From Paper to Platform: How Lex-AML Supports Your AML/CTF Program
AUSTRAC publishes its program guidance as documents. Lex-AML helps Australian Tranche 2 organisations turn that guidance into an organised, repeatable compliance workflow — program preparation, customer onboarding, customer due diligence, evidence and audit-ready records.
In plain English
AUSTRAC's program guidance is thorough — but it arrives as documents. A small practice still has to work out how to run compliance day to day: who has been onboarded, what evidence has been collected, when a review is due, and how to keep records you can stand behind. Lex-AML gives your organisation one organised place to do that work, so compliance becomes a repeatable workflow rather than a folder of paperwork.
Who this matters for
Australian Tranche 2 organisations
Lex-AML is built for the Tranche 2 sectors brought into Australia's AML/CTF regime — legal professionals, accountants, conveyancers, real estate professionals, and dealers in precious metals and stones. Whether your organisation is in scope depends on the designated services you provide, so check AUSTRAC's sector guidance and seek professional advice for your situation.
The AUSTRAC lifecycle, supported end to end
Customise · Use · Maintain
AUSTRAC frames an AML/CTF program as a three-step lifecycle. Here is what each step means and how Lex-AML supports it.
Customise
AUSTRAC says: review the starter kit, tailor your risk assessment, policies and processes to your services, and have senior management sign off.
Lex-AML gives your compliance team a guided way to select your designated services, work through an ML/TF risk assessment, and capture your policies, processes, governance and personnel in one place — ready for senior sign-off.
Use
AUSTRAC says: onboard customers, carry out customer due diligence, keep records, and report where required.
Your team invites a customer to a guided Customer Portal, the customer completes the right intake for their type and uploads evidence, and the submission comes back structured for review. Your team makes every customer due diligence decision.
Maintain
AUSTRAC says: keep your program current — review your risk assessment, run periodic reviews, and keep records you can stand behind.
Lex-AML helps you schedule periodic and trigger-based reviews, manage follow-up tasks, and keep a complete, review-ready audit trail of what happened and when.
How Lex-AML supports the workflow
One organised place for your compliance work
Your compliance team works in the Organisation Workspace. Your customers complete guided onboarding in the Customer Portal and only ever see their own submission. GetPost Labs operates the secure platform layer behind the scenes. With Lex-AML your organisation can:
Some capabilities connect to external providers and are available once configured for your environment:
- •Identity, PEP and sanctions screening — designed to work through an approved verification provider, available once connected.
- •Email notifications and customer sign-in — available once configured for your environment.
- •Encrypted cloud evidence storage — supported once configured.
What Lex-AML does not replace
Clear about the boundaries
See it for your sector
Book a demo to see the current Lex-AML preview — the workspace and the customer portal — and understand how the product is being developed for your sector.
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Disclaimer: Lex-AML supports compliance workflows and record keeping. It does not provide legal advice, does not guarantee compliance, and does not replace professional judgement or advice from a qualified AML/CTF adviser or legal professional. This article is published by GetPost Labs Pty Ltd for educational purposes only. Always refer to the authoritative text on legislation.gov.au and AUSTRAC guidance, and seek professional advice for your specific circumstances.