We will monitor account activity for unusual size, volume, pattern or type of transactions, taking into account risk factors and red flags that are appropriate to our business. Monitoring will be conducted through the following methods: CO will be responsible for this monitoring, will review any activity that our monitoring system detects, will determine whether any additional steps are required, will document when and how this monitoring is carried out, and will report suspicious activities to the appropriate authorities. Pay Integration denies politically exposed persons in service. Pay Integration requests clients to provide documents on origin of funds in amounts of more than 15.000 EUR (client's welfare).
We will conduct the following reviews of activity that our monitoring system detects: Complete Account Review. We will document our monitoring and reviews as follows: according to AML Compliance. The AML Compliance Person or his or her designee will conduct an appropriate investigation and review relevant information from internal or third- party sources before a STR is filed.
Pay Integration prohibit and actively prevent money laundering and any activity that facilitates money laundering or the funding of terrorist or criminal activities by checking all clients on the follow sanction lists of OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control), UK (HMT) - sanctions regimes implemented in the UK, Europe Union sanction list and sanction lists of United Nations Security Council:
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OFAC list (Office of Foreign Assets Control)-
United Nations Security Council Consolidated List-
The UK sanctions list-
Consolidates list of financial sanctions targets in the UK-
Europe Union Consolidated Financial Sanctions Lista. Emergency Notification to Law Enforcement by TelephoneIn situations involving violations that require immediate attention, such as terrorist financing or ongoing money laundering schemes, we will immediately call an appropriate law enforcement authority. If we notify the appropriate law enforcement authority of any such activity, we must still file a timely STR.
Although we are not required to, in cases where we have filed a STR that may require immediate attention by the FIU, we may contact the FIU.
b. Red FlagsRed flags that signal possible money laundering or terrorist financing include, but are not limited to:
Customers – Insufficient or Suspicious Information• Provides unusual or suspicious identification documents that cannot be readily verified.
• Reluctant to provide complete information about nature and purpose of business, prior banking relationships, anticipated account activity, officers and directors or business location.
• Refuses to identify a legitimate source for funds or information is false, misleading or substantially incorrect.
• Background is questionable or differs from expectations based on business activities.
• Customer with no discernable reason for using the firm’s service.
Efforts to Avoid Reporting and Recordkeeping• Reluctant to provide information needed to file reports or fails to proceed with transaction.
• Tries to persuade an employee not to file required reports or not to maintain required records.
• “Structures” deposits, withdrawals or purchase of monetary instruments below a certain amount to avoid reporting or recordkeeping requirements.
• Unusual concern with the firm’s compliance with government reporting requirements and firm’s AML policies.
Certain Funds Transfer Activities• Wire transfers to/from financial secrecy havens or high-risk geographic location without an apparent business reason.
• Many small, incoming wire transfers or deposits made using checks and money orders. Almost immediately withdrawn or wired out in manner inconsistent with customer’s business or history. May indicate a Ponzi scheme.
• Wire activity that is unexplained, repetitive, unusually large or shows unusual patterns or with no apparent business purpose.
Certain Deposits or Dispositions of Physical Certificates• Physical certificate is titled differently than the account.
• Physical certificate does not bear a restrictive legend, but based on history of the stock and/or volume of shares trading, it should have such a legend.
• Customer’s explanation of how he or she acquired the certificate does not make sense or changes.
• Customer deposits the certificate with a request to journal the shares to multiple accounts, or to sell or otherwise transfer ownership of the shares.
Activity Inconsistent With Business• Transactions patterns show a sudden change inconsistent with normal activities.
• Unusual transfers of funds or journal entries among accounts without any apparent business purpose.
• Maintains multiple accounts, or maintains accounts in the names of family members or corporate entities with no apparent business or other purpose.
• Appears to be acting as an agent for an undisclosed principal, but is reluctant to provide information.
Other Suspicious Customer Activity• Unexplained high level of account activity with very low levels of securities transactions.
• Funds deposits for purchase of a long-term investment followed shortly by a request to liquidate the position and transfer the proceeds out of the account.
• Law enforcement subpoenas.
• Large numbers of securities transactions across a number of jurisdictions.
• Buying and selling securities with no purpose or in unusual circumstances (e.g., churning at customer’s request).
• Payment by third-party check or money transfer without an apparent connection to the customer.
• Payments to third-party without apparent connection to customer.
• No concern regarding the cost of transactions or fees (i.e., surrender fees, higher than necessary commissions, etc.).
c. Responding to Red Flags and Suspicious ActivityWhen an employee of the firm detects any red flag, or other activity that may be suspicious, he or she will notify. Under the direction of the AML Compliance Person, the firm will determine whether or not and how to further investigate the matter. This may include gathering additional information internally or from third-party sources, contacting the government, freezing the account and/or filing a STR.