Beyond the blanket: The 2026 MLR changes explained
- 10:30-11:15am
The Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs) are changing, and on paper it looks like less work. Mandatory enhanced due diligence (EDD) is being narrowed, and the long high-risk country list shrinks to a handful. But less prescription means more rests on your judgement: deciding what counts as "unusually complex" for your clients, and being able to defend the call. We’ll be joined by Ray Blake of The Dark Money Files as he cuts through what's actually changing, what it means in practice and where compliance teams will feel it first.
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Topics we'll explore include
The narrowing of mandatory enhanced due diligence (EDD), and the discretion the new rules hand you
Where firms get caught out, from corporate entities to complex ownership and the data behind them
How the FCA and legal-sector expectations are converging on one standard
Closing the judgement gap, with faster risk calls, the evidence to back them and oversight across your firm
The panel
Ray Blake
Presenter of The Dark Money Files, FinCrime subject expert
Harriet Holmes
Senior AML Enablement & Product Assurance Manager, Thirdfort