Malta Financial Services Oversight Newsletter – 20/03/2020
20th March 2020 Malta Financial Services Oversight Newsletter
Notice to Subject Persons regarding the measures taken by the FIAU in response to the COVID‐19 outbreak (including REQ‐related measures)
16th March 2020 The FIAU has taken a number of measures in response to the COVID‐19 outbreak to protect the well‐ being of its officers and visitors, including Subject Persons, and also to contribute to national efforts to slow its spreading. Despite these measures, some of which are outlined below and affect persons subject to […]
Publication of the Risk Evaluation Questionnaires 2020
Notice Advocates Legal Persons REQ 2020 Advocates Sole Practitioners REQ 2020 Auditors and Accountants Legal Persons REQ 2020 Auditors and Accountants Sole Practioners REQ 2020 Collective Investment Schemes REQ 2020 Corporate Service Providers Legal Entities REQ 2020 Corporate Service Providers Sole Practitioners REQ 2020 Credit Institutions REQ 2020 Financial Institutions REQ 2020 Insurance Intermediaries REQ […]
Guidance on the Risk Evaluation Questionnaires 2020
Advocates Legal Persons REQ 2020 Guidance Advocates Sole Practitioners REQ 2020 Guidance Audit & Accountants Legal Persons REQ 2020 Guidance Audit & Accountants Sole Practitioners REQ 2020 Guidance Collective Investment Schemes REQ 2020 Guidance Corporate Service Providers Legal Persons REQ 2020 Guidance Corporate Service Providers Sole Practitioners REQ 2020 Guidance Credit Institutions REQ 2020 Guidance […]
FATF Jurisdictions: Important Notice with respect to Iran
25th February 2020 The FIAU would like to bring to your attention the latest FATF ‘High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action’ (previously known as ‘Public Statement’) and ‘Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring’ (previously known as ‘Improving global AML/CFT compliance: ongoing process’) documents issued by the FATF on the 21 February 2020. A copy of […]
Amendments to the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations (S.L. 373.01)
25th Febraury 2020 Background The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (“FIAU”) wishes to inform interested parties that a series of amendments to the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations (“PMLFTR”) S.L. 373.01, were published in Government Gazette No. 20,350 on the 20th February 2020 by means of Legal Notice 26 of 2020 – […]
Publication of Presentations: 2020 REQ Training Seminars
21th February 2020 All Sessions – Compliance and Supervision Platform for Assessing Risk (CASPAR) All Sessions – FIAU Risk Assessment Scoring Methodology Session 1 – 2019 – Accountants, Tax Advisors & Advocates Session 1 – 2020 – Accountants, Tax Advisors & Advocates Session 2 – 2019 – TCSPs & VFA Agents Session 2 – 2020 […]
Guidance Paper for the Property Sector: Risk Factors, Mitigating Measures, Red Flags and Case Studies
18th February 2020 Guidance Paper for the Property Sector: Risk Factors, Mitigating Measures, Red Flags and Case Studies Guidance Note
The FIAU has published the new Technical STR Reporting Instructions (XML Schema)
13th February 2020 The FIAU has published the new Technical STR Reporting Instructions (XML Schema) to come in effect on 22nd June 2020. The package includes the PDF document with the technical instructions, official XSD, sample XML files and a XML Validator. View Publication