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# Plug & Play Technology

Your entire AML portal syncs to match your business.

Plug & Play Setup 

AML Portal 

Fully configured portal  
and AML program documents 

## What is it?

Every sector pack includes Plug & Play Technology. It asks you a series of plain-language questions about your business. When you are ready, you choose to sync your portal and it automatically matches your answers.

Instead of manually setting up screening rules, risk scoring, approval gates and reporting, the technology handles it for you and syncs in with your AML Program. Smart defaults are pre-set for your sector so you are not starting from scratch.

## How it works

From sign-up to a fully configured portal in four steps.

1 

### Register for your sector pack

Access your sector-specific compliance pack. It includes Plug & Play Technology alongside all your AML/CTF documentation.

2 

### Open Plug & Play

Log in to the AML Portal and launch Plug & Play. It is pre-loaded with your sector's requirements so you are not starting from scratch.

3 

### Fill in your business details

Work through each tab: your entity details, designated services, risk thresholds, personnel, screening preferences and more. Each field is explained as you go.

4 

### Send to your lawyer, then Go Live

Download the Brief to Solicitor and your Plug & Play Summary. Email them to your lawyer (or invite them to review in the portal). Once they approve, click Go Live and your portal syncs instantly.

## What Plug & Play covers

Plug & Play walks you through each of these areas. Smart defaults are pre-set based on your sector.

### Entity Details

Your business name, ABN, structure, sector and contact details.

### People and Access

AML Officer, Compliance Officer, personnel roles and portal seat allocation.

### Guardrail Policy

Which designated services your business provides and how the portal should handle each one.

### Program Settings

CDD thresholds, approval gates, simplified CDD preferences and screening intervals.

### Risk Scoring

Customer risk factors, weighting and automatic risk classification rules.

### Screening

Sanctions lists, PEP checks, adverse media monitoring and re-screening frequency.

### Training

Staff training requirements, module assignments and completion tracking.

### Compliance Digest

Automated daily or weekly compliance summary emails to your AML Officer.

### Reporting

Reporting group setup, board reporting frequency and annual compliance review settings.

## See it in action

Screenshots from inside Plug & Play.

![Plug & Play wizard – Entity Details](/assets/entity-details-CYb64t5N.png)

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Entity Details

![Plug & Play wizard – Risk Scoring](/assets/risk-scoring-Dely1w5G.png)

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Risk Scoring

![Plug & Play wizard – Risk Procedures](/assets/risk-procedures-B_4bv720.png)

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Risk Procedures

![Plug & Play wizard – Program Settings](/assets/program-settings-Up7qFaI9.png)

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Program Settings

## Why Plug & Play?

Plug & Play vs manual setup. Documents and portal sync as one

Smart defaults pre-set for your sector. Conservative settings your lawyer can adjust

Brief to Solicitor included. Your lawyer gets a clear summary of what to review

Plain language prompts that explain each compliance decision as you go

Sole practitioner shortcuts that auto-answer governance questions

Change any setting at any time. Nothing is locked after Go Live

Documents are licensed to you permanently. Download as PDFs and work offline if you prefer

## Common questions

### Do I have to use Plug & Play?

### Can I just download the documents without using the portal?

### Do I need technical knowledge?

### What are 'smart defaults'?

### Does my solicitor need to review?

### Can my solicitor access the portal?

### How long does it take?

### Can I change settings after Go Live?

## Ready to get started?

Register for a sector pack to unlock Plug & Play Technology.

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