April ICAS Newsletter - Issue 17/2022

In the statement, the EBA sets out how its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing ("AML/CFT") guidelines apply in the current context, and how financial institutions can adapt their AML/CFT measures to provide a pragmatic and proportionate response to the compliance challenges they face. It also clarifies what financial institutions and supervisors can do to protect vulnerable persons from abuse by criminals and calls on financial institutions to ensure that compliance with the EU’s restrictive measures regime does not lead to unwarranted de-risking.