EBA and AMLA complete handover of AML/CTF mandates

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has announced it has completed the transfer of all anti‑money laundering and counter‑terrorist financing (AML/CTF) mandates to the new Authority for Anti‑Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) on 1 January. This transition, part of the EU's broader AML/CTF reform package, ends the EBA's stand‑alone AML/CFT mandate established in 2020 and places AMLA at the centre of a unified European supervisory framework. Key EBA tools and expertise, including the EuReCa database, supervisory insights and risk assessments, have been handed over, with all existing EBA AML/CTF guidelines and standards remaining in force until replaced by AMLA. Under the new regime, AMLA will complete the EU's Single Rulebook, advance supervisory convergence, coordinate the work of financial intelligence units and directly supervise 40 of the most complex financial institutions or groups in the EU. The EBA will continue to address money laundering risk through prudential regulation. The EBA has also published a fact sheet explaining the transition. A formal ESAs–AMLA Memorandum of Understanding was signed in June 2025, which underpins ongoing cooperation and information‑sharing between the authorities.

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