ResourcesPractical guidance and standards for financial crime risk management professionals

Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Guidance on the Risk-Based Approach

2026
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Guidance on the Provision of Banking Services to Fiat-backed Stablecoin issuers

2025
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Statement on Effective Monitoring for Suspicious Activity, Part II: Transitioning to Innovation

2025
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Statement on the Risk-Based Approach

2025
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Guidance on Payment Transparency - Roles and Responsibilities

2024
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Response to FATF public consultation on AML/CFT and Financial Inclusion - R.1, 10 and 15

2024
FAQs and Best Practices

The Wolfsberg Group -
FAQs on Defining Digital Assets

2024
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Response to the FBAs’ Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the AML Program Rule

2024
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Response to the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) Consultations on Regulating and Supervising Cross-border Payment Services and Data Frameworks Alignment

2024
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Response to the Consultation on FinCEN’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the AML/CFT Program Rule

2024
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Statement on Effective Monitoring for Suspicious Activity, Part I: Moving Beyond Automated Transaction Monitoring

2024
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Response to the UK's HMT Consultation on the MLRs

2024
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Response to FATF public consultation on R.16/INR.16

2024
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Principles for Auditing for Effectiveness

2024
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Statement on Countering Terrorist Financing

2024
FAQs and Best Practices

The Wolfsberg Group -
Country Risk FAQs

2024
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Response to EBA Consultation on Travel Rule Guidelines

2024
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Swift RMA Guidance

2024
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group-IIF - Joint response to the FATF’s public consultation on its Risk-Based Guidance on Recommendation 25

2023
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Payment Transparency Standards

2023
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Response to HMT Consultation on UK AML/CTF Supervisory Regime

2023
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Response to EBA consultation on revised Guidelines on money laundering and terrorist financing risk factors

2023
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Response to FATF Consultation relating to non-profit organisations

2023
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Response to CPMI Consultation on ISO 20022 Harmonisation Requirements for Cross-Border Payments

2023
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
ABC Guidance Executive Summary

2023
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
ABC Guidance

2023
CBDDQ

CBDDQ (PDF)

2023
CBDDQ

CBDDQ (Excel)

2023
CBDDQ

FCCQ (PDF)

2023
CBDDQ

FCCQ (Excel)

2023
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg group - IIF Comment letter to EBA on derisking

2023
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Principles for Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Financial Crime Compliance 2022

2022
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Comment Letter on the EU AML/CFT Legislative Package 2022

2022
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Financial Crime Principles for Correspondent Banking 2022

2022
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Transaction Monitoring Request for Information Best Practice Guidance

2022
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Paper on Effectiveness Through Collaboration

2022
FAQs and Best Practices

The Wolfsberg Group -
Negative News Screening FAQs

2022
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Guidance on Digital Customer Lifecycle Risk Management

2022
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Response to FinCEN RFI 2021.0008 on Modernizing AML/CFT Regulations

2022
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Statement on Demonstrating Effectiveness

2021
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group - Statement on Developing an Effective AML/CTF Programme

2020
FAQs and Best Practices

The Wolfsberg Group -
Source of Wealth and Source of Funds FAQs

2020
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Statement on "Effectiveness"

2019
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Tax Evasion Guidance

2019
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Sanctions Screening Guidance

2019
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Trade Finance Principles

2019
CBDDQ

The Wolfsberg Group -
CBDDQ Publication Guidance

2018
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Publication Statement on PEPs

2017
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
PEP Guidance

2017
FAQs and Best Practices

The Wolfsberg Group - Risk Assessment FAQs

2015
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Mobile and Internet Payment Services Guidance

2014
FAQs and Best Practices

The Wolfsberg Group -
FAQs on Intermediaries

2012
FAQs and Best Practices

The Wolfsberg Group -
FAQs on Beneficial Ownership

2012
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Private Banking Principles

2012
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Prepaid and Stored Value Cards Guidance

2011
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Credit Cards Guidance

2009
Public consultations and comments

The Wolfsberg Group -
Notification on Correspondent Bank Customers

2007
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
Statement on Payment Message Standards

2007
Guidance, Principles, Statements and Standards

The Wolfsberg Group -
RBA Guidance

2006
History

The history of the Wolfsberg group until 2012

History

The Wolfsberg Process