Monthly Currency Conversion: EUR to GBP

Updated 1 October, 2024.  The transaction value that triggers the need to conduct Customer Due Diligence is €10,000 (unless there’s potentially suspicious activity, in which case value is irrelevant). This presents a challenge to UK businesses, as a conversion...

Banks Ramp Up AML Audits: What You Need to Know

Recently, in a period of several days, five ArtAML™ clients informed us about their banks performing detailed AML audits. Why? Banks have generally determined that businesses transacting in art are high-risk. This is resulting in annual AML audits, in which you need...

UK Art Market Participants: The NCA’s new SAR portal

After many months’ testing, the National Crime Agency launched their new Suspicious Activity Report portal. As of 4th March 2024 all SARs must be created and submitted via this new SAR Portal. The NCA states: “The new SAR Portal has been designed to...