Customer due diligence and reliance: Important clarity from HMRC to support your compliance
In June 2021, HMRC published risk guidance for the UK art market. Amongst other points, they outlined what is - and importantly isn't, intended by relying on other Art Market Participants (AMPs) in...
HMRC’s risk guidance for the art market: A must-read
HMRC as the UK's regulator for money laundering has published risk guidance. The findings are the result of getting to know specific situations faced by the industry. The publication presents two...
AML Training: A legal requirement for Art Market Participants
If you were thinking that reading AML guidance was enough to satisfy the requirement to have training, think again. Continuing to trade at the level of 10,000+ Euros as an Art Market Participant...
The Art Newspaper: Art world rushes to conform to UK’s anti-money laundering laws
Riah Pryor reports on HMRC registration progress by UK art market participants. She sought input from ArtAML CEO Susan J Mumford and Canvas Art Law Founder / Director Fionnuala Rogers. According to...
Might you (unknowingly) be an Art Market Participant?
There are many individuals dealing in art who don’t yet realise that they’re Art Market Participants (“AMPs”) according to the Money Laundering Regulations (UK). Some surprising yet frequent...
Risk Assessment and AML Policy: A legal requirement for Art Market Participants
The intention of AML legislation is two-fold:1 - Preventing your business from being the target of money laundering / terrorist-financing activities; and2 - If your business is targeted, being able...
Own Art Interviews ArtAML CEO Susan J Mumford
Recently, we announced our collaboration with Own Art. Headed by Creative United and Hitachi Capital Consumer Finance, this interest-free payment scheme helps stimulate the market for contemporary...
Why is it important for Art Market Participants to identify high risk jurisdictions?
Risk guidance published by HMRC (June 2021) highlights the importance of identifying if funds have come from a high jurisdiction. Why is this important? According to the risk guidance: Such...
Who needs to register as a ‘responsible person’ with HMRC?
Many Art Market Participants are being asked to register people in the business they didn't know were subject to the regulations. This screenshot from an Art Market Participant registration page on...
Artnet News Pro: Protecting Your Art Business Against Cybercrime
The notoriously tech-phobic art trade has found itself slap-bang in the middle of this digitally dominated 21st century. The pandemic, recent craze for NFTs, and a collector-base newly rich in...
Artists are not caught under AML in the UK
In June 2019, ArtAML Co-Founders Susan J Mumford and Dr. Chris King participated in the HM Treasury Consultation for the Transposition of the 5th Money Laundering Directive into UK law. In the...
‘Reliance’ isn’t enabling business as usual, so what’s the point?
One of the art market’s greatest concerns about anti-money laundering (AML) regulations is the potential loss of confidentiality surrounding clients. The obligation to reveal the identity of the...
Simplified Due Diligence: An easy way to meet AML requirements?
If you’re subject to anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, you’re required to take steps that will raise red flags to signal the possibility of your business being the target of money laundering...
So You Just Bought an NFT. Here’s What That May Mean for Your Taxes
What a difference a global sensation can make: 'NFTs' (non-tangible tokens) have gone from a relatively obscure acronym to a 24/7 obsession in the art world and beyond. While interested observers...
‘The Art Market – a Temporary Trend or an Investment Which Came to Stay?’: Niels Brabandt of The Leadership Podcast interviews Susan J Mumford
Our CEO and Co-Founder Susan J Mumford recently spoke with Niels Brabandt, owner of NB Networks, to shed some light on the inner workings of the art market. Tune into The Leadership Podcast ‘The Art...
How The New Anti-Money Laundering Laws Will Affect Art Collectors
Hot on the heels of the implementation of AMLD5 and AMLD6 across the EU and UK, January 2021 saw the U.S. House and Senate vote through a bill to extend the rules of the 1970 Bank Secrecy Act to...
UK Art Dealers Are Misusing the Law to Avoid New Money-Laundering Regulations
In recent weeks it has come to light that some art businesses may have misunderstood, and unknowingly be breaking, a key part of the latest anti-money laundering regulations. We were therefore more...
Antiques Trade Gazette letter to the editor: No need to panic about anti money laundering rules
The art market has been dealing with a swathe of changes ranging from Brexit to anti-money laundering. In this letter by our CEO Susan J Mumford, she takes three recent breaking news items and...
Understanding your AML obligations, and how technology saves time and money: ArtTactic podcast interview with ArtAML
We're delighted to have been interviewed for ArtTactic’s podcast series. Taking place prior to the passing of the National Defense Authorization Act 2021 (US), Podcast Host interviewed ArtAML CEO...
Spotting fake IDs: A new reality for the art market?
We frequently hear art market participants ask if money laundering is really an issue for the industry. While it’s still early days for the implementation of the 5th Money Laundering Directive that...
How to get AML-ready as an Art Market Participant
Following the announcement that UK Art Market Participants have been given until 10th June 2021 to register with HMRC, what can you do to get ready? See tips below from the ArtAML Team. Be sure to...
Art Market Participant Registration (UK) deadline extended to 10th June 2021
The Government is to push back the deadline for businesses to register under the new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations from January 10 to June 10 next year. The five-month delay comes in the...
Artnet News feature: ‘A New App Aims to Help UK Art Dealers Struggling to Comply With the Country’s Confusing New Anti-Money-Laundering Rules’
We've been delighted to partner with Artnet News on the beta launch of our Customer Due Diligence platform, which is now steaming ahead towards the 1st September public launch. Associate Editor...
Guide for Registering as an Art Market Participant (UK)
In order to carry out activities as an Art Market Participant in the UK, you need to register with HMRC. This is akin to an application process, as it is possible to be rejected. This has been...
ArtAML’s response to HM Treasury’s Consultation with industry: Transposition of the Fifth Money Laundering Directive
In late Spring 2019, HM Treasury, as the UK governmental authority tasked with drafting legislation to implement the EU's Fifth Money Laundering Directive with a deadline of 10th January 2020,...
A visual guide to AML for the art market – for Private Sales
Keen to have a handy guide for AML in the art market? Our publication 'How well do you know your clients? A visual guide to anti-money laundering for the art market for Private Sales' does just...
Read the official Guidance for Art Market Participants (UK)
The UK Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Regulations 2019 took effect on 10th January 2020 which introduced 'Art Market Participants' ("AMPs") as a new obliged entity. Does your...
How should the art market comply with the new AML legislation?
The amendments to UK legislation implementing the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive were passed in UK Parliament on 20th December 2019 and took effect on 10th January 2020. At the time of writing,...
Art Market Participants: What you need to know. Replay of HMRC Webinar (Jan 2020)
Anti-money laundering legislation could hit the US art market
On 22nd October 2019, the US House of Representatives passed HR 2514, also known as the 'Counter Act'. If it passes the Senate and becomes law, the result will be anti-money laundering legislation...
Chinese whispers and the AML legislation hitting the art market
What’s YOUR interpretation of new laws requiring art dealers to conduct CDD checks on collectors? When speaking with art dealers at fairs, we’ve found that while many haven’t yet come across the...
Transparency and advisors: AML’s cultural impact on the art market
Privacy has been established as a way of conducting business in the art market over a period of many decades. The very culture of a gallery not knowing the identity of a buyer as an intermediary (or...
Is art really used to launder illegally obtained funds?
In short, yes. Why? Ease of transport: Art is relatively easy to move. Buy a piece, transfer it across a border and sell it for a lot more than that for which it was acquired. Price flexibility is...
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