KYC and AML compliance in Iceland
Identity verification, AML screening and company registry checks for customers and companies in Iceland, with an overview of its anti-money laundering framework, international listings and financial regulators.
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Identity verification
Available
Identity documents are verified by reading their data fields and machine-readable zone and checking them for tampering and expiry, with a selfie face match and a liveness check.
AML screening
Available
Individuals and companies are screened for sanctions, politically exposed persons, adverse media, fitness and probity, regulatory enforcement and insolvency, and monitored at a frequency that follows their risk level.
Company registry checks
Available
Company search, registry profiles and official registry documents from the national registry.
Database checks
Not currently available
International listings and sanctions
- FATF lists
- Not listed
- EU list of high-risk third countries
- Not listed
- EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes
- Not listed
- UN Security Council sanctions
- No regime in force
- EU sanctions
- No regime in force
- US sanctions (OFAC)
- No regime in force
- UK sanctions
- No regime in force
- US primary money laundering concern (FinCEN, section 311)
- Not designated
- US state sponsor of terrorism
- Not designated
- US major money laundering jurisdiction
- Not named in the US State Department’s 2025 report
Anti-money laundering framework
- FATF membership
- Member
- FATF-style regional body
- None: evaluated by the FATF
- Financial intelligence unit
- Financial Intelligence Unit – Iceland (HERSAK)
- Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units
- Member since 01 Jul 1997
- Tax transparency rating (OECD Global Forum)
- Largely compliant (2022)
Economic indicators
- S&P Global Ratings
- A+, positive outlook
- Fitch Ratings
- Rating withdrawn on 06 Feb 2026
- Moody's
- A1, stable outlook
- OECD country risk classification
- Not classified: a high-income country
- World Bank income group
- High income
- Corporate income tax rate
- 20% (2026)
- Corruption Perceptions Index
- 77 out of 100 (2025)
World Bank governance indicators
- Rule of law
- 85.2 out of 100
- Regulatory quality
- 73.8 out of 100
- Control of corruption
- 84.8 out of 100
- Government effectiveness
- 84.0 out of 100
- Political stability and absence of violence
- 88.8 out of 100
- Voice and accountability
- 82.7 out of 100
Financial regulators
- Central bank Central Bank of Iceland (Seðlabanki Íslands)
- Financial intelligence unit Financial Intelligence Unit – Iceland (HERSAK)
Other countries and territories in Northern Europe
KYC and AML coverage in every country
Data last updated on 02 Nov 2026, from the sources listed on the coverage index.
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