AML glossary of terms | Anti-Money Laundering (AML) definitions
A complete guide to essential AML compliance definitions.
Understanding AML terminology shouldn’t feel like wading through a sea of jargon. Whether you’re reviewing policies, training new staff, or responding to regulatory updates, clear definitions make life easier.Â
This glossary breaks down key AML terms in a way that’s practical, relevant, and easy to apply.Â
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A.
- Account Freezing Order (AFO)
- Account Monitoring Order (AMO)
- Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)
- Adverse media
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML) software
- Asset finance
- Asset freezing
- ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists)
- Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud
C.
- Cash-intensive business
- Customer Due Diligence (CDD)
- Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT)/Counter-terrorist financing (CTF)
- Client screening
- Companies House
- Compliance audit
- Compliance risk
- Confiscation order
- Counterfeit goods
- Counter-Terrorism Act
- Cross-border compliance
- Cross-border transactions
- Cryptocurrencies
- Cyber fraud
- Cyber crime
L.
S.
- Sanctions
- Sanctions regulations
- Sanctions screening
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR)
- Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
- Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
- Shell company
- Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
- Source of funds
- Source of wealth
- Structuring
- Suspicious Actvity Report (SAR)
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