Real Estate • ARCaml

Real Estate - Residential, Commercial & Leasing

ARCaml for real estate: Customer Due Diligence (CDD) for buyers, sellers, landlords and agencies to meet your AML/CTF and AUSTRAC obligations.

Real Estate Overview

  • CDD Outsourcing Agreement
  • Customer Due Diligence (CDD) & Enhanced Customer Due Diligence (ECDD)
  • Record Keeping, Reporting & CDD Certificate
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We’ll provision a sector-ready pack and onboarding checklist tailored to your business.

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Use the legal/trading name that will appear on agreements and invoices.

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Real Estate - A guide to Financial Crime Compliance

Your roadmap to meeting your Customer Due Diligence obligations.

  1. 1

    Enrol & nominate an AMLCO

    Enrol with AUSTRAC and appoint an AML/CTF Compliance Officer who has the authority to implement AML/CTF processes & controls.

  2. 2

    ML/TF risk assessment

    Identify the money laundering, terrorism financing & proliferation financing risks within your business by assessing your customer types, products, delivery channels, and the countries you deal with.

  3. 3

    AML/CTF Program

    Develop and document your AML/CTF Program which will capture the policies, procedures, systems and controls you’ll use to manage and mitigate your ML/TF risks.

  4. 4

    Customer Due Diligence

    Complete Know Your Customer (KYC) & Know Your Business (KYB) procedures to allow you to identify, verify and monitor your customers. This includves identifing beneficial ownership, PEP & Sancuation screening, risk rating and resolving discrepancies.

  5. 5

    Enhanced Customer Due Diligence (ECDD) - when required

    Apply ECDD procedures and verify additional KYC/KYB information where red flags/risk indicators arise (e.g., complex structures, high-risk geographies, adverse media).

  6. 6

    Ongoing Customer Due Diligence (OCDD)

    Monitor for changes in customer information, re-verify KYC/KYB, and rescreen periodically according to your customer's risk assessment.

  7. 7

    Reporting obligations

    Submit Suspicious Matter Reports (SMRs) to AUSTRAC whenever a new suspicion forms.

  8. 8

    Records, training & review

    Keep customer & other records for at least 7 years, provide ML/TF risk awareness training to your management & staff, and arrange regular independent reviews of your AML program.

Plans

Select a plan that matches your onboarding volume and customer mix.

Entry

Perfect for solo agents or low-volume onboarding.

Cost (p.a.): $8,000

Included onboardings: Up to 15

Customer types: Individuals only

ECDD: Australian

  • ✓ Know Your Customer compliance
  • ✓ PEP & Sanction screening
  • ✓ Customer risk assessment and rating
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Entry Plus

Small teams handling their first companies and SMSFs.

Cost (p.a.): $12,000

Included onboardings: 16 – 30

Customer types: Individuals & entities

ECDD: Australian

  • ✓ Know Your Customer compliance
  • ✓ PEP & Sanction screening
  • ✓ Customer risk assessment and rating

Medium

Established agencies with trusts and more complex customers.

Cost (p.a.): $18,000

Included onboardings: 30 – 50

Customer types: Individuals & entities

ECDD: Australian

  • ✓ Know Your Customer compliance
  • ✓ PEP & Sanction screening
  • ✓ Customer risk assessment and rating

Enterprise

Large firms or networks – custom scaling and integrations.

Cost (p.a.): Contact us

Included onboardings: 40+

Customer types: Individuals & entities

ECDD: Global

  • ✓ Know Your Customer compliance
  • ✓ PEP & Sanction screening
  • ✓ Customer risk assessment and rating

Ready to take the next step in your financial crime compliance journey?

We're ready to assist you in meeting your AUSTRAC obligations.