FATF Updates Guidance on Financial Inclusion and AML Measures

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has updated its Guidance on Financial Inclusion and Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Measures.

The update supports countries and the private sector in bringing more individuals into formal finance through risk-based approaches to defeating illegal activities. The FATF also strengthened its Recommendation 1 earlier in 2025 to encourage countries to promote financial inclusion and to reinforce the expectation that Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), and Countering Proliferation Financing (CPF) controls have to be implemented through a proportionate and risk-based process.