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How AMLA plans to select the financial groups it will supervise

The EU’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority is developing a common way to measure money-laundering and terrorist-financing risk across financial institutions. Its draft technical standards also set out how institutions would be selected for direct European supervision.

CompletedThe LedgersSource date · Announced 18 December 2025; methodology tested with national supervisors through 2026
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The Frankfurt-based authority plans to take on around 40 high-risk institutions or groups from 2028. The methodology, announced in December 2025, is being tested with national supervisors during 2026.

Based on reporting from: AMLA; German Federal Ministry of Finance.

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  1. AMLAamla.europa.eu
  2. German Federal Ministry of Financebundesfinanzministerium.de

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This account draws on the publications listed below, compiled on 15 September 2026. Later developments have not been checked.

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