
Guide helps dealers understand new anti-money laundering rules
March 24, 2025
MNP has developed resources and information guides for dealers to help advise them of changes to regulations that govern financial transactions and reporting requirements for vehicle purchases.
The requirements are from FINTRAC, Canada’s anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regulator. The regulations are expanding their regulatory scope to now include financing and leasing entities — including dealerships that provide the option to lease or finance vehicles to consumers and the requirements are coming into effect October 1, 2025.
“These new requirements directly impact dealerships that finance or lease passenger vehicles to customers. Passenger vehicles are defined as motor vehicles designed or adapted primarily to carry no more than 10 individuals on highways or streets — with certain exemptions. If your dealership leases these types of vehicles to customers, it is crucial to ensure that you comply with the new AML requirements to ensure compliance and avoid penalties,” write the authors.
You can read the entire guide from MNP here. MNP told CADA that it also plans to hold a webinar on this topic on April 24.
Businesses that don’t comply could be subject to fines that vary by degree, and range from $1,000 to $500,000 for a very serious violation.
“We appreciate the research and information that MNP is providing to our dealer members,” said Tim Reuss, CADA’s President and CEO. “I encourage all of our dealer members to carefully read the information, and to obtain their own professional advice on what they need to do at their dealerships to be compliant.”