AML Record-Keeping Requirement In UAE

Maintaining adequate records is one of the key aspects of the effective implementation of the AML/CFT program. Records must be retained for at least five years under Article 19(1)(f) of Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025 and Article 25 of Cabinet Resolution No. 134 of 2025. It allows Financial Institutions, DNFBPs, and VASPs to track financial transactions and regularly monitor the business relationship.

As part of AML documentation, the AML Law provides for the different types of records that are obligatory for any designated entity to maintain for a minimum period of 5 years. Please note that the minimum period for record-keeping is 6 years per ADGM and DIFC-specific regulations.

AML UAE offers a comprehensive range of AML Consultancy services, including guiding you around the AML documentation – What is to be maintained, how the data is to be maintained, its accessibility and archival, etc.