In February, the National Bank applied measures of influence to three banks and thirteen non-bank financial institutions for violations in the field of financial monitoring and currency legislation. This was reported by the NBU press service.
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Which banks were punished by the regulator
Crystalbank and Accordbank paid fines in the amount of UAH 400 thousand.
The first did not provide the NBU with the necessary information in accordance with the Law “On Preventing and Combating the Legalization (Laundering) of Proceeds from Crime, the Financing of Terrorism and the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.”
Accordbank was punished for violating Article 11 of the Law of Ukraine “ On currency and foreign exchange transactions”, as well as other regulatory legal acts.
“The violation consists of the bank’s improper fulfillment of its obligations to carry out currency supervision, failure to take into account the requirements of Regulation No. 8 when carrying out currency supervision, namely, the bank, when conducting currency transactions on behalf of a client, did not take adequate and sufficient measures for a comprehensive analysis and verification of information/documents on currency transactions client,” reports the NBU.
The regulator also issued a written warning to Kominbank for violating the Law “On Preventing and Combating the Legalization (Laundering) of Proceeds from Crime, the Financing of Terrorism and the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.”< /p>
Ukrposhta will pay a fine of more than 17 million
Ukrposhta will pay a fine in the amount of UAH 17,387,053. for violation of the requirements of paragraph 2 of part two of Article 8 of the Law on NDP/TF in terms of failure to fulfill the obligation to ensure proper organization and conduct of primary financial monitoring.
Ukrposhta also received a written reservation.