About our regulatory updates

We cover publications that matter to Cyprus investment firms and the people who work in them, in these areas:

• Investment firms and MiFID II conduct rules
• Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT)
• Crypto-asset service providers and MiCA
• Funds: UCITS management companies and AIFMs
• Market abuse and prospectus rules
• EMIR, derivatives and T+1 settlement
• Digital operational resilience (DORA)
• Prudential rules for investment firms (IFR/IFD)
• Payments and e-money, where relevant to investment firms

We follow the publications of these authorities and link every update to its primary source:

• Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC)circulars, announcements, policy statements and enforcement decisions
• Central Bank of CyprusAML/CFT announcements and supervisory decisions
• MOKAS – Unit for Combating Money Laundering (Cyprus FIU)guidance and notices, usually as relayed by the supervisors
• European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)Q&As, guidelines, statements, technical standards and supervisory actions
• European Banking Authority (EBA)guidelines, technical standards and consultations
• Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA)draft technical standards, consultations and news
• Financial Action Task Force (FATF)plenary outcomes and the lists of high-risk and monitored jurisdictions
• European Commission and the Official Journal of the EUnew regulations, directives and delegated acts
• Cyprus legislationnew and amended laws and regulatory administrative acts

We publish an update when a publication changes what a Cyprus investment firm, a certified person or a compliance or AML officer has to do, sets a deadline, or explains how the authority reads an existing rule. We do not usually cover investor warnings or institutional news. Enforcement items report the facts as published by the authority, without commentary on the firm or person concerned.

Our regulatory updates cover publications of CySEC, the Central Bank of Cyprus, MOKAS, ESMA, the EBA, AMLA, the FATF and the EU institutions. Every item is reviewed and approved by the ExamPass CY editorial team before publication, is dated, and links to its primary source. We report what the authority has published and keep our own commentary clearly separate. We do not accept payment for coverage.

Each update is written in our own words from the official text and follows the same structure: a short answer, an “At a glance” box, what applies now and what applies later, the actions to take with their deadlines, and the sources. Dates, numbers and deadlines are checked against the official text before publication. Where an update touches the CySEC exam syllabus, it links to the matching study notes.

If we get something wrong, we correct it promptly and add a dated note at the end of the item (for example, “Corrected on 12 October 2026: the deadline is 31 December, not 31 January.”). Corrections to items already e-mailed also appear in the next weekly digest. To report an error, write to support@exampasscy.com.

Our regulatory updates are a general information service published by ExamPass CY. Each item is a summary, prepared and reviewed by the ExamPass CY editorial team, of material published by the authority named in the source line. It is not legal, regulatory, tax or investment advice, and it is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument or to use any service. It does not take account of your circumstances. Summaries are selective and may not reflect later changes; only the official text published by the authority is authoritative. Read the official source, and take professional advice where needed, before acting on anything you read here. ExamPass CY is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, CySEC or any other authority mentioned. To the extent permitted by law, ExamPass CY accepts no liability for decisions taken on the basis of this content.

We report facts, summarise in our own words, link to the official documents and quote only short, attributed passages. We do not use the logos of any authority. Where a source's terms require it, the following notices appear under the update:

Every update

Summary prepared by the ExamPass CY editorial team; it is not the official text. Quotations, where used, are reproduced from the source for the purpose of reporting and review.

Updates based on ESMA material

This document has been drafted using material downloaded from ESMA's website. ESMA does not endorse this publication and in no way is liable for copyright or other intellectual property rights infringements nor for any damages caused to third parties through this publication.

Updates based on FATF material

This is an adaptation of an original work by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Updates based on EUR-Lex or European Commission material

© European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu. EU material is reused with credit and has been summarised; only the Official Journal of the European Union is authentic.

Updates based on Central Bank of Cyprus material

Central Bank of Cyprus material: summary prepared by ExamPass CY; not the original text.

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