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What is KYC? Why is it required? Response: KYC means ‘Know Your Customer’. It is a process by which banks obtain information about the identity and address of the customers. This process helps to ensure that banks’ services are not misused. The KYC procedure is to be completed by the banks while opening accounts and also periodically update the same.
Client Information as well as due diligence on clients has become a necessity for professionals in today’s complex business scenario. Such an exercise can be made possible in a structured way. Many professional bodies today advise their members to have KYC about their clients so that professionals can freely exercise and deliver their professional services in the best suited way.
On a review, it has been decided to include the following documents in the indicative list of required documents for opening accounts of proprietary concern: The complete Income Tax return (not just the acknowledgement) in the name of the sole proprietor where the firm’s income is reflected, duly authenticated/ acknowledged by the Income Tax Authorities. Utility bills such as electricity, water, and landline telephone bills in the name of the proprietary concern.
Capital market regulator Sebi vide CIRCULAR MIRSD/SE/Cir-21/2011 , Dated- October 5, 2011 announces introduction of uniform forms and documents for the purpose of customer identification by different market intermediaries like stock exchanges and mutual funds, a step intended to bring uniformity to the process. The new rule will be effective from January 1 next year.
At a time when the government is grappling with the black money menace, the RBI has penalised as many as 48 small banks in just six months, for lapses in implementing customer identification norms and various other violations. In the first six months of 2011, the apex bank has slapped penalties on 48 erring banks , mostly co-operative, as compared to just 15 such actions during 2010. The apex bank has so far slapped penalties between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 5 lakh on 48 banks during January-June period, according to official data.
India is likely to allow foreign individuals to invest in mutual funds in the next two weeks but with a cumulative cap of USD 10 billion, an official said today. The detailed guidelines are being worked out jointly by the finance ministry, RBI and Sebi. These will be notified by the capital market regulator, the Finance Ministry official said.
It has been brought to our notice that “Money mules” can be used to launder the proceeds of fraud schemes (e.g., phishing and identity theft) by criminals who gain illegal access to deposit accounts by recruiting third parties to act as money mules In some cases these third parties may be innocent while in others they may be having complicity with the criminals.
SEBI vide circular No. SEBI/IMD/CIR No.12 /1 86868 /2009 dated December 11, 2009 has inter alia advised mutual funds to confirm whether all the investor related documents are maintained/ available with them. Further in case the investor related documentation was incomplete, the trustees of the mutual funds were advised not to make further payment to such distributors till full compliance/ completion of the steps enumerated in the said circular and to send a status to SEBI as and when process is completed to satisfaction.
Various queries have been raised by insurers on who can be termed as customer(s) for the purposes of AML guidelines. Keeping the objective of the PMLA and AML guidelines in view, it is hereby clarified that details of the person who funds/pays for an insurance contract, either as beneficial owner or otherwise become relevant and important. Stipulations under clause 3.1 of the AML guidelines will therefore have to be applied to such persons. The term customers also refer to the Proposer/policyholder; Beneficiaries and Assignee for the purposes of AML guidelines.
Further, it may be noted that in terms of Regulation 2 of Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended from time to time, “preference shares” mean compulsorily and mandatorily convertible preference shares and “debenture” means compulsorily and mandatorily convertible debentures.
