| ABC | Anti-Bribery and Corruption |
| AML | Anti-Money Laundering |
| AML/CTF | Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules |
| AMLID | Anti-Money Laundering International Database |
| AMLD | Anti-Money Laundering Directive |
| ACH | Automated Clearing House |
| AST | Automated Screening Tool |
| APG | Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| APTs | Asset Protection Trusts |
| ARS | Alternative Remittance System |
| ATMs | Automatic Teller Machines |
| AVM | Adverse Media |
| BO | Beneficial Ownership |
| BIS | Bureau of Industry and Security |
| BMPE | Black Market Peso Exchange |
| BSA | Bank Secrecy Act |
| BU | Business Unit |
| CDD | Customer Due Diligence |
| CFT | Combating the Financing of Terrorism |
| CFATF | Caribbean Financial Action Task Force |
| CRO | Chief Risk Officer |
| CRS | Common Reporting Standard |
| CSP | Corporate Service Provider |
| CTR | Currency Transaction Reporting |
| DOJ | Department of Justice (US) |
| DNFBP | Designated Non-Financial Businesses & Professions |
| DJ | Dow Jones |
| DOW ID | Dow Jones ID |
| EDD | Enhanced Due Diligence |
| EAR | Export Administration Regulations |
| ECJU | Export Control Joint Unit |
| E-Money | Electronic Money |
| EFT | Electronic Funds Transfer |
| eIDV | Electronic Identification & Verification |
| EU | European Union |
| FATCA | Foreign Account Tax Compliance |
| FATF | Financial Action Task Force |
| FSE | Foreign Sanctions Evader |
| FCA | Financial Conduct Authority (UK) |
| FinCEN | Financial Crimes Enforcement Network |
| 4MLD | Fourth Money Laundering Directive |
| FCPA | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
| FTZ | Free Trade Zone |
| FSRB | Financial Action Task Force Style Regional Bodies |
| FIU | Financial Intelligence Unit |
| FX | Foreign Exchange Market |
| GRC | Governance, Risk & Compliance |
| HMRC | Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs |
| HMT | His Majesty’s Treasury (UK) |
| HNWI | High Net Worth Individual |
| ID&V | Identification & Verification |
| IVTS | Informal Value Transfer System |
| IBC | International Business Company |
| IMOLIN | International Money Laundering Information Network |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IWL | Internal Watchlist |
| JMLIT | Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce |
| KY3P | Know Your Third Party |
| KYB | Know Your Business |
| KYC | Know Your Customer |
| KYCC | Know Your Customer’s Customer |
| KYE | Know Your Employee |
| LC | Letter of Credit |
| MiFID | Markets in Financial Instruments Directive |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understandin |
| MAR | Market Abuse Regulation |
| MLRO | Money Laundering Reporting Officer |
| MER | Mutual Evaluation Report |
| MSB | Money Service Business |
| MONEYVAL | Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures & the Financing of Terrorism |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NPO | Non-Profit Organisation |
| NCA | National Crime Agency |
| NRA | National Risk Assessment |
| OFC | Offshore Finance Centre |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OFAC | Office of Foreign Asset Control (US) |
| OPBAS | Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision |
| OFSI | Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (UK) |
| OTH | Other |
| PEP | Politically Exposed Person |
| POCA | Proceeds of Crime Act |
| PIC | Private Investment Company |
| PSP | Payment Services Provider |
| px | Pixels |
| RBA | Risk-Based Approach |
| RCA | Relative or Close Associate |
| SAN | Sanctioned Individual |
| 6MLD | Sixth Money Laundering Directive |
| SAR | Suspicious Activity Report |
| SCO | Sanctions Compliance Officer |
| SDN | Specially Designated National |
| SDD | Sanctions Due Diligence |
| SIE | Special Interest Entity |
| STR | Suspicious Transaction Report |
| TBML | Trade-Based Money Laundering |
| TCSP | Trust & Corporate Service Provider |
| TMPs | Transaction Monitoring and Filtering Programs |
| TI | Transparency International |
| TF | Terrorist Financing |
| UBO | Ultimate Beneficial Owner |
| UN | United Nations |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| UNK | Unknown |
| WBL | Watch and BlackList |
| WC | WorldCheck |