Trusts under the magnifying glass of local and international financial watchdogs
If a trust is not valid, the trustees can be held personally liable for any taxes related to the trust activities.
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NCA Credit providers’ FICA obligations
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Is South Africa on track to getting off the grey list?
Looking back at this year’s FPI Professional’s Convention
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Webinars on how to investigate misconduct and address poor performance
Grey-listing is unavoidable, says head of Financial Intelligence Centre
The country has failed to deal with corruption and state capture, Xolisile Khanyile tells newspaper.
FIC helped to recover 51% more in proceeds from crime
But blocked 66% less as suspected proceeds of crime in 2021/22.
The law – should it be applied or enforced?
In District Six, the musical, one of the songs asks: The law, the law, the law. What for? The answer comes from Kris Kristofersson: The law is for protection of the people. After […]
PA proposes additional due diligence for life insurance beneficiaries
Life insurers will have to incorporate beneficiaries as a risk factor when determining a client’s overall money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risk, according to a proposed directive published for comment by the […]
FIC publishes risk management and compliance programme guide for smaller non-financial entities
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has published a document to guide designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBPs) in developing and implementing their risk management and compliance programmes (RMCPs). Public Compliance Communication (PCC) 53 […]
Law enforcement agencies co-operating to target unexplained wealth
A number of government departments, and law enforcement and prosecution agencies are piloting an initiative which they say will make it more cost effective, faster and easier to investigate and recover assets acquired […]
New accountable institutions will be given time to bed down Fica compliance
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) will work with entities that become accountable institutions in terms of the amendments to the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (Fica), to help them bed down compliance with the […]
FSCA publishes notices issued to FSPs for Fica non-compliance
Last week, the FSCA informed subscribers to its communications that it has published, on its website, the notices of administrative sanctions that it issued to 11 FSPs for non-compliance with the Financial Intelligence […]
Low-risk businesses cannot be excluded from the list of accountable institutions, says FIC
Only areas of business where there was no risk of money laundering could be excluded from the ambit of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (Fica), whereas even low-risk businesses should be accountable institutions, […]
Call for accountable institution amendments to exclude life insurers that provide risk policies
Outsurance Life has proposed that long-term insurers that provide risk products should be excluded as accountable institutions, saying the increased cost of compliance was not proportionate to the low risk these products posed […]
Momoniat: We don’t know who dropped the ball with state capture transactions
National Treasury’s acting director-general, Ismail Momoniat, says mechanisms need to be put in place to ensure that the regulators are doing their job in respect of suspicious financial transactions, noting that Treasury does […]
Nedbank: Fica non-compliance was due to delays in promulgating amendments
Nedbank has blamed delays in the promulgation of amendments to the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (Fica) for the effective fine of R20 million and other administrative sanctions imposed by the Prudential Authority (PA) […]
FIC publishes draft directive on employee screening
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has published a draft directive that requires accountable institutions to screen their employees for competence and integrity, as well as scrutinise employee information against the targeted financial sanctions […]
Fica amendment proposed to take account of Property Practitioners Act
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has published a draft public compliance communication with a view to amending Schedule 1 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (Fica) to take account of the creation of […]
FIC publishes draft communications on data privacy and anti-terrorism financing
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has called for comments on draft public compliance communications that clarify the interplay between the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (Fica) and the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia) […]
Inadequate money laundering risk management exposes businesses to criminal exploitation
Businesses that do not develop and implement an effective risk management and compliance programme (RMCP) are particularly vulnerable to financial crime, such as money laundering and terrorist financing. A Financial Action Task Force […]
