This document is a checklist for a firm to assess its compliance with the Financial Intelligence Centre Act. It contains two sections - the first asks whether the firm has developed, documented, and implemented a risk management and compliance programme to identify, assess, monitor, mitigate, and manage money laundering and terrorist financing risks. The second section contains yes/no questions about whether the firm implements specific requirements of the compliance programme, such as establishing client identities, understanding business relationships, and ongoing staff training.
This document is a checklist for a firm to assess its compliance with the Financial Intelligence Centre Act. It contains two sections - the first asks whether the firm has developed, documented, and implemented a risk management and compliance programme to identify, assess, monitor, mitigate, and manage money laundering and terrorist financing risks. The second section contains yes/no questions about whether the firm implements specific requirements of the compliance programme, such as establishing client identities, understanding business relationships, and ongoing staff training.
This document is a checklist for a firm to assess its compliance with the Financial Intelligence Centre Act. It contains two sections - the first asks whether the firm has developed, documented, and implemented a risk management and compliance programme to identify, assess, monitor, mitigate, and manage money laundering and terrorist financing risks. The second section contains yes/no questions about whether the firm implements specific requirements of the compliance programme, such as establishing client identities, understanding business relationships, and ongoing staff training.
Key compliance requirements as required under the Financial Intelligence
Centre Act:
RISK MANAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE PROGRAMME Yes No
Developed Documented Maintained Implemented
THE RMCP enables the Firm to: Yes No
- Identify - Assess - Monitor - Mitigate - Manage The risk that the provision of services rendered by the attorney/law firm may involve or facilitate money laundering activities or the financing of terrorist and related activities
Implementation of RMCP: Yes No
Identify of clients are established and verified. Documents/information obtained to establish and verify client Understanding and obtaining information on business relationship The identity of the beneficial owner is determined Examination of complex Large Transactions Examination of unusual patterns of transactions Assessment of domestic prominent influential person or foreign prominent public official Identification of service-related and transaction risks Presence of higher risk factors Risk rating of all client matters Motivation captured for risk rating Ongoing monitoring of risks Records are being kept of information required under FIC Act. Determined whether a transaction or activity is reportable Ongoing training being implemented for the benefit of staff.