New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has actually lately made adjustments to the Know Your Customer (KCC) standards to straighten them with current modifications performed in the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules and modified particular existing guidelines.
According to the Amendment to the Master Direction – Know Your Customer (KYC) Direction, 2016, controlled entities (REs) will certainly need to use the client due persistance (CDD) treatment at the special client recognition code (UCIC) degree.
Amendments have actually likewise been made relating to CDD Procedure and sharing KYC info with the Central KYC Records Registry (CKYCR). CKYCR is an entity which obtains, shops, safeguards and fetches KYC documents in the electronic kind of a consumer.
KYC Rules: 6 Amendments Announced By RBI Effective Immediately
1. Paragraph 10– Customer Acceptance Policy
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Paragraph 10 (f )of theMaster Direction is changed to review as complies with: REs will use the CDD treatment at the UCIC degree. Thus, if an existing KYC certified client of a RE needs to open up an additional account or make use of any type of various other services or product from the exact same RE, there will be no demand for a fresh CDD workout regarding recognition of the client is worried.
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The ‘Explanation’ that“High risk accounts have to be subjected to more intensified monitoring” applies to sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 37 and appropriately, the ‘Explanation’ has actually been changed.
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Paragraph 38-Updation/ Periodic Updation of KYC
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To offer much better clearness, the expression‘updation’ has actually been put with the expression ‘periodic updation’ in the stipulations (ii) and (iv) of sub-paragraph (a); and stipulations (iii) and (iv) of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 38.
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4.Paragraph 56- CDD(* )and sharing KYC info with Procedure KYC(* )( CKYCR) . .Central 56 (h )of the(* ) is changed to review as complies with: . .(* )order to guarantee that all KYC documents are incrementally submitted on CKYCR, REs will upload/update the KYC information relating to accounts of specific clients and LEs opened up before those days based on stipulations (e) and (f), specifically, at the time of regular updation as defined in paragraph 38 of this Records Registry, or earlier, when the upgraded KYC info is obtained/received from the client.
Paragraph, whenever the RE gets added or upgraded info from any type of client based on condition (j) listed below in this paragraph or Master Direction 9( 1C) of the PML
In, the RE will within 7 days or within such duration as might be alerted by the Master Direction, equip the upgraded info to CKYCR, which will upgrade the KYC documents of the existing client in CKYCR. CKYCR will afterwards educate digitally all the reporting entities that have actually taken care of the worried client relating to updation of KYC document of the claimed client. Also CKYCR educates an RE relating to an upgrade in the KYC document of an existing client, the RE will recover the upgraded KYC documents from CKYCR and upgrade the KYC document kept by the RE.
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.Rule 56 (j) of the(* )is changed to review as complies with:
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.Rules the function of developing an account-based connection, updation/ regular updation or for confirmation of identification of a consumer, the RE will look for the KYC Central Government from the client or recover the KYC Once, if readily available, from the CKYCR and continue to acquire KYC documents on the internet by utilizing such KYC
Paragraph and will not need a consumer to send the exact same KYC documents or info or any type of various other added recognition records or information, unless–
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.Master Direction there is a modification in the info of the client as existing in the documents of CKYCR; or
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For the KYC document or info got is insufficient or is not based on the existing appropriate KYC standards; or
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. Identifier the legitimacy duration of downloaded and install records has actually expired; or
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. (* )the RE considers it required in order to confirm the identification or address (consisting of existing address) of the client, or to do boosted due persistance or to construct a proper danger account of the client.
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