12:40 - 18.09.2025

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September 18, Fineko/abc.az. As of January 1, 2025, the number of obligated persons registered in the Financial Monitoring Service's suspicious transactions monitoring system amounted to 1,593.

ABC.AZ reports, referring to the FMS, that the figure is 80% more than on January 1, 2024.

Of the registered obligated persons, 47.3% or 754 were persons rendering accounting and tax consulting services, 268 - persons rendering legal services, 219 - persons rendering audit services, 104 - realtors, 84 - persons engaged in advocacy, 58 - non-bank credit organizations, 22 – banks, 17 - persons, rendering financial leasing services, 14 - payment organizations, 14 - investment companies, 10 - electronic money organizations, 7-pawnshops, 5 - insurance organizations engaged in accumulative life insurance, 5 - credit unions, 3 - persons licensed for currency exchange activities, 3 - virtual asset service providers, 2 - insurance brokers engaged in accumulative life insurance, 2 - investment funds, 1 each - reinsurance organizations engaged in accumulative life insurance, the central depository, notary and the national postal operator connections.