Enrol or register with AUSTRAC

If you’re not sure if you need to enrol or register, you can answer some questions to check if you need to enrol.

Enrol and register – remittance service providers and digital currency exchange (DCE) providers

You must enrol and register with AUSTRAC if you are a:

• remittance service provider
• digital currency (cryptocurrency) exchange (DCE) provider.

You must not provide remittance services or digital currency exchange services before your registration with AUSTRAC has been confirmed. Providing remittance or digital currency exchange services without being registered is against the law and penalties may apply.

We can take up to 90 days to assess your application, and may seek additional information as part of this process.

We can refuse, suspend or cancel the registration of any provider we think poses an unacceptable risk of money laundering, terrorism financing or other serious crime.

Enrol – providers of designated services

You must enrol with AUSTRAC if you provide any designated services. You must enrol within 28 days of providing a designated service.

Online account – motor vehicle dealers and solicitors 

You must create an online account with AUSTRAC if you are:

• a motor vehicle dealer who acts as an insurer or insurance intermediary
• a solicitor.

You will need an online account before making a significant cash transaction or suspect transaction report.

How to complete the form

The ABPF explanatory guide (Word, 2.1MB) gives you step-by-step instructions on the information you need to fill in the AUSTRAC Business Profile form.

Motor vehicle dealers and solicitors should follow the instructions in the ABPF guide for motor vehicle dealers and solicitors (Word, 464KB).

Contact us if you have trouble using or completing the form, or get an error message when you try to submit it. 

Information you need to enrol

You will need to give us information about your business and its key personnel. You must keep records of all the information you provide.

If you don’t have all the information you need when you start filling in the form, you can save it and return to complete it for up to two weeks.

You will need information about:

• the services your business provides
• the structure of your business
• contact details for your business
• the names and contact details of key personnel in your business, such as directors and officeholders
• financial statements for the most recent financial year
• registration numbers such as ABNs or ACNs if you have them
• registration details if your business is registered in a foreign country
• any criminal, civil or enforcement action relating to your business and its key personnel.

Additional information required for registration

Remittance service providers, and digital exchange providers will also need an official police document for each of the key personnel in their business. These documents must have been issued within the six months prior to the date of applying for registration.

The same applies to remittance network providers for their own key personnel. For remittance network providers applying for an affiliate, the documents must have been issued within the 12 months prior to the date of applying for registration.

Acceptable documents are:

• National Police Certificate
• Foreign equivalent of a National Police Certificate
• National Police History Check.

You should also tell us when you plan to start providing remittance or digital currency exchange services.

Existing and additional accounts

If your business has been providing a designated service for some time, you probably already have an AUSTRAC account. Try and log in to your AUSTRAC account. Your user name is usually your email address. You can reset your password through the log in screen.

If you think your business has an account but you can’t log in or reset your password, contact us. You will be asked to provide some information about your identity and your organisation.

Adding a new business

If you have a new business with a different ABN to your existing business, you need to add a new business to your account.

Affiliates of remittance network providers

If you are an affiliate of a remittance network provider, contact your registered network provider. It is their responsibility to register your business. If you also provide remittance services as an independent remittance service provider you must also register yourself.

What happens after you complete the form

Once you submit the form, you will receive a confirmation message. You’ll have the option to download or email a copy of the completed form.

We will send you a confirmation email to advise you when you are enrolled, registered, or have an online account. We may contact you and ask for more information.

Previous version of the AUSTRAC Business Profile Form

The previous version of the ABPF can be downloaded below as an editable PDF. This version will soon be removed so we encourage you to use the new version where possible. Contact us if you are having trouble.

AUSTRAC Business Profile Form (ABPF) (PDF, 290KB)

You may need to go to your 'downloads' folder on your computer to open the form.

You will need Adobe Reader 8.1 or higher to use the form. You can get the latest version of Adobe Reader for free.