Hong Kong KYC and AML
Hong Kong's AMLO sets customer due diligence, and each regulator applies it through its own guideline; three recognise iAM Smart.
Regulators and trading partners ask firms to verify clients, vendors and suppliers against a reliable source. Each page summarises a rule, links to the official text and shows the evidence Fill Easy returns.
Customer due diligence: who the client is, who owns it, and the evidence behind both.
Hong Kong's AMLO sets customer due diligence, and each regulator applies it through its own guideline; three recognise iAM Smart.
Each MAS sector Notice (all revised 30 June 2025) asks for the same five identity items and accepts Myinfo as a reliable and independent source.
A new federal AML law and Executive Regulations took effect in late 2025, applied by the Central Bank, Capital Market Authority, DFSA (DIFC) and FSRA (ADGM).
Mainland institutions verify customers against official government sources, under a revised AML Law and new due diligence measures in force since 1 January 2026.
From 10 July 2027 the AML Regulation sets one EU rulebook, detailed by AMLA's technical standards and the EBA's remote onboarding guidelines.
Moving personal information lawfully, and knowing the vendors your operations depend on.
Personal information can leave Mainland China only by a route the PIPL allows, such as the Greater Bay Area Standard Contract for Hong Kong.
Since 17 January 2025, DORA has asked EU financial entities to assess ICT providers before contracting and to register every arrangement.
NIS2 requires essential and important entities to secure their supply chain, including relationships with direct suppliers and service providers.
Forced labour and supply chain due diligence: who the supplier is, and who stands behind it.
Under the UFLPA, US Customs and Border Protection presumes certain goods are made with forced labor, and the importer must show otherwise.
Germany's Supply Chain Due Diligence Act asks large companies to analyse human rights and environmental risks in their own operations and at direct suppliers.
From 14 December 2027, products made with forced labour may not be placed on, made available on or exported from the EU market.
The EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive asks large companies to identify and address human rights and environmental impacts in their operations, subsidiaries and business partners.
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