Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism

At the EBA our role is to lead, coordinate and monitor the fight against money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) across the European Union.

Since financial crime respects no borders, a weakness in one area opens up the entire EU single  market to abuse. A common approach is therefore key to effectively fight ML/TF in the EU. At the EBA we have led this work by issuing EU-wide AML/CFT policies and standards, building supervisory capacity, monitoring risks to the integrity of the single market and coordinating supervisory actions at Union level to ensure that financial institutions apply effective and robust AML/CFT controls wherever they operate in the EU.

We are now working to support the smooth transition to the new EU legal and institutional AML/CFT framework. We will hand over our standalone AML/CFT powers to AMLA on 31 December 2025.

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