To meet the requirement set forth by anti-money laundering act b.e.2542(1999) (AMLA), counter-Terrorism Financing Act B.E. 2556 (2013),Ministerial Regulations, and Notification of the prime minister related to anti-Money Laundering, Mega International Commercial Bank Public Company Limited (hereinafter “The Bank”) sets up the program to ensure compliance with the Act/Ministerial Regulation and to pursue international standards.
In this Policy
“senior Officer” means any Bank Officer whose position is equal to Assistant Division Manager or above but not higher than division manager.
“Bank management” means any Bank Officer whose position is equal to deputy general manager or above.
1.Duties and Responsibilities
(1)Board of Directors
The Board of directors of the bank should be fully committed to an effective AML/CFT (Anti-Money laundering & combating the finance of terrorism) program by establishing appropriate procedures and ensuring its effectiveness. Explicit responsibility should be allocated within the bank to ensure that the bank policies and procedures are managed effectively to be in compliance with minimum requirements of local regulators.
(2)Manager
It is the statutory responsibility of the bank management to make reasonable efforts to combat money laundering and prevent criminals from misusing the bank by implementing effective policies and procedures to prevent the bank from entering into any business relationship with potential criminals or clients or clients conducting suspicious transaction.
Therefore, the management has to ensure that the following are achieved:
A. Awareness and understanding of AML/CFT policy to comply with the respective laws, regulations and policies.
B. Appointment of compliance or AML officer to take duties and responsibilities in relation to AML/CFT efforts in the bank.
C. Ensuring that the respective business units within the bank have adequate resources, training and measures on AML/CFT
D. Business units under their charge should:
-Have adequate systems and procedures for customer identification & verification, monitoring, investigating and reporting on suspicious money laundering transaction and retention of financial document.
These system and procedures should not be the same across products, services and client basses. business units should identify which products, services and client (or sectors) may be more amenable to money laundering or terrorist financing, and enhanced KYC/CDD (know your customer/customer due diligence) and monitoring procedures with respect to high-risk categories should be implemented.
-have adequate reviews and evaluation of reported suspicious money laundering transactions, as well as the overall effectiveness of the systems (policies/procedures), which are implemented.