
Proposed beneficial owner rules bring fresh scrutiny for financial institutions
Institutions will have to identify and verify owners, assess their honesty and integrity at least every two years, and report beneficial-owner information to regulators.

Institutions will have to identify and verify owners, assess their honesty and integrity at least every two years, and report beneficial-owner information to regulators.

An inspection identified inadequate implementation of the RMCP and deficient customer due diligence processes.

Standard Bank’s compliance failures include the untimely submission of suspicious activity reports and neglecting system alerts.

The fines on both banks run into millions of rands, but most of the penalties are conditionally suspended.