TABLE OF CONTENTS
The sections of the FFIEC BSA/AML Examination Manual that have been added or
significantly modified from the previous edition are reflected by date.
INTRODUCTION 5
CORE EXAMINATION OVERVIEW AND PROCEDURES FOR ASSESSING THE
BSA/AML COMPLIANCE PROGRAM 15
Scoping and Planning — Overview (2010).............................................................. 15
Examination Procedures ................................................................................. 19
BSA/AML Risk Assessment — Overview (2010) ................................................... 22
Examination Procedures ................................................................................. 31
BSA/AML Compliance Program — Overview (2010) ............................................ 32
Examination Procedures ................................................................................. 38
Developing Conclusions and Finalizing the Examination — Overview (2010) ...... 44
Examination Procedures ................................................................................. 48
CORE EXAMINATION OVERVIEW AND PROCEDURES FOR REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS AND RELATED TOPICS 52
Customer Identification Program — Overview........................................................ 52
Foreign Correspondent Account Recordkeeping and Due Diligence — Overview117
International Transportation of Currency or Monetary Instruments
Examination Procedures ................................................................................. 59
Customer Due Diligence — Overview..................................................................... 63
Examination Procedures ................................................................................. 66
Suspicious Activity Reporting — Overview (2010)................................................. 67
Examination Procedures ................................................................................. 81
Currency Transaction Reporting — Overview......................................................... 86
Examination Procedures ................................................................................. 88
Currency Transaction Reporting Exemptions — Overview (2010) ......................... 90
Examination Procedures ................................................................................. 95
Information Sharing — Overview ............................................................................ 97
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 103
Purchase and Sale of Monetary Instruments Recordkeeping — Overview............ 106
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 109
Funds Transfers Recordkeeping — Overview........................................................ 110
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 116
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 125
Private Banking Due Diligence Program (Non-U.S. Persons) — Overview ......... 130
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 135
Special Measures — Overview............................................................................... 138
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 141
Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts Reporting — Overview (2010) ................ 142
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 143
Reporting — Overview........................................................................................... 144
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 146
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Office of Foreign Assets Control — Overview (2010) .......................................... 147
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 157
EXPANDED EXAMINATION OVERVIEW AND PROCEDURES FOR
CONSOLIDATED AND OTHER TYPES OF BSA/AML
COMPLIANCE PROGRAM STRUCTURES 160
BSA/AML Compliance Program Structures — Overview (2010)......................... 160
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 166
Foreign Branches and Offices of U.S. Banks — Overview ................................... 169
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 173
Parallel Banking — Overview................................................................................ 175
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 176
EXPANDED EXAMINATION OVERVIEW AND PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES 178
Correspondent Accounts (Domestic) — Overview ................................................ 178
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 181
Correspondent Accounts (Foreign) — Overview................................................... 183
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 186
Bulk Shipments of Currency — Overview (2010) ................................................. 188
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 193
U.S. Dollar Drafts — Overview ............................................................................. 195
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 196
Payable Through Accounts — Overview ............................................................... 198
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 201
Pouch Activities — Overview ................................................................................ 204
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 206
Electronic Banking — Overview (2010) ................................................................ 208
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 212
Funds Transfers — Overview (2010) ..................................................................... 213
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 221
Automated Clearing House Transactions — Overview (2010).............................. 224
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 232
Electronic Cash — Overview (2010)...................................................................... 234
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 238
Third-Party Payment Processors — Overview (2010) ........................................... 239
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 242
Purchase and Sale of Monetary Instruments — Overview..................................... 243
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 244
Brokered Deposits — Overview............................................................................. 246
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 248
Privately Owned Automated Teller Machines — Overview.................................. 250
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 253
Nondeposit Investment Products — Overview....................................................... 255
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 260
Insurance — Overview ........................................................................................... 262
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 265
Concentration Accounts — Overview.................................................................... 267
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Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 269
Lending Activities — Overview............................................................................. 270
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 272
Trade Finance Activities — Overview (2010)........................................................ 273
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 278
Private Banking — Overview (2010) ..................................................................... 279
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 284
Trust and Asset Management Services — Overview ............................................. 286
Examination Procedures ............................................................................... 291
EXPANDED EXAMINATION OVERVIEW AND PROCEDURES FOR PERSONS AND
ENTITIES 293
Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Individuals — Overview..................................... 293
Appendix A: BSA Laws and Regulations ............................................................. A–1
Appendix B: BSA/AML Directives (2010) ............................................................B–1
Appendix C: BSA/AML References (2010)...........................................................C–1
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