Hong Kong AMLO (Cap. 615) & SFC AML Guideline
The Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance and the regulators' guidelines.
- Issued by
- SFC / HKMA
- Applies in
- Hong Kong
- Edition
- Current, as published
- Area
- Financial crime (AML/CFT/CPF)
What an assessor reads first.
The headline requirements in Amoreg’s catalogue, in the issuer’s own numbering where it has one. They are where a review starts, not a transcription of the text.
- BRABusiness risk assessment, documented and board-approvedRisk assessment
- CDDCustomer due diligence and beneficial ownership at onboardingCustomer due diligence
- EDDEnhanced due diligence for PEPs and higher-risk relationshipsCustomer due diligence
- MONOngoing monitoring of relationships and transactionsMonitoring
- SCRSanctions and adverse-media screening, repeated on list updatesScreening
- SARInternal and external suspicious activity reportingReporting
- RECRecord keeping for the statutory retention periodRecords
- TRNFinancial crime training for all relevant staffTraining
How Amoreg keeps you on it.
Enable the Hong Kong AMLO (Cap. 615) & SFC AML Guideline and add SFC / HKMA’s pages as a monitor of your own. Every publication it records keeps its source, stage and date.
Inspector reads your policies against these 8 requirements every week and opens a finding wherever one falls short, citing the rule and drafting the fix. A person decides what is applied.
Each week
- Read SFC / HKMA’s pages
- Check the library against 8 requirements
- Open findings with drafted fixes
- Wait for a person to decide
Policy does not yet set out: business risk assessment, documented and board-approved
- Rule
- Hong Kong AMLO (Cap. 615) & SFC AML Guideline, BRA
- Area
- Risk assessment
- Proposed by
- Inspector
- Decided by
- A named person, once reviewed
The same ground, elsewhere.
- FATF RecommendationsThe 40 Recommendations — the international standard every national AML/CFT/CPF regime is measured against.Global · 8 controls
- Wolfsberg Group StandardsIndustry standards for correspondent banking, the CBDDQ/FCCQ questionnaires and effectiveness-based AML programmes.Global · 4 controls
- GFSC Handbook on Countering Financial Crime (AML/CFT/CPF)The Bailiwick's AML/CFT/CPF rules and guidance for financial services businesses and prescribed businesses, issued under the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) regulations.Guernsey · 8 controls
- JFSC AML/CFT/CPF HandbookHandbook for the prevention and detection of money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing under the Money Laundering (Jersey) Order 2008.Jersey · 8 controls
- Isle of Man AML/CFT Code 2019The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Code 2019, with the FSA's AML/CFT Handbook as guidance.Isle of Man · 8 controls
- Cayman Islands Anti-Money Laundering RegulationsThe AMLRs under the Proceeds of Crime Act, read with CIMA's Guidance Notes — departure from the Guidance Notes without justification is treated as non-compliance.Cayman Islands · 8 controls
Questions
Does Amoreg watch for changes to the Hong Kong AMLO (Cap. 615) & SFC AML Guideline?
Enable it and add the issuer’s pages as a monitor of your own. Every publication the Monitor records keeps its source, stage and date.
Can Amoreg check our policies against the Hong Kong AMLO (Cap. 615) & SFC AML Guideline?
Yes. Inspector reads your library against its requirements every week and opens a finding, with the rule it cites and a proposed fix, wherever a policy falls short. A person decides what is applied.
Which edition does Amoreg use?
The current edition as published by the issuer, last verified in August 2026; the Monitor records new publications as they appear.