The panel brought together supervisors, financial institutions, payment service providers and consultancies to discuss how Europe’s new AML/CFT framework can deliver results in practice. The discussion focused on implementation: how AMLA, national authorities, Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) and the private sector can strengthen cooperation, promote supervisory convergence and make the risk-based approach work across the EU. Panellists also explored how the framework can adapt to new developments such as crypto-assets, artificial intelligence and increasingly cross-border financial activity.
Ahead of the Forum, Rowland set out AMLA’s approach in the Eurofi Views Magazine. She explained how AMLA is working to turn the Single Rulebook into consistent supervisory practice across the Union, guided by four principles: risk-based, outcome-focused and proportionate supervision; strong governance and a common AML/CFT culture; consistent, data-driven and technology-enabled supervisory approaches; and effective cooperation across the AML/CFT supervisory system.
Looking ahead, Rowland highlighted that AMLA’s supervisory approach is designed to evolve alongside new technologies and emerging trends. She emphasised AMLA’s role in bringing together national authorities, FIUs, EU-level supervisors and the private sector around a shared goal: a European AML/CFT system that becomes ever more consistent and effective over time.
