Category: Jurisdiction Briefing
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Between March and July 2026 the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) issued circulars on one narrow question: where a financial institution should go to check who the beneficial owner of a customer is. Each circular names a different official body and a different type…
Ask two questions of a customer file. Who actually did the due diligence? And can the firm produce it? Cabinet Resolution No. (134) of 2025, the Executive Regulations of Federal Decree by Law No. (10) of 2025, answers the first in Article (20), in a Division…
General Notice No. 358 of 2026 was published in the Government Gazette of Mauritius on 4 April 2026. It is headed "HIGH RISK COUNTRY", it comes from the Ministry of Financial Services and Economic Planning, and it names the Democratic People's Republic of…
On 26 February 2026 the DFSA issued a Notice of Amendments to Legislation. Its Board had made the AML Rule-Making Instrument (No. 435) 2026 and the Glossary Module Rule-Making Instrument (No. 436) 2026, both to come into force on 2 March 2026. The DFSA's…
When a business line proposes putting a process on a blockchain, the first compliance question at a firm regulated by the Qatar Central Bank is not about the technology. It is whether the QCB has approved the application. The QCB's Distributed Ledger…
On 1 July 2026 the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) issued circular No. (482004268), dated 16/1/1448H, updating its Account Opening Rules by adding bank account opening requirements for non-residents covered by the Law of Real Estate Ownership by Non-Saudis. The…
A penalties slide with one headline figure on it does not describe the UAE's AML law. Federal Decree by Law No. (10) of 2025 Regarding Anti-Money Laundering, and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation Financing puts administrative penalties in…
A national strategy is not a rulebook, and this one does not pretend to be. It is still the clearest published statement of where Mauritian supervisors, the FIU and law enforcement intend to put their effort over the next few years, and several of its actions…
ESAAMLG's third-round assessments calendar lists Mauritius's last evaluation as July 2018, a possible on-site visit in January/February 2028 and a possible plenary discussion in August/September 2028. Those are scheduled windows, not events that have…
As late as April 2026, one section of the FSRA's Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Rulebook covered every kind of transfer. In the FSRA's own words, AML 10.3 "has governed wire transfers and all other value transfer arrangements", transfers of virtual…
A working session with your compliance team, then a walkthrough against your own risk appetite: the lifecycle end to end, scoring weights set to your policy, and a review of the audit trail the system produces.
