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MLR 2017 amendments: Key threshold changes and tighter CDD/EDD

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Thomas Hubbard | Burges Salmon, Nathan Gevao | Burges Salmon

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2026 focus is on updated requirements (including CDD) with 2027 set as the deadline for comprehensive crypto authorization and structural regulation.

The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 make a targeted set of amendments to the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (the MLR 2017).

Rather than a wholesale reform, the amendments adjust thresholds, refine where enhanced due diligence is required, close specific scope

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