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AML compliance software for firms in Galway

Galway’s professional community — accountancy practices, solicitors’ firms, auctioneers and letting agents serving the city and county — has lived with designated-person duties since the CJA 2010. What changes on 10 July 2027 is the rulebook itself: the EU AMLR applies directly, resetting the thresholds, beneficial-ownership rules and internal-controls expectations that many practices last revisited at their previous inspection. Distance from Dublin has never excused an out-of-date risk assessment, and the new regime arrives with supervisors already sharpening enforcement. CompliDesk Ireland is cloud software, so a firm in Galway gets the same AMLR-ready workflow as any Dublin practice — onboarding, screening and reporting — without leaving the office.

Who it’s for

Designated persons in Galway we’re built for

The AMLR calls them “obliged entities”; Irish law has called them “designated persons” since the CJA 2010. Whatever the label, if your Galway firm is on this list, the new rulebook applies to you from 10 July 2027.

Accountants & tax advisers

Practices serving businesses and family enterprises across Galway city and county — supervised by your accountancy body, or by the AMLCU if you belong to no designated body.

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Solicitors

Conveyancing, probate and commercial work in the west sits in AML scope like anywhere else; the Law Society of Ireland supervises, and the AMLR resets the underlying rules.

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Estate & letting agents

Agents and auctioneers across Galway are PSRA-licensed and PSRA-supervised — with the AMLR’s new CDD thresholds applying to transactions from 10 July 2027.

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High-value goods dealers

Dealers in high-value goods who take large cash payments face the €10,000 EU-wide cash cap and the €3,000 occasional-cash CDD trigger — both directly applicable.

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10 July 2027

What the AMLR changes for a Galway firm

Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 applies directly across the EU — the same rules in Galway as in every other member state, with no Irish transposition to wait for. The headline changes:

01

€10,000 CDD threshold

Customer due diligence for occasional transactions is triggered at €10,000 — down from €15,000 under the current framework.

02

€3,000 occasional-cash CDD

Occasional cash transactions of €3,000 or more trigger limited customer due diligence, wherever clients still pay in cash.

03

€10,000 EU cash cap

A directly applicable EU-wide cap of €10,000 on cash payments for commercial transactions, whether a single operation or linked ones.

04

25% beneficial ownership + RBO duties

A harmonised EU-wide beneficial-owner definition at 25% or more, direct or indirect — with the Commission able to set a lower threshold of 15% or lower for high-risk sectors by delegated act. Irish RBO duties continue: obtain an extract (€2.50 each) before a new business relationship and report discrepancies.

05

Prescribed compliance roles

A board-level compliance manager plus a compliance officer of sufficiently high standing — required even in small firms. From 10 July 2027 the compliance officer also implements targeted financial sanctions.

06

STR dual reporting stays

Suspicious Transaction Reports remain dual-reported in Ireland: to FIU Ireland via the goAML portal, and to the Revenue Commissioners via ROS as an XML upload.

No office visit needed

Everything runs online — wherever in Galway you are

We’ll be straight with you: CompliDesk doesn’t have an office on your street, and it doesn’t need one. It’s cloud software hosted in the EU — AWS eu-west-1, Dublin — so a firm in Galway onboards clients, screens them and prepares its reports entirely online.

Onboard clients from your desk

Send a secure onboarding link; identity verification (KYC and KYB) runs through Didit online. No paper packs, no office visit.

Screen and monitor anywhere

Sanctions and PEP screening against EU, UN and PEP datasets via OpenSanctions runs in the browser — at onboarding and on an ongoing basis.

Reports prepared online

Build your BWRA, policy pack and STR records in the platform, and export goAML-compatible XML for your MLRO to file.

Demos over video call

Every demo is a video call at a time that suits your practice — book one and see the platform on your own screen.

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Get AMLR-ready

Get your Galway firm ready before 10 July 2027

See how CompliDesk handles your risk assessment, client due diligence, RBO checks and STR reporting — or join the waitlist for free early access and founding-member pricing.