Compliance Weekly Notes
Jan 5 – Jan 11 · 2026-W02
1 event this week
🧠 Feynman Takeaway
AML compliance teams used January to assess the 2025 reforms before the 2026 rulemaking wave hit.
AML Compliance teams plan for 2026
In plain English
After the 2025 FinCEN beneficial ownership data revealed patterns and the EU AML Package entered force in July 2024, compliance teams spent early January assessing their 2026 roadmaps. The big unknowns: would FinCEN reform BSA/AML rules? Would AMLA actually start supervising?
Analogy
Like a chess player in the opening, looking at the board and deciding which pieces to move first. The smart ones positioned for the mid-2026 regulatory wave.
Why it matters
2026 would answer both questions definitively — yes and yes.