RBI/2011-12 /188
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 24
September 19, 2011
To
All Authorised Persons, who are Indian Agents under Money Transfer Service
Scheme.
Madam/ Sir
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards/Combating the Financing of Terrorism
(CFT) Standards -
Cross Border Inward Remittance under Money Transfer Service Scheme
Attention of all the Authorised Persons, who are Indian Agents under Money
Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS) is invited to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.66
dated May 20, 2011 forwarding the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Statement
identifying a list of jurisdictions which have strategic AML/CFT deficiencies.
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has further issued a Statement on June 24,
2011 (copy enclosed) calling upon jurisdictions listed in the Statement to
complete the implementation of their action plan within timeframe. The FATF, in
the Statement has called upon its members to consider the information given in
the Statement.
- All Authorised Persons (Indian Agents) are accordingly advised to consider
the information contained in the enclosed Statement.
- Authorised Persons (Indian Agents) may bring the contents of this circular to
the notice of their constituents concerned.
- Please advise your Principal Officer to acknowledge receipt of this circular
letter.
- The directions contained in this Circular have been issued under Section
10(4) and Section 11(1) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of
1999) and also under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, as
amended by Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009 and Prevention
of Money-Laundering (Maintenance of Records of the Nature and Value of
Transactions, the Procedure and Manner of Maintaining and Time for Furnishing
Information and Verification and Maintenance of Records of the Identity of the
Clients of the Banking Companies, Financial Institutions and Intermediaries)
Rules, 2005 as amended from time to time. Non-compliance with the guidelines
would attract penal provisions of the Acts concerned or Rules made there under.
Yours faithfully,
(Meena Hemchandra)
Chief General Manager-in-Charge