FATF

Guidance on private sector information sharing

This FATF guidance sets out the obstacles related to effective exchange of information between financial institutions, articulates the requirements of the FATF Recommendations in this context and aims to improve effective information sharing.

Guidance on correspondent banking services

This guidance explains the FATF’s requirements in the context of correspondent banking services and clarifies that the FATF Recommendations do not require correspondent financial institutions to conduct customer due diligence on each individual customer of their respondent institutions’ customers.

Guidance for a risk-based approach for money or value transfer services

This non-binding Guidance is intended to assist countries and their competent authorities, as well as the practitioners in the Money or Value Transfer Services (MVTS) sector and in the banking sector that have or are considering MVTS providers as customers, to apply the risk-based approach associated to MVTS.

Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach: Effective Supervision and Enforcement by AML/CFT Supervisors of the Financial Sector and Law Enforcement

This Guidance describes the features of effective supervision by regulators and supervisors, and also clarifies the interplay with the role of law enforcement agencies.

Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Currencies

The FATF developed this Guidance focusing on the points of intersection that provide gateways to the regulated financial system, in particular convertible virtual currency exchangers, and will continue to monitor developments in VCPPS, emerging risks and mitigating factors to update this Guidance, to include - where appropriate - emerging best practices to address regulatory issues arising in respect of ML/TF risks associated with VCPPS.

Best Practices on Combating the Abuse of Non-Profit Organisations

The FATF Best Practices Paper is aimed at preventing the misuse of NPOs for the financing of terrorism while, at the same time, respecting legitimate actions of NPOs.

Guidance on Transparency and Beneficial Ownership

This FATF Guidance assists countries to design and implement measures that will deter and prevent the misuse of corporate vehicles, such as companies, trusts and other types of legal persons and arrangements – for money laundering, terrorist financing and other illicit purposes.

Risk-Based Approach for the Banking Sector

This Guidance helps in the design and implementation of a risk-based approach for the banking sector, taking into account national risk assessments and the national legal and regulatory frameworks, as well as helps develop a common understanding of the risk-based approach between supervisory authorities and banks.

Best Practices Paper: The Use of the FATF Recommendations to Combat Corruption

This Best Practices Paper aims to provide policy makers and practitioners with guidance and best practices on how AML/CFT measures can be used to combat corruption.

International Best Practices: Targeted Financial Sanctions Related to Terrorism and Terrorist Financing (Recommendation 6)

This updated best practices paper reflects the latest relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) in response to challenges faced by countries in the implementation of Recommendation 6, which requires countries to implement the targeted financial sanctions regimes to comply with UNSCRs relating to the prevention and suppression of terrorism and terrorist financing, such as UNSCR 1267(1999) and its successor resolutions, and UNSCR 1373(2001).

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