Permanent changes to Canada's anti-money laundering laws

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Payment service providers, fintechs and crowdfunding platforms were recently put on notice about coming anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-terrorist financing (ATF) legislative changes. Following these developments, the federal government published the first of these changes in April 2022. This article identifies the main impacts that the amendments have on the previously existing federal AML and ATF regime.