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Central Bank of the UAE Guidance for Registered Hawala Providers and Licensed Financial Institutions Providing Services to Registered Hawala Providers

Status

In force

Issuing Authority

Central Bank

Effective date

XX.XX.XXXX

Official Link

https://

August 15, 2021

Contents
Part I: Registered Hawala Providers and Licensed Financial Institutions4
1 Introduction4

3.4.2 Other Types of Record Keeping...23 4 Reporting Obligations...23 4.1 Daily Reporting ...23 4.2 Quarterly Settlement Statements...23 4.3 Reporting Suspicious Transactions and registration to GoAML...23 5 Penalties ...24 Part III: Guidance for LFIs...25 1 Understanding Risks ...25 2 Mitigating Risks...25 2.1 Risk-Based Approach ...25 2.1.1 Conducting an enterprise risk assessment ...25 2.1.2 Identifying and assessing the risks associated with specific customers ...25 2.1.3 Applying EDD and other preventive measures ...26 2.2 Customer Due Diligence and Enhanced Due Diligence ...27 2.2.1 Customer Identification and verification ...27 2.2.2 Beneficial Owner Identification...27 2.2.3 Customer's Business and Business Relationship ...27 2.2.4 Ongoing Monitoring...28 2.3 Transaction Monitoring and STR Reporting ...29 2.3.1 Transaction Monitoring...29 2.3.2 STR Reporting ...30 2.4 Governanc...