Anti-money laundering and terrorist financing: authorised persons must consider FATF country-risk findings in money-changing transactions. The Reserve Bank circular requires money changing Authorised Persons to consider the FATF public statement identifying jurisdictions with strategic AML/CFT deficiencies, apply enhanced scrutiny and risk mitigation in business with those jurisdictions, ensure agents and franchisees comply mutatis mutandis, notify constituents, and obtain Principal Officer acknowledgement; legitimate transactions remain permitted. Directions are issued under the Foreign Exchange Management Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and Rules.
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Anti-money laundering and terrorist financing: authorised persons must consider FATF country-risk findings in money-changing transactions.
The Reserve Bank circular requires money changing Authorised Persons to consider the FATF public statement identifying jurisdictions with strategic AML/CFT deficiencies, apply enhanced scrutiny and risk mitigation in business with those jurisdictions, ensure agents and franchisees comply mutatis mutandis, notify constituents, and obtain Principal Officer acknowledgement; legitimate transactions remain permitted. Directions are issued under the Foreign Exchange Management Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and Rules.
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