AML/CFT developments
Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing rules for lenders across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and India, and how they are changing.
What this covers
- Customer due diligence, including checks on customers met remotely
- Screening rules: politically exposed persons (PEPs) and their family members and close associates, and sanctions, including UN and national lists
- Suspicious transaction reporting and record keeping
- FATF and APG evaluations, and the FATF lists
- Enforcement published by authorities (institutions are not named)
What it does not
- Names or lists of persons or entities (PEPs, sanctioned parties and others)
- Authorities’ lists of illegal lenders: see the lender check
FATF standing by market
FATF lists as of 19 June 2026 · Jurisdictions under increased monitoring · Call for action
Latest AML/CFT articles
- Malaysia · 24 October 2026BNM plans 2027 national risk assessment as recent penalties target screening and due-diligence gaps
- Hong Kong · 22 October 2026HKMA replaces its remote on-boarding circulars and updates PEP guidance for banks and SVF licensees
- Thailand · 13 October 2026Thailand puts source-of-funds checks on foreign-currency inflows of USD 200,000 or more into exchange rules
- Vietnam · 13 October 2026Vietnam's Decree 320 sets a June 2027 deadline to link existing online banking accounts to VNeID digital IDs