AML responsibility cannot only sit with the person updating files or handling onboarding checks. The people who control the practice need to understand how AML risk affects the work being accepted, approve an approach that fits the firm, and keep enough evidence to show that oversight is real. This article explains what senior management AML […]
Firm-wide risk assessment vs client risk assessment: Key differences
A firm-wide risk assessment and a client risk assessment are both part of anti-money laundering compliance, but they serve different purposes. The firm-wide risk assessment takes a practice-wide view, and it helps the firm understand where its money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing risks are likely to arise. The client risk assessment brings that […]
How to build a firm-wide risk assessment as a small accountancy firm
A firm-wide risk assessment (FWRA) should explain how an accountancy practice could be exposed to money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. Under Regulation 18 of the Money Laundering Regulations, firms must keep an up-to-date assessment of their financial crime exposure and ensure it informs their AML procedures. If the assessment is generic or disconnected […]




