AUSTRAC warns of scams impersonating the agency, urging businesses to spot fake websites and messages, avoid payments and report suspicious contact.

The AML/CTF reforms reinforce an outcomes-focused regulatory model. We are evolving our approach to prioritise:

• effective management of money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing (ML/TF/PF) risks
• quality reporting.

To support this, we have developed our regulatory priorities for 2025–26. The regulatory priorities are the areas we will be focusing the majority of our regulatory effort over the next 12 months. 

This information will help you understand and implement reforms related to customer due diligence, which came into effect on 17 June 2021.

A guide for authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI) staff who complete and submit threshold transaction reports (TTRs)

These examples of dealing with suspicious customer behaviour are designed to help the online wagering industry better understand and meet anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) compliance obligations.

AUSTRAC has introduced a new AML/CTF Rule that will help to streamline the customer verification process for superannuation funds to make payments to their members made under the COVID-19 early release of superannuation initiative.

This guide clarifies how to treat a strata corporation (also known as body corporate or owners corporation) for the purpose of customer and beneficial ownership identification. It also provides the relevant provisions of the Rules to refer to if beneficial owners cannot be determined using the standard criteria.

The AUSTRAC Insights: Governance series provides reporting entities with key learnings from our regulatory activities that will help strengthen leadership and oversight of the AML/CTF compliance and risk management process.

What is an agent banking arrangement?

An agent banking arrangement consists of:

• an account provider offering deposit accounts to customers
• an agent bank accepting deposits, including cash deposits, on behalf of the account provider, but not maintaining the customers’ accounts.

Who is providing a designated service under these arrangements?

The account provider is providing the designated service by allowing a transaction to be conducted on the customer’s account.

How to recognise the financial behaviours associated with foreign terrorist fighters and suspects.

• Building a profile: Financial characteristics associated with known foreign terrorist fighters and suspects (PDF, 393KB)