2024-12-11
The Bank of Portugal issued Circular Letter No. CC/2024/00000052 to remind supervised entities of the requirements for updating customer identification data under Article 40 of Law No. 83/2017. The document provides guidance on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing conduct, specifically addressing scenarios where updating client, representative, or beneficial owner data is impossible. It aims to assist credit institutions, payment institutions, and other financial entities in maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.
Recalls the requirements applicable within the framework of update procedures provided for in Article 40 of Law No. 83/2017, of August 18, and disseminates other aspects that assist supervised entities for the purposes of preventing money laundering and terrorist financing in defining the conduct to be adopted in this context, including in cases of impossibility of updating the identification data of clients, their representatives, and beneficial owners.
Status: In force
Official Gazette: 11/2024 4th Supplement
Publication Date: 11-12-2024
Issue Date: 26-11-2024
Recipient Type: Credit Institutions, Electronic Money Institutions, Payment Institutions, Financial Companies
Descriptors: Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Banking Operations, Banking Service, Client, Identification Document, Supervision
Recipients: Exchange Agencies, Banks, Central Credit Cooperative Agricultural Box, Mutual Agricultural Credit Boxes, Savings Banks, Entities exercising activities with virtual assets, Development Financial Institution, Mortgage Credit Institutions, Electronic Money Institutions, Payment Institutions, Credit Financial Institutions, Regional Development Companies, Factoring Companies, Mutual Guarantee Companies, Investment Companies, Financial Leasing Companies, Credit Financial Companies, Microcredit Financial Companies
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