Enhanced Financial Surveillance by NBU: Identified Transactions to be Flagged for Scrutiny
Heyy there! Wondering what's new in the financial sector? Well, here's the scoop: The Financial Ministry's got some fresh moves coming your way, aiming to root out those sneaky illegal operators lurking in the banking world.
Get ready for deeper scrutiny as banks will now need to jog your memory by comparing this period's account activity with past activities and keep a record of any significant increases in transactions.
Banks are also advised to keep an eye on your financial transactions to ensure they jive with your profile and activities. If they find any whiff of suspicious activities, they'll matching your transactions with your sources of funds data.
Another point worth mentioning is that banks will be snooping around to figure out where your funds are going. Yeah, that's right, they'll be studying the websites you purchase stuff from or get funds, focusing on the domain zones and even the site owners. The idea is to detect if your resources are linked to illegal gambling activities.
It's also crucial for banks to check if your operations involve any sanctioned persons.
The National Bank of Ukraine recently announced rules limiting money transfers for individuals – no more than 30 peer-to-peer transfers of up to 100,000 UAH per month. But here's the catch: these limits are yet to be finalized, but banks must already ramp up their monitoring game.
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As for the nitty-gritty of these verification steps, they're part of a broader international effort against money laundering and financing terrorism. These steps typically involve:
- Identifying high-risk customers and subjecting them to detailed verification checks, including looking into their beneficial ownership, source of funds, and business activities.
- Regular monitoring of high-risk customers' transactions.
- Employing advanced technologies, such as NLP, entity clustering, behavioral analysis, and transaction monitoring to enhance risk analysis.
So, there ya go! Keep your accounts clean and your transactions above board, and you'll be just fine. And remember, we're here to help you navigate these changes, no matter how tricky they may seem. Stay tuned for more updates!
- The Financial Ministry is planning to implement stricter policies in the financial sector, focusing on detecting illegal operators and suspicious activities in banking transactions.
- Banks are being advised to compare this period's account activity with past activities and keep a record of any significant increases in transactions as part of a deeper scrutiny on financial business.
- Banks will now also monitor where funds are going, focusing on the websites purchased from or funded, domain zones, and even the site owners to detect illegal activities and sanctioned persons.
- The National Bank of Ukraine has announced new rules limiting money transfers for individuals, setting a monthly limit of 30 peer-to-peer transactions of up to 100,000 UAH, despite the rules yet to be finalized.
- These changes are part of a broader international effort against money laundering and financing terrorism, involving the identification of high-risk customers, detailed verification checks, regular monitoring of high-risk customers' transactions, and employing advanced technologies for enhanced risk analysis.
