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Optimising Fraud and Financial Crime Detection and Reporting

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued this circular to provide guidance on optimizing fraud and financial crime detection and reporting mechanisms. It requires all authorized institutions to enhance their transaction monitoring, screening, and suspicious transaction reporting processes. The document aims to improve the effectiveness of anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism controls within the financial sector.

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Issue Date:

09 Feb 2023

20230209-2-EN.pdf (151.4 KB)

Topic:

AML & CFT - AML/CFT Controls

Fintech - Commercial data interchange

Operational Risk Management - Fraud risk management

Group:

All Authorized Institutions

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CIR

Current

09 Feb 2023

Optimising Fraud and Financial Crime Detection and Reporting

Annex

Current

09 Feb 2023

Enclosure - Guidance Paper on Transaction Monitoring, Screening and Suspicious Transaction Reporting (Revised in February 2023)

CIR

Current

09 Feb 2023

Optimising Fraud and Financial Crime Detection and Reporting

Annex

Current

09 Feb 2023

Enclosure - Guidance Paper on Transaction Monitoring, Screening and Suspicious Transaction Reporting (Revised in February 2023)

Cross referenced Document

Version History

Superseded Document

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