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AUSTRAC is the Australian Government agency in charge of preventing, identifying, and reacting to criminal manipulation of the financial system to protect the nation from serious and organised crime.
They aim to ensure that banks, and other designated services, conform to Australia's AML laws as well as standards imposed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
The intergovernmental organisation was founded to develop policies and set international standards for preventing organised crime, corruption, and combating money laundering and terrorism financing.
As a designated service provider, you need to ensure that you have an AML/CTF program in place. This program is divided into two parts:
Must include processes and procedures to assist you in identifying, mitigating, and managing money laundering and terrorism financing threats.
Focuses on the procedures for verifying the identities of customers and beneficial owners, including politically exposed persons (PEPs).
There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all AML/CTF program. Each reporting entity is unique and faces its own set of money laundering and terrorism funding risks. You must design a program that is unique to your needs. This gives you the freedom to choose how to fulfill your responsibilities and to implement stronger and/or additional controls where required.
All AML/CTF Programs must be based on a risk assessment. The risk assessment serves as the basis for your whole AML/CTF program. Your program must explicitly illustrate the relationships between identified risk and the procedures, policies and controls relating to that risk.
As a designated service, you must report certain transactions and suspicious matters to AUSTRAC. Notable ongoing reporting obligations include:
Due within 10 business days of a transfer instruction being sent or received, for an amount above the threshold.
Due within 10 business days of receipt or submission of the transfer instruction.
If is related to terrorism funding, you must submit a report within 24 hours of it being identified as suspicious, or within three business days for anything else.
Must be submitted on request. These reports provide AUSTRAC with details on how you are adhering to the AML/CTF Act, laws, and guidelines.
Our clients are provided with a secure and simple solution in regard to scanning for politically exposed or high-risk individuals, as well as checking names against sanction, regulatory, law enforcement, and other official lists.
Use our sophisticated scan filters and due diligence workflow to minimise the amount of time you spend sorting through, false matches. Scan results and reporting sections allow you to access customer details, whenever and wherever required, as well as download reports, to customise for further investigation or to provide evidence of your AML program compliance for auditing purposes.
* This page is intended as general information only and should not be relied on as the sole source of information for your AML obligations and AML program. Please visit your local regulatory authority sites for the latest relevant and full information.
