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KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER (KYC) STANDARDS
AND
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MEASURES (AML)
 
GUIDANCE NOTES FOR BANKS

OCTOBER 2005
Content
1. Background
2. Purpose
3. Scope
4. The Need To Combat Money Laundering
5. Money Laundering risk assessments
Risk classification
(i) High Risk
(ii) Medium Risk
(iii) Low Risk
6. Extra precautions to be taken in the opening of the following
types of accounts:
Trust accounts
Non face-to-face customers
Correspondent Banking
Fiduciary Accounts
Pooled Accounts
7. Know Your Customer and Identification
The Duty to Obtain Identification
The Nature and Level of the Business to be Conducted
Application of Commercial Judgment
8. Establishing Identity 6
Identification Evidence
What is Identity?
Whose Identity Should Be Verified?
9. Identification Procedures: General Principles
Certification and Copying Identification Documents
Records of Identification Evidence
Customer Identification Procedure
a. Information collected for customer identification purpose
b. KYC Documentation for different types of liability accounts
c. The practice of obtaining Introduction
d. Individual NR Accounts
e. Mis-spelt Names in the ID Proof documents
f. Minor accounts
g. Joint accounts
h. Society/Associations/Clubs
i. Hindu Undivided Family [HUF]
j. Flexibility in KYC standards to ensure there is no financial exclusion
10. Basic Principles and Objectives of Money Laundering Prevention
and Compliance
Tipping off
Terrorist Financing
11. Recognizing and Reporting Suspicious Transaction/Activity
What is meant by "suspicion?"
What is meant by reasonable grounds to suspect
12. Know Your Customer - The Basis For Recognising Suspicions
Monitoring procedures to assist KYC
13. The Role of the Principal Officer
14. Internal Reporting of Suspicious Transactions
Internal Reporting Procedures
15. Reporting Procedures Under PMLA

16. Awareness and Training
Creating Awareness
Provision of Information to Relevant Staff
Contents of Training
Approach to Training

A N N E X U R E S
 
A Indicative list of High-Risk Countries - Annexure A
B Medium Risk Countries   - Annexure B  
C Resident Individual Account Opening Form       - Annexure C  
D Non-Resident Individual Account Opening Form - Annexure D
E An Indicative List of Suspicious Activities - Annexure E 
F Suggested Format For Internal Reporting to PO - Suspicious 
Activity Report - Annexure F
G Anti-Money Laundering - Case Studies Of Suspicious Activities
(Useful For Training Purposes)Annexure G

H Suggested solutions to certain situations – Annexure H
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
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