Module 2 (Part 2) Flashcards

1
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What does the 2012 Revision of the FATF 40 Recommendations state

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some customer types pose heightened risks, and recommend additional customer due diligence on specific customers and activities

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2
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What are the 6 areas listed

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  1. PEPs
  2. Cross-Border Correspondent Banking
  3. Money or Value Transfer Services
  4. New technologies
  5. Wire Transfers
  6. Transparency and Beneficial Ownership of Legal persons and arrangements
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3
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Appropriate steps must be taken to _________ PEPs

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identify

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4
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including what 3 steps

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  1. obtaining senior management approval of such business relationships
  2. taking measures to establish the sources of wealth and funds
  3. conducting ongoing monitoring
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5
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Regarding cross-border correspondent banking, appropriate steps must be taken to understand what 4 things about the institutions

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  1. The institutions business,
  2. reputation
  3. Supervision,
  4. AML controls
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6
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What should countries ensure about Money or Value Transfer Services

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that they are licensed or registered

Subject to AML requirements

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7
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What should countries and financial institutions assess regarding new technologies

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the risks associated with the development of new products, business practices, deliver mechanisms, and technology

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8
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What should countries require regarding wire transfers

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they should require financial institutions to obtain and send required and accurate originator, intermediary, and beneficiary information with wires

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9
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what should financial instutions monitor wires for

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incomplete information and take appropriate measures

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10
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what should they also monitor wires for

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for those involving parties designated by the UN Security council

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11
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what should they do if they involve such parties

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take freezing actions or otherwise prohibit the transactions from occurring

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12
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Regarding transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons and arrangements what should countries do

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take appropriate measures to prevent the misuses of legal persons for money laundering or terrorist financing,

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13
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including what

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ensuring information about the BO and control of such legal persons is available to competent authorities

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14
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particularly with regard to what types of legal persons

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legal persons that can issue bearer shares or have nominee shareholders or directors

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15
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how many members is FATF currently comprised of

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35 member jurisdictions and 2 regional organizations

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16
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what are the 2 regional organizations

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the gulf cooperation council

European commission

17
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What else are there in the organization

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31 associate members or observers of FATF

18
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What are the first 10 members of FATF

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  1. Argentina
  2. Australia
  3. Austria
  4. Belgium
  5. Brazil
  6. Canada
  7. China
  8. Denmark
  9. Finland

10 France

19
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What are the second group of 10

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  1. Germany
  2. Greece
  3. Hong Kong (China)
  4. Iceland
  5. India
  6. Ireland
  7. Italy
  8. Japan
  9. Korea
  10. Luxembourg
20
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What is the third group of 10

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  1. Malaysia
  2. Mexico
  3. Netherlands
  4. New Zealand
  5. Norway
  6. Portugal
  7. Russian Federation
  8. Singapore
  9. South Africa
  10. Spain
21
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What are the final 5

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  1. Sweden
  2. Switzerland
  3. Turkey
  4. United Kingdom
  5. United States
22
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What is the primary global standard-setter for the prudential regulation of banks

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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

23
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What kind of forum does it provide

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cooperation on banking supervisory matters

24
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what is the committees mandate

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to strengthen the regulation, supervison and practices of banks worldwide with the purpose of enhancing financial stability

25
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What paper did the basel committee publish in october of 2001

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Customer Due Diligence for Banks

26
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what are the 4 areas it addresses

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  1. Importance of KYC standards for supervisors and banks
  2. Essential elements of KYC standards
  3. The role of supervisors
  4. Implementation of KYC standards in a cross-border context
27
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what does the paper specify as the four key elements of KYC program

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  1. Customer identification
  2. Risk management
  3. Customer acceptance
  4. Monitoring
28
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Banks should not only establish the identity of their customers, but what

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should also monitor account activity to identify transactions that do not conform to the normal or expected transactions for that customer or type of account

29
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Should numbered accounts be prohibited?

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No

30
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but what

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should be subjected to exactly the same KYC procedures as other customer accounts

31
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What does the paper also identify

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specific customer identification issues related to higher risk customers

32
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what should banks develop

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customer acceptance policies and procedures

33
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what should these policies and procedures describe

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background, country of origin, business activities, and other risk indicators

34
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what is the second bullet point

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banks should use standard identification procedures when dealing with non face to face customers

35
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what is the third

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banks should provide periodic bank-wide employee training that explains the importance of the KYC policies and AML requirements

36
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what is the final bullet point

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conduct continued monitoring of high risk accounts by compliance personnel to obtain a greater understanding of the customers’ “normal activities” and to enable the updating of identification papers and the detection of suspicious transaction patterns