On 20 July 2021, the European Commission presented an ambitious package of legislative proposals to strengthen the EU's anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terro-rism (AML/CFT) rules. The package includes not only a proposal for the creation of a new EU anti-money laundering body, but above all the adoption of new legislation, which should si-multaneously contain directly applicable rules, including in the areas of client due diligence and beneficial ownership. The legislative package also includes a proposal for a new (sixth) directive, which will replace the previous directive 2015/849/EU. The newly proposed directi-ve presents new mechanisms for Member States to put in place to prevent the use of the finan-cial system for money laundering or terrorist financing. The following article is devoted to the mechanisms of the proposed directive and their influence on banking transactions.