Module 2 (Part 2) Flashcards
What does the 2012 Revision of the FATF 40 Recommendations state
some customer types pose heightened risks, and recommend additional customer due diligence on specific customers and activities
What are the 6 areas listed
- PEPs
- Cross-Border Correspondent Banking
- Money or Value Transfer Services
- New technologies
- Wire Transfers
- Transparency and Beneficial Ownership of Legal persons and arrangements
Appropriate steps must be taken to _________ PEPs
identify
including what 3 steps
- obtaining senior management approval of such business relationships
- taking measures to establish the sources of wealth and funds
- conducting ongoing monitoring
Regarding cross-border correspondent banking, appropriate steps must be taken to understand what 4 things about the institutions
- The institutions business,
- reputation
- Supervision,
- AML controls
What should countries ensure about Money or Value Transfer Services
that they are licensed or registered
Subject to AML requirements
What should countries and financial institutions assess regarding new technologies
the risks associated with the development of new products, business practices, deliver mechanisms, and technology
What should countries require regarding wire transfers
they should require financial institutions to obtain and send required and accurate originator, intermediary, and beneficiary information with wires
what should financial instutions monitor wires for
incomplete information and take appropriate measures
what should they also monitor wires for
for those involving parties designated by the UN Security council
what should they do if they involve such parties
take freezing actions or otherwise prohibit the transactions from occurring
Regarding transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons and arrangements what should countries do
take appropriate measures to prevent the misuses of legal persons for money laundering or terrorist financing,
including what
ensuring information about the BO and control of such legal persons is available to competent authorities
particularly with regard to what types of legal persons
legal persons that can issue bearer shares or have nominee shareholders or directors
how many members is FATF currently comprised of
35 member jurisdictions and 2 regional organizations