How to handle the new pooled accounts rules

The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 have added new obligations to pooled client accounts. As of 30 June 2026, whenever a firm opens a pooled client account, it must be able to

Verified at the door

Between April 2024 and March 2025, Action Fraud recorded 143 cases of conveyancing fraud, with total losses of £11.7 million. The average loss per case was £78,393. Almost every case followed the same pattern: a

One verified record

Most matters pass through a small number of verification checkpoints. Often, these are each handled by a different system: identity is confirmed at onboarding; source of funds is assessed shortly after; and then a risk

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