# Ukraine risks missing window to pass anti-money laundering laws for European payment access

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ukraine-risks-missing-window-to-pass-anti-money-laundering-laws-for-european-payment-access/
- Published: 2026-11-09T16:56:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T20:57:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Kyiv Independent
- Original article: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-risks-missing-window-to-pass-anti-money-laundering-laws-for-european-payment-access/
- Topics: Europe, World

## Key points

- Ukraine’s SEPA application depends on passing anti-money laundering laws.
- Lawmakers are disputing which agencies can access bank account records.
- The proposed membership could save Hr 10 billion a year.

## Summary

Ukraine is under time pressure to pass anti-money laundering legislation needed to apply to the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), which makes euro transfers faster and cheaper. Parliament is due to consider the main bill on 10 November, but lawmakers remain divided over which authorities should be able to access a register of bank accounts.

The proposed register would show which bank holds a person’s account or safe-deposit box, but not balances or transaction histories. A compromise would initially give access to the Bureau of Economic Security, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and the Asset Recovery and Management Agency. Lawmaker Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk estimates SEPA membership could save Ukrainians and businesses Hr 10 billion ($220 million) a year; the aim is to pass the law by year-end, before stricter EU rules take effect on 10 July 2027.

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