Wolfsberg Anti-Money Laundering Principles for ...

Wolfsberg Anti-Money Laundering Principles for Correspondent Banking 1 Preamble The Wolfsberg group of International Financial Institutions1 has agreed that these Principles constitute global guidance on the establishment and maintenance of Foreign Correspondent Banking relationships. It is noted that these Principles are not intended to address the risks associated with Domestic Correspondent relationships. The Wolfsberg group believes that adherence to these Principles will further effective risk management and enable institutions to exercise sound business judgement with respect to their clients. Furthermore, adherence to these Principles will support the aim of Wolfsberg group members to prevent the use of their worldwide operations for criminal purposes. For the purpose of this document, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) includes measures under counter-terrorist financing (CTF) and evasion of sanctions. 2 Correspondent Banking Correspondent Banking is the provision of a current or other liability account, and related services, to another financial institution, including affiliates, used for the execution of third party payments and trade finance, as well as its own cash clearing, liquidity management and short-term borrowing or investment needs in a particular currency.

associated with Domestic Correspondent relationships. The Wolfsberg Group believes that adherence to these Principles will further effective risk management and enable institutions to exercise sound business judgement with respect to their clients. Furthermore, adherence to these Principles will support the aim of Wolfsberg Group members to ...

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