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VARA Publishes AML/CFT Business Risk Assessment Guidance
VARA issued guidance setting expectations for how licensed VASPs should conduct and document their firm-wide AML/CFT business risk assessment, complementing the transaction/customer-level Rule III(D) guidance issued in November 2025.
What firms should do
Yes - align firm-wide AML/CFT business risk assessment methodology with new guidance
- Regulator
- Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
- Type
- Guidance
- Status
- Final/In Force
- Published
- 12 Jun 2026
- Topic
- Compliance & Risk
- Impact
- Medium
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