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Asset laundering regulations should be strictly enforced by banks, and information about actual account holders should be collected.

The rules pertaining to banks' and financial institutions' prevention of money laundering have been strengthened by Nepal Rastra Bank.

The National Bank has made provisions for changing risk-based policies, procedures, and action plans in addition to changing institutional policies and regulations pertaining to the avoidance of money laundering and financial investment in terrorist activities.

The revised integrated supervisory information system by the National Bank stated that risk-based policies and procedures and action plans "must be amended and updated in the supervisory information system at least once a year on the basis of changes in prevailing laws, risk assessment, changes in business and technology, changes in crime patterns and trends." In the directory, it is mentioned.

Similar to this, in the event that banks and other financial institutions discover who the true owner is, they must acquire the most recent information about that person that was sent to the appropriate registration body by the client firm.

Within one month of the conclusion of each fiscal year, banks and other financial institutions are required to assess institutional risks, identify them, and report their findings to the Financial Information Unit and the Money Laundering Prevention Supervision Division.

The Anti-Money Laundering Supervision Division should receive the evaluation technique and objective basis from the banks prior to the risk assessment, as per the National Bank's guidelines.

The National Bank has instructed the banks to create and implement a risk-based annual action plan in addition to making the necessary adjustments to their policies and procedures based on the risk assessment report that was created after assessing the risk associated with preventing money laundering and financial investment in terrorism.

In a similar vein, an annual report that summarizes the work completed during the year in regards to stopping financial investments in the production and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorist organizations, and money laundering should be provided.

The Supervisory Information System must receive this kind of report within two months of the fiscal year's conclusion. The National Bank states that by the end of November of next year, a report prepared for 2080–2081 can be turned in.

"If the banks and financial institutions do not take the said action, the National Bank may take action against such officials or employees, and may impose a fine ranging from 1 million to 50 million rupees, or remove them from their position, or both, according to the state of compliance, the seriousness of the matter and the nature of the indicator institution, and the director or related officials of the organization who do not take such action." In the direction.

Likewise, the personal information of stockholders owning fifteen percent or more of the shares shall be retained. Previously, it was required to maintain the personal information of shareholders who held 10% of the shares.

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