AMLA Is Coming Online: What the EU's New Anti–Money Laundering Authority Means for Builders and Regulators

If you work anywhere near payments, banking, crypto, or fintech in Europe, a new acronym is about to land in your backlog: AMLA — the EU's Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism. Headquartered in Frankfurt, it spent the last year moving from "org on paper" to an authority that is collecting data, drafting rules, and getting ready to supervise institutions directly. This post walks through what AMLA is for, the concrete steps it has taken, where it stands t...