Learn when and how you can register with us, and how to update your information.
Register with us
If you’re a remittance service provider (RSP) or virtual asset service provider (VASP), you must enrol and apply for registration. After enrolling, you’ll receive the registration form and instructions to the email address recorded in your enrolment.
You can’t start providing remittance or virtual asset services before we’ve approved your registration. This doesn't apply if you're only providing the newly regulated virtual asset services and apply for registration before 29 July 2026.
Learn more about the key dates below.
When you don’t need to register
Generally you won’t need to register if you are a lawyer, accountant, real estate agent, conveyancer or dealer in precious metals and stones. Registration is an extra process that typically only applies to money remitters and people providing specialised virtual asset services. If you send or receive money or virtual assets incidentally to your other services, you generally don’t need to register.
Learn more about remittance service providers and virtual asset service providers.
Key dates
The key dates are different for current and newly regulated entities.
Newly regulated virtual asset services
Providers of the new virtual asset services must apply to enrol and register with us by 29 July 2026.
Under transitional rules, if you apply for registration before 29 July 2026, you can continue to provide the new virtual asset services until we make a decision on your registration.
Learn more about the transitional rules and new regulated virtual asset services.
Current reporting entities
If your business is already enrolled and registered, your registration status won’t change because of the reforms.
However, you’ll need to update your registration details to provide additional information required under the new laws.
You’ll be able to do this from 31 March 2026, and must complete it before your next scheduled renewal.
Learn more about the transitional rules.
Information you must provide
When applying for registration, you’ll need to provide:
- some of the information you provided when you enrolled
- more information set out in the Rules to show us you can effectively manage and mitigate money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing risks (we refer to these as ML/TF risks) faced by your business.
The required information will be outlined in the registration form we send you after you enrol.
Update your information
This section refers to the Act sections 75M(4) and 76P and the Rules sections 4–34(2) and 4–34(3).
You must tell us if there are any changes to your circumstances which could affect your registration. This includes:
- any changes to your beneficial owners or key personnel, including any criminal or civil proceedings or enforcement action taken against them
- changes to other people or businesses that help you provide remittance or virtual asset services
- any details you gave us that are inaccurate or incomplete
- details such as your name or address
- any new countries you’re operating or dealing in
- if you stop providing registrable designated services
- details about changes to any foreign licenses or registration you have for RSP or VASP services.
You must tell us about these changes within 14 days of the change occurring.
If you’re a remittance network provider (RNP) and an affiliate advises you of these changes, you must tell us within 7 days.
AUSTRAC Online
We’re developing a new digital form for you to update your registration details in AUSTRAC Online. We’ll advise businesses when this is available.
If you need to update your details before the form is available, we won’t take enforcement action as long as you do both of the following:
- keep a record of what you need to update and your intentions to do so
- update your details as soon as practicable once the form becomes available.
Affiliates of remittance network providers
This section refers to the Act sections 75B(1), 75B(2) and 75B(5) and the Rules sections 4–10 and 4–11.
If you’re an RNP, you’re generally responsible for registering your affiliates.
You can only register as an affiliate on your own behalf if you apply for, or are already registered as, an independent remittance service provider.
An application to register as an affiliate of an RNP must show the RNP has assessed the prospective affiliate’s suitability to join its network. This includes considering the ML/TF the RNP may face by accepting the affiliate.
If an RNP has completed this assessment, the application must confirm the:
- candidate was found to be suitable
- prospective affiliate consented to the application, including when that consent was given.
The application process
We may take up to 90 days to assess your application and may ask you for more information during this time.
If we request further information, the 90-day period will reset from the date you provide this information to us.
After reviewing your application, your registration may be:
- approved
- approved with conditions
- refused.
We’ll notify you of the outcome.
How we assess applications
When deciding whether to register you, we consider if your registration could pose a significant ML/TF or other serious crime risk.
We consider factors such as:
- your business’s readiness to comply with the Act, including AML/CTF resourcing and experience of you and your key personnel
- if you or your key personnel have been charged or convicted of criminal offences
- your history of complying with Commonwealth, state or territory, or foreign laws, including the compliance history of your beneficial owners or other associated persons
- if a business has consented to becoming an affiliate of an RNP
- the likelihood of you conducting a business involving the provision of the registrable services.
Suspensions, cancellations and conditions
This section refers to the Act sections 75C(2), 75G(1), 75H(1), 76E(2), 76J(1) and 76K and the Rules sections 17 and 4-25.
We may suspend or cancel your registration if we think your business poses a significant ML/TF or other serious crime risk.
There are additional circumstances where we may suspend, cancel or impose conditions on your registrations. For example, if you or your key personnel:
- have been charged with or convicted of an offence, such as money laundering, terrorism financing or fraud in Australia or overseas (this includes your associates)
- have contravened the Act or breached your registration conditions
- have been subject to civil or criminal proceedings relating to your previous management of an entity
- no longer have the required operational capability or experience
- give or omit material information that is false or misleading.
Reviewing registration decisions
This section refers to the Act Part 17A.
We’ll notify you if a decision is made to refuse, impose conditions on, suspend or cancel your registration. You may be able to request an internal or external review of the decision. If this option is available, it will be outlined in the notice.
Renew your registration
This section refers to the Act sections 75F(1), 76H(1), 75K(3), 75K(4) and 76M(3), and the Rules sections 4-28, 4-29 and 4-33.
Your registration is for 3 years. To renew your registration, apply through your AUSTRAC Online account.
You may apply to renew your registration 90 days before your registration ends. If you submit a renewal application during this period, your registration will continue until we decide your application.
If you don’t apply to renew your registration, your registration will lapse, and you’ll be removed from the register. This means you can no longer provide remittance and virtual asset designated services.
If a business reapplies for registration after this, it’ll be treated as a new registration.
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