EBRD and Central Bank of Jordan strengthen compliance and financial crime risk management

• EBRD and Central Bank of Jordan support financial institutions in addressing emerging compliance and financial crime risks
• Workshop equips participants to address evolving compliance, financial crime challenges and FATF priorities
• International experts share practical insights into enhancing financial resilience, transparency and integrity

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) have partnered to strengthen awareness of financial crime risks and evolving regulatory requirements in Jordan’s banking sector, hosting a workshop on the increasing role of compliance in international trade.

The workshop took place in Amman on 8 and 9 July 2026, providing practical insights into current financial crime risks, international sanction developments and emerging compliance challenges affecting financial institutions operating in the region.

The event brought together representatives of financial institutions to exchange knowledge with a view to further enhancing compliance, sanctions and financial crime risk management practices in line with international standards. The workshop comes 2.5 years on from Jordan’s exit from Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Jurisdiction Under Increased Monitoring status and signals the country’s continued commitment to sustaining progress on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT).

Over two days, around 100 participants from 51 financial institutions attended the workshop, including chief compliance officers, AML/CFT specialists, trade finance professionals, risk management experts, internal audit and control functions, financial crime compliance specialists and senior banking professionals.

The workshop covered a range of topics relevant to financial institutions, including developments in the global financial crime environment, FATF priorities, AML/CFT risks and typologies, international sanctions and trade compliance, correspondent banking controls and emerging risks linked to virtual assets, digital finance and trade-based money laundering.

This is the second workshop to be held in partnership with the CBJ, following a similar initiative organised in 2022 to raise awareness of financial crime risks and compliance challenges.

The EBRD began operating in Jordan in 2012 and has since provided more than €2.3 billion in financing through 86 projects across the country, more than 70 per cent of which have been in the private sector. This has included financial support to the banking sector for the provision of loans, subordinated debt and trade finance facilities to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.