IRS merges the Office of Professional Responsibility and the Return Preparer Office into the new Tax Professional Management Office, effective June 28, over AICPA objections about conflicts of interest and credential confusion.
Dubai's VARA hits 50 licensed VASPs, but the operational gap and cross-jurisdictional comparison carry the real compliance and onboarding implications for accounting firms and CFOs serving the UAE market.
State-level crypto ATM bans accelerate across the US and Canada signals a federal crackdown, raising VASP licensing, AML, and operator liability questions for accounting and compliance teams
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan has enacted the country's first comprehensive crypto and stablecoin licensing law, creating mandatory VASP authorisation, stablecoin reserve requirements, and serious criminal penalties for unlicensed operation.
MiCA's 18-month transitional period closed on 1 July 2026 with a final wave of CASP authorizations across Italy, France, Spain, and Malta, leaving any unlicensed operator legally required to wind down EU activities immediately.
