The UK travel-rule threshold: £800 in the regulations, €1,000 in the approved guidance
Which threshold does a firm apply, and when will the JMLSG guidance follow the amended regulations?
2 records since 9 June 2026 · last moved 30 June 2026 · next No date is known
The matter file · as at 26 October 2026
Since 30 June 2026 the UK travel-rule threshold in the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 has been £800. The approved JMLSG guidance, Part II, still states €1,000. JMLSG says the guidance is being updated.
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The threshold is now £800. The approved JMLSG guidance still states €1,000.
Timeline
- 9 June 2026UKregulatoryAML & financial crimeCrypto & MiCAUpdated
MLRs amended: sterling thresholds, cryptoasset correspondent-relationship due diligence, wider controller test
HM Treasury made SI 2026/621 on 9 June 2026, amending the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/692) and making consequential amendments to the Terrorism Act 2000 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Primary source: HM Treasury ↗ - 30 June 2026 · +21 daysUKguidanceAML & financial crimeCrypto & MiCA
The UK travel-rule threshold became £800 on 30 June — the approved industry guidance still says €1,000
Since 30 June 2026 the UK travel-rule threshold has been £800, but the approved JMLSG guidance still states €1,000.
Primary source: HM Treasury ↗