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As part of its reporting framework release 4.3, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has published an updated version of the data model and taxonomy that will support the collection of data for AMLA's risk assessment of entities eligible for direct supervision.

AMLA Chair Bruna Szego presented the Authority’s 2025 Consolidated Annual Activity Report at a public hearing of the European Parliament’s ECON and LIBE Committees.

A shared methodology across the EU: AMLA is inviting views on draft rules that will determine how supervisors in every Member State assess money laundering and terrorism financing risks of businesses and professionals in the non-financial sector.

For the first time, supervisors across the EU will apply a harmonised, consistent approach to enforcing breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist-financing rules.

Cross-border information sharing between FIUs is set to become harmonised and more reliable. AMLA is inviting views on draft standards that will decide when a suspicious activity report concerns another EU country and should be shared with that country's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).

AMLA has finalised three sets of standards that will help financial intelligence move across the EU faster and more consistently. 

On 2 July 2026, AMLA held a public hearing on the guidelines on ongoing monitoring of a business relationship, an important milestone in developing the EU's new AML/CFT framework and the risk-based approach.

A common reporting format for a united fight against financial crime: AMLA is inviting views on draft standards that harmonise how companies and professionals report suspicions across the EU.

AMLA and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) are working together to bring greater clarity to a question of growing importance for industry and authorities alike: how to share information to fight financial crime while protecting personal data.