Aug 5, 2025 | Guidance, Legislation and Policy, News, Press, UK
Over the past year, HMRC has intensified its enforcement of anti-money laundering (AML) regulations across the UK art market. The Art Newspaper and Antiques Trade Gazette, both major publications for the sector, have reported on these developments, outlining the...
Sep 15, 2021 | News, Opinion, Press
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 Riah’s research, 475 businesses had registered as of 10th August...
Aug 5, 2021 | News, Opinion, Our solution, Press
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 art by reducing financial barriers for collectors. ArtAML Co-Founder...
Jun 14, 2021 | News, Opinion, Press
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 cryptocurrency have all served to shift transactions into the virtual...
May 27, 2021 | Guidance, Legislation and Policy, News, Press, 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 official response, they asked for clarity about the situation for artists....
Apr 6, 2021 | Guidance, Legislation and Policy, News, Press
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 struggle to come to terms which what NFTs actually are and...
