AML & CTF regulatory handbook

Malta

Retail banking / Individual customer / Onboarding

Candidate mappings: 10
Source records: 22
As-of date: 2026-10-12

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Malta research preview is under assurance HOLD

All Malta mappings remain review questions. Exact current provisions, institution-specific scope and operational routes have not received independent review. Do not rely on this package as a statement of Maltese law.

Known limitations and claims not established (10)

Known limitations

The Prevention of Money Laundering Act consolidation located on the official portal is dated 9 February 2024; later amendment completeness has not been established.
The official PMLFTR consolidation dated 1 April 2026 was checked for regulation 13; the complete later amendment chain and any change after that consolidation still require revalidation.
FIAU Part II material is sector-specific and versioned; applicability to each bank, payment, e-money or crypto activity is not resolved here.
Company and trust beneficial-ownership changes published in 2026 have unresolved commencement, transition, consolidation and operational implementation questions.
Selected official legislation, FIAU, and authority artifacts are retained and fingerprinted for internal evidence review. Four official endpoints remain without retained originals after HTTP 403 responses; other sources and currentness questions remain open. No republication or broader reuse permission is inferred.

Claims not established

A complete or current Malta AML/CFT rulebook for any particular firm or licence.
A mandatory universal customer document list, identity method, risk score or enhanced due-diligence trigger set.
A confirmed Malta crypto-asset service-provider AML perimeter or complete CASP licensing conclusion.
A tested goAML suspicious-report submission workflow, sanctions freeze/report workflow or universal account-closure rule.
Completed AMLD6 transposition, current national-risk-assessment exclusivity or independent legal sign-off.

Release recommendation: Keep every mapping labelled as candidate research and withhold verified-law conclusions until the legal source chain, source rights, provision mappings, activity perimeter and independent review gates are complete.

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Public Malta AML/CFT research preview, checked against official source locators on 28 September 2026. It identifies candidate instruments and mappings for retail banking, payments/e-money and crypto, but does not state verified current legal requirements. Currentness, exact provisions, entity perimeter and applicability remain under review. Selected official legislation, FIAU, and authority artifacts are retained flat and fingerprinted for internal evidence review; four official endpoints remain without retained originals after HTTP 403 responses. No republication or broader reuse permission is inferred. This is not comprehensive legal coverage or compliance approval.

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Review mapped requirementsDetermine the legal entity, authorisation, service, customer, channel and territorial facts that decide which Malta AML/CFT framework applies.Candidate mapping · 2 sources · independent review pending Collect customer informationEstablish when customer due diligence is required and which information is mandatory for the selected customer and activity.Candidate mapping · 2 sources · independent review pending Verify identityDetermine which independent and reliable verification methods are permitted or required for each customer and onboarding channel.Candidate mapping · 2 sources · independent review pending Assess risk and EDDReview the current legal and supervisory sources for entity-level risk assessment, controls, ownership and review responsibilities.Candidate mapping · 2 sources · independent review pending Monitor and reportSeparate the legal suspicion threshold, internal escalation, external report, confidentiality and response-to-information obligations.Candidate mapping · 2 sources · independent review pending

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Legislation and requirement mapping

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Requirement	Source type	Authority	Supporting provision
Review pending Determine the legal entity, authorisation, service, customer, channel and territorial facts that decide which Malta AML/CFT framework applies.	legislation	Government of Malta, Legislation Malta	Candidate source locators: Cap. 373 arts. 2, 3, 9, 13-13C, 30D, 52-57; PMLFTR regs. 2-5 and 17. Exact operative provisions and currentness require revalidation.
Review pending Review the current legal and supervisory sources for entity-level risk assessment, controls, ownership and review responsibilities.	guidance	Government of Malta, Legislation Malta, Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit	Candidate locators: PMLFTR regs. 3-5; FIAU Implementing Procedures Part I ch. 2. Exact clauses and activity scope remain unverified.
Review pending Establish when customer due diligence is required and which information is mandatory for the selected customer and activity.	legislation	Government of Malta, Legislation Malta, Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit	Candidate locators: PMLFTR regs. 7(1), 7(5)-(8); FIAU Implementing Procedures Part I §§4.3.1-4.3.3. Exact customer-type and activity mapping remains under review.
Review pending Determine which independent and reliable verification methods are permitted or required for each customer and onboarding channel.	legislation	Government of Malta, Legislation Malta, Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit	Candidate locators: PMLFTR reg. 7(1)(a); FIAU Implementing Procedures Part I §§4.3.1-4.3.3. Exact accepted evidence, channel conditions and activity mapping remain under review.
Review pending Identify the current Malta provisions, definitions, approval steps and enhanced measures for PEP-related relationships.	legislation	Government of Malta, Legislation Malta, Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit	Candidate locators: PMLFTR regs. 11(3)-(10) and FIAU Implementing Procedures Part I §4.9.2.2. Exact PEP scope and measures remain to be checked.

Selected scenario

Malta

Business line: Retail banking
Customer type: Individual customer
Stage: Onboarding

Country authorities and guidance bodies

Responsibilities depend on the activity and institution.

Malta's AML/CFT authority and FIU. Exact supervisory allocation and reporting routes must be confirmed for the entity and activity.
Financial-services regulator; its official pages describe AML/CFT supervision with the FIAU for financial-services licence holders. The exact licence and activity perimeter remains to be mapped.
Official legislation portal. The package uses it as an instrument locator, not as proof that every candidate text is the latest consolidated version.

All 8 bodies and roles

Official sanctions authority and publisher of Article 32 sanctions-compliance guidance. Duties and routes require provision- and activity-level review.
Official publisher of national AML/CFT and targeted-financial-sanctions risk-assessment material; risk assessments are context, not customer-level rules.
Company registry and source for company beneficial-ownership filing and access procedures; current post-amendment workflow is not verified.
Sector authority for gaming. Included only as a perimeter locator; gaming is outside the three initial customer scenarios.
Publisher of directly applicable EU regulations and directives whose Malta-specific applicability or transposition is separately reviewed.

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Mapped rows have source and provision references; country-wide traceability remains incomplete and under review.

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22 sources

Government of Malta, Legislation Malta
Government of Malta, Legislation Malta
Government of Malta, Legislation Malta

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41 evidence gapsThe live official Cap. 373 consolidation located is dated 9 February 2024 and lists amendments only through Act VI of 2024. Reconcile the full ELI amendment graph and Gazette through 28 September 2026 before asserting current law.

Reading status

Currently checked requirements: 0
Candidate mappings under review: 10
As of: 2026-10-12

Counts are not an assurance assessment or a coverage percentage.

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In summary

What do you need to do?

Legislation and requirement mapping

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Supporting provision

Prevention of Money Laundering Act, Cap. 373

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Recent document checks

Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations, S.L. 373.01

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Recent document checks

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Research explanation under review

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Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations, S.L. 373.01

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Recent document checks

FIAU Implementing Procedures Part I

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Recent document checks

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Unverified research interpretation

Research explanation under review

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Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations, S.L. 373.01

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Recent document checks

FIAU Implementing Procedures Part I

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Recent document checks

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Exceptions

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Unverified research interpretation

Research explanation under review

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Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations, S.L. 373.01

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Recent document checks

FIAU Implementing Procedures Part I

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Recent document checks

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Unverified research interpretation

Research explanation under review

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Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations, S.L. 373.01

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Recent document checks

FIAU Implementing Procedures Part I

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Recent document checks

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Unverified research interpretation

Research explanation under review

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National Interest (Enabling Powers) Act, Cap. 653

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Recent document checks

FIAU Implementing Procedures Part I

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Recent document checks

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