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

On this page

• Enrolling with AUSTRAC
• How to complete the form
• Existing and additional accounts
• Registering remittance service providers and digital currency exchange (DCE) providers

Enrolling with AUSTRAC

You must enrol with AUSTRAC if you provide any designated services. You must enrol within 28 days of providing a designated service. However you must not provide remittance services or digital currency exchange services before AUSTRAC has confirmed your registration.

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

If you do not have all the information you need when you start filling out 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 key personnel.

How to complete the form

For help completing the form, you can: 

• access the ABPF explanatory guide (Word, 3.43 MB), which gives you step-by-step instructions on the information you need to fill out the AUSTRAC Business Profile form.
• view the Quick reference guide: How to enrol a business (PDF, 1.43MB).
• contact us if you have trouble using or completing the form, or if you get an error message when you try to submit it 

Once you submit the form, you will receive a confirmation message. You will also receive an email with a link to download 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 to ask for more information.

Existing and additional accounts

If your business has been providing a designated service for some time, you probably already have an AUSTRAC account. Try to log in to your AUSTRAC account. Your username 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 cannot log in or reset your password, contact us. We will ask you 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.

Registering 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 AUSTRAC has confirmed your registration. It is against the law to provide remittance or digital currency exchange services without being registered. Penalties may apply.

After you have enrolled, you will need to complete the registration form via AUSTRAC Online. 

For more information on how to register, view the Quick reference guide: How to register a business (PDF, 1007KB).

To register you will also need an official police document for each of the key personnel in your business. These documents must have been issued within six months of the date you apply to register.

Acceptable documents include a:

• 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.

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 if we think they pose a significant risk of money laundering, terrorism financing or other serious crime.

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. You must only register yourself if you also provide remittance services as an independent remittance service provider.

Your remittance network provider must provide an official police document for:

• each of the key personnel in their business
• your key personnel when they register for you as an affiliate.

These documents must have been issued within:

• six months of the date they apply to register for their own personnel
• twelve months of this date for your personnel.

Acceptable documents include a:

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