Ireland: Money Laundering

Ireland has introduced significant amendments to its beneficial ownership registers in 2026, implementing the Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD6) framework. These reforms fundamentally restructure access rights to the Central Register of Beneficial Ownership of Trusts and Corporate Entities, moving away from unrestricted public access toward a tiered system that balances transparency with privacy rights while maintaining accessibility for legitimate anti-money laundering purposes.

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The Central Bank of Ireland has issued comprehensive guidance on prohibition notices under its fitness and probity regime, while simultaneously releasing its second payment and e-money newsletter addressing critical compliance matters. These publications coincide with the second edition of the Financial Crime Bulletin, which emphasizes escalating fraud risks and the evolving AML/CFT supervisory framework across Ireland's financial services sector.

The Central Bank of Ireland Governor addresses Europe's fragmented single market and its impact on capital formation, while new compliance assessments reveal governance weaknesses across MiFID firms. Meanwhile, AMLA advances its supervisory framework and the European Commission launches a comprehensive review of crypto-asset regulations.

Ireland's position as a FinTech hub makes it an attractive jurisdiction for payment institutions seeking authorisation.

The European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has released draft guidelines establishing a harmonised framework for Business-Wide Risk Assessments across EU Member States, expanding requirements...

On 24 July 2025 ESMA published a new webpage on the volume cap mechanism (VCM) under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) along with a press release.

On 2 July 2025, EIOPA launched a public consultation on its draft revised Guidelines on the Supervisory Review Process. The aim of the consultation is to update the Guidelines by clarifying existing instructions...

On 28 February 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published its second Regulatory & Supervisory Outlook (Report) in which it sets out its perspective on key trends and risks, as well as outlining...