NBU recommends that you limit the term small amount of 50 thousand UAH

Written by admin on September 8th, 2009

National Bank of Ukraine recommends that you limit the term small amount of 50 thousand UAH. This is stated in an official letter to the NBU. A recommendation given to the National Bank in order to avoid ambiguous interpretation of the term minor amount, as every banking institution, taking into account the nature of its operations, their structure and volume, determines the limit of small claims. According to NBU, this amount should not exceed 50 thousand UAH -the maximum allowable amount for cash transactions without identifying the client (part 3 of Article. 64 of the Banking Act).

National Bank notes that during the drafting of the Regulations on Financial Monitoring has taken into account certain elements of risk assessment, enabling banks to make their own decision whether to conduct questionnaires on types of clients who conduct operations on small amounts and transactions with a low risk of their use to legalization of proceeds of crime. However, as shown by checks, some banks during operations at a fairly significant amount (including currency exchange operations), despite the requirements of item 3.1 The provisions of number 189, do not keep client questionnaire.

Given that the list of services that banks provide to customers is set by each bank individually, according to the 2.3 position number 189 banks the opportunity to determine additional characteristics of financial transactions, representing an increased risk, in accordance with specifications and directions of their activities. Unfortunately, some banks formally approaching the definition of such attributes that do not always provide a timely opportunity to identify atypical transactions and leads to increased legal risk and reputation risk - states the NBU.

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