FC-7.1 FC-7.1 General Requirements
CDD and Transaction Records
FC-7.1.1
Islamic bank licensees must comply with the record keeping requirements contained in the AML Law.Islamic bank licensees must therefore retain adequate records (including accounting and identification records), for the following minimum periods:(a) For customers, in relation to evidence of identity and business relationship records (such as application forms, account files and business correspondence, including the results of any analysis undertaken (e.g. enquiries to establish the background and purpose of complex, unusual large transactions)), for at least five years after the customer relationship has ceased; and(b) For transactions, in relation to documents (including customer instructions in the form of letters, faxes or emails) enabling a reconstitution of the transaction concerned, for at least five years after the transaction was completed.Amended: October 2014
October 07Compliance Records
FC-7.1.2
Islamic bank licensees must retain copies of the reports produced for their annual compliance review, as specified in Paragraph FC-4.3.1B, for at least five years.Licensee s must also maintain for 5 years reports made to, or by, the MLRO made in accordance with Sections FC-5.1 and FC-5.2, and records showing how these reports were dealt with and what action, if any, was taken as a consequence of those reports.Amended: January 2019
October 07Training Records
FC-7.1.3
Islamic bank licensees must maintain for at least five years, records showing the dates when AML/CFT training was given, the nature of the training, and the names of the staff that received the training.October 07Access
FC-7.1.4
All records required to be kept under this Section must be made available for prompt and swift access by the relevant authorities or other authorised persons.
October 07FC-7.1.5
Islamic bank licensees are also reminded of the requirements contained in Chapter OM-7 (Books and Records).October 07
