Advisory on the Declaration of 26 August 2025 as a Non-Reporting Day

Pursuant to Item V-A, Part 1 of the 2021 AMLC Registration and Reporting Guidelines (ARRG), 26 August 2025 is declared as non-reporting day and is excluded in the counting of the prescribed reporting period.

Should you have any queries, you may refer to the ARRG Hotlines posted on the AMLC Website.

Webinar on Implementation of Name Screening for Targeted Financial Sanctions (TFS) for Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs)

The AMLC Hosts the 2025 Financial Intelligence Consultative Group (FICG) Plenary

The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), as the country’s financial intelligence unit (FIU), has recently concluded its hosting of the 2025 Plenary of FIU-member countries of the Financial Intelligence Consultative Group (FICG) in Makati on 25-27 June 2025. 

The AMLC is a founding member and an active participant of the FICG.   The AMLC Executive Director, Atty. Matthew M. David, is the FICG Co-Chair, together with Deputy CEO Intelligence John Moss of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), the Australian FIU. 

The FICG is a collective regional body of FIUs from Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. It collaborates and shares risk assessments/studies, strategic analysis, and actionable intelligence to improve the effectiveness and capability of the FIUs to combat money laundering, terrorism financing, and other serious transnational crimes, to strengthen the security of the financial systems in the region. The FICG Secretariat is based in Australia. 

The 2025 Plenary included representatives from the FIUs of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, New Zealand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, and Vietnam. Representatives from the Fiji FIU and the Japanese FIU also attended as observers.  

“This year’s Plenary discussed and reviewed operational and strategic priorities, endorsed working group outcomes, and established priorities for the following year,” said Executive Director David. 

“These series of discussions and meetings culminated in the identification of strategic priorities for 2025-26. These include reducing the regional threat of cyber-enabled transnational crime, such as scams, human trafficking, child sexual abuse and exploitation, narcotics trafficking, illegal online gambling, enabled by cryptocurrencies and/or online payment platforms. In addition, the FICG is exploring new strategic partnerships to engage international cooperation, and continuing its collaboration with the 15-member Pacific Financial Intelligence Community (PFIC),” he added.    

All Covered Persons to Deal Only with Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions Registered with the AMLC

     AMLC Resolution No. 81 dated 09 May 2019 directed the issuance of an advisory to covered persons (CPs) dealing with clients who are classified under the sector of Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs) to demand presentation of their Certificate of Registration (COR) or Provisional COR (PCOR) with the AMLC as part of Customer Due Diligence (CDD) measures under Section 3.5(b)(1) of the 2018 Implementing Rules and Regulations of the AMLA, as amended. Failure of a DNFBP to supply its P/COR is a ground to conduct enhanced due diligence measure (EDD) and/or to re-evaluate the business relationship. On the part of the CP failing to comply with this directive, it may be cited for the applicable administrative sanctions under the Rules of Procedure in Administrative Cases (RPAC). 

     All CPs must deal only with registered DNFBPs with valid or subsisting P/COR or may risk being cited for a Serious Violation under Section 2(C)(25), Rule IV, of the RPAC.

     The updated list of Registered DNFBPs as of 31 July 2025 is posted at Registered DNFBP's page.

     For the names of newly registered DNFBPs not yet included in the list, CPs may contact for confirmation/validation the Registration Staff of the Compliance and Supervision Group, Detection and Prevention Department, at telephone numbers (632) 5302-3848, 5310-3244, 8708-7067.

Posted on 19 August 2025.