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Circular to Licensed Corporations, SFC-licensed Virtual Asset Service Providers and Associated Entities - Anti-Money Laundering / Counter-Financing of Terrorism Transition to the new suspicious transaction reporting platform

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What the SFC said

The JFIU's new STREAMS 2 platform replaces STREAMS as the only channel for filing suspicious transaction reports from 2 February 2026. Firms must register STREAMS 2 accounts and can file via XML, PDF upload or web form. A STREAMS blackout runs from 28 January to 2 February 2026.

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