Hong Kong Anti-Money Laundering Alliance
Building a trustworthy digital space
HKAML is a non-governmental organization focused on anti-money laundering, anti-fraud and a trustworthy digital space, connecting researchers, technology teams, businesses and professional institutions through open, impartial exchange and cooperation.
VisionBuild a more trustworthy digital space and reduce the harm caused by fraud and financial crime.
AN OPEN COLLABORATIVE ECOSYSTEM
Anti-money laundering at the center. An open ecosystem around it.
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Anti-money laundering
A common focus on money flows, risk identification and evidence verification connects identity, transactions, disputes and responsibility.
Identity, authorization, risk and accountability in autonomous transactions
As AI Agents participate in transactions and payments, verifying actors and authority, identifying financial risk, enabling human review and retaining transaction evidence become shared financial safety research questions.
Who authorized the action?
Where do funds go?
Who is accountable?
OUR WORK
Four focus areas
Research & standards initiatives
Advance the Research Institute and propose research frameworks and standards recommendations addressing identity, authorization, transactions and accountability in the AI Agent economy.
Explore this workPayment risk research
Explore authorization verification, risk identification, human intervention and transaction record mechanisms in autonomous payments.
Explore this workAgent reputation assessment
Identity identification and verification, reputation assessment
Explore this workInternational professional cooperation
Connect cross-border resources, exchange expertise and coordinate projects through the Alliance’s internal International Commercial Mediation Committee and International Anti-Fraud Cooperation Committee.
Explore this workCOOPERATION PRINCIPLES
Impartial cooperation, clear responsibility
Independent judgment
Membership, payments and partnerships should not determine research or assessment conclusions.
Openness & review
Explain evidence and limits, and support professional discussion, fact-checking and correction.
Disclosure of interests
Disclose relevant interests and recuse from judgments affected by conflicts.
Different roles. Defined responsibilities.
Trust starts with verifiable facts. The Alliance conducts standards research, coordination and referral; independent operators deliver technical services; clients contract directly with qualified local professional providers.
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Contribute to research & cross-border professional cooperation
Researchers, technology teams, businesses and professional institutions are welcome to share research questions, standards proposals or cooperation needs concerning AI Agent financial safety.