AML
Anti-Money Laundering. The set of regulations and processes used to detect and report suspicious financial activity. AML programs sit on top of KYC and include sanctions and PEP screening, transaction monitoring, and SAR filing.
For identity teams the practical link is that AML obligations set the evidence bar for onboarding: how strong the proofing has to be, how long records are retained, and what has to be re-verified when risk changes. That makes AML a design constraint on the signup flow rather than a back-office concern, and it is why regulated CIAM builds cannot simply optimize for conversion.
See also: KYC, identity verification, PSD2, identity verification vendors
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