Both Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) are key components of AML/CFT regulations that are designed to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes. These processes are used by reporting entities to assess and verify the identity of their customers.
As of June 2025, new Anti-Money Laundering regulations will require all Reporting Entities to adopt a Customer Risk-Rating process, marking a shift towards a more risk-based approach to financial crime prevention.
Each reporting entity under the AML legislation must lodge their annual AML/CFT report with their Supervisor any time between the 1st of July to the 31st of August. Remember, there are no extensions to this deadline.
As part of onboarding your clients you need to prove their identity. While electronic verification is popular these days, many individuals are still using certified documents. Learn what requirements need to be fulfilled to accept certified documents as proof of identity.
“Money laundering” – it calls to mind laundromats and giant bags of cash, or maybe the Netflix series Ozark. For most people it’s a vague concept that’s ‘bad’, with no understanding of what it is and how it actually happens. But it’s a big problem: in New Zealand alone, around $1 billion is laundered every year, while globally the figure is estimated to be $4 trillion.
The AMLHUB outsourcing team manages the outsourcing for many New Zealand reporting entities. We have good oversight over the things that go right, and the ways it can go wrong.
Keep reading to learn about the six most common mistakes made in customer due diligence (CDD), and how you can avoid them. Plus, download your copy of the ID Document Guide.
This blog was updated 12 February, 2024.
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The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) reviewed 60 reporting entities’ compliance with independent audit requirements and concluded that there is room for improvement for everyone.
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