The Belgium Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) published the first AMLCO newsletter of 2025, focusing on the third edition of its AMLCO Day held virtually on 11 December 2024 with the “AML Package” as the central topic. The newsletter summarises the main changes in the new regulatory texts and what they mean for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) obligations for covered entities. More than 2,300 people attended the webinar. The programme included contributions from the National Bank of Belgium on the functioning and competencies of the future European Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA), and from the Belgian Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (CTIF-CFI) on the impact of the new texts on financial intelligence processing units.
Belgium Financial Services and Markets Authority 2025-02-07
Belgium Financial Services and Markets Authority issues AMLCO newsletter summarising AML Package changes discussed at AMLCO Day
The Belgium Financial Services and Markets Authority published its first AMLCO newsletter of 2025, highlighting the third edition of AMLCO Day focused on the "AML Package." The newsletter outlines changes in regulatory texts affecting anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing obligations, with insights from the National Bank of Belgium and the Belgian Financial Intelligence Processing Unit on the future European Authority for AML/CFT.