2020-01-01
The Palestine Monetary Authority issued Circular No. 120 (2020/120) mandating all payment service companies in Palestine to strictly comply with immediate suspicious activity reporting and mandatory registration with the Financial Intelligence Unit's GoAML system. The directive requires entities to establish direct system connectivity, utilize standardized reporting methodologies for money laundering and terrorist financing suspicions, and fully cooperate with data requests. Accompanying technical guidelines and reporting templates are provided to ensure confidential, rapid, and compliant submission of all suspicious transaction reports.
PALESTINE MONETARY AUTHORITY
Circular No. (2020/120) To all payment service companies operating in Palestine Date: Sunday, June 07, 2020
Based on the provisions of Article (14) of Law No. (20) of 2015 and its amendments regarding the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, and Items (1) and (3) of Article Third of the decision issued by the National Committee for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing No. (7/J/3/2019), and aiming to ensure confidentiality and speed in the reporting process of suspected money laundering, terrorist financing, or any predicate crimes, all payment service companies are required to strictly comply with the following:
Connect and register with the Financial Intelligence Unit via the "GoAML" program according to the mechanism outlined in the attached guide. In case technical assistance is requested, contact the Financial Intelligence Unit at (022967401) or (022967402).
Report to the Financial Intelligence Unit in writing and electronically via the "GoAML" program immediately upon suspicion of money laundering, terrorist financing, or any predicate crimes, according to the attached reporting methodologies, and cooperate with the Unit's requests for information and records.
Supervision Group Palestine Monetary Authority
Ramallah & Al-Bireh Governorate - Palestine P.O. Box 452
info@pma.ps | Fax: +970 2 2415310 | Tel: +970 2 2415251
Gaza - Palestine P.O. Box 4026
Gaza - Palestine P.O. Box 4026
Fax: +970 8 2844487 | Tel: +970 8 2825713
Before reporting on the Financial Intelligence Unit's reporting system, you must access the page for registering reporting organizations by visiting the following link:
Then click on the subject on the red rectangle above, and select Register as organization as shown in the figure below:
After registration on the system, you will automatically be redirected to the institution reporting data registration page as shown in the figure below. Regarding the Entity Type field, the registered company is distinguished by its type, such as money changers and banks. For security agencies, ministries, and other institutions, select Reporting Entity and stakeholder.
Please select the type of organization you are registering as, and then enter your organization details
Enter the text from the image in the field below:
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https://goaml.ffu.ps/goAMLPRD/Account/LogOn
The username and password were previously defined during the financial institution registration process under the name Registering person.
This completes the registration and login process to the reporting system within the permissions granted to each institution.
In the main menu, there is a menu named New Reports, select Web Reports
Next, select the nature of the suspected party, whether it is a company (Entity), person (Person), or account (Account). Of course, in the case of a money changer company, the available options are Company or the Person executing the transaction.
If Person is selected, the following screen appears:
Then fill in the fields for phone, address, and ID number, all of which are optional – not mandatory.
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After finishing entering all available fields, click Save.