AMLA, the EU's new Anti-Money Laundering Authority, is more than a coordinator. From 2028 it will directly supervise a selected group of the highest-risk cross-border financial institutions, and it sets the standards for the national supervisors that oversee everyone else. How AMLA selects firms, how it supervises, and how it will examine controls matters even for institutions that never make the direct-supervision list. These insights explain how AMLA will work in practice, citing only official sources such as AMLA and EUR-Lex.
From 2028 the EU has a central supervisor with real teeth. Who it supervises directly, how firms get selected, and why it matters even if you are not on the list.
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