The money remittance industry is extremely diverse, ranging from large international companies with outlets worldwide to small, independent convenience stores in communities with population concentrations that do not necessarily have access to traditional banking services.
The range of products and services offered, and the customer bases served, are equally diverse.
The definition of money remitter is wide, but the types of businesses are quite distinct. Some offer a variety of services, whilst others only offer money services as an ancillary component to their primary business.
The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) risks associated with the money remittance sector include:
Businesses within the money remittance sector captured by the AML/CTF obligations must ensure the organisation conducts a comprehensive ML/TF risk assessment to identify, assess, mitigate and manage ML/TF risk exposures. This is a critical first step in complying with AML/CTF laws.
These are the services offered by money remitters included as designated services under the AML/CTF Act.
If you offer or provide one or more of the above products or services, your business will be subject to AML/CTF obligations.
The AML/CTF regime is risk-based, which means that your responses to the AML/CTF obligations placed upon you should be risk-based.
A risk-based AML/CTF regime requires that you understand and address the Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (ML/TF) risks associated with the remittance services you offer.
You must then design, implement and maintain systems, procedures and controls that are proportionate to your ML/TF risks.
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