FC-1.11.1

Past version: Effective from 01 Jan 2013 to 31 Mar 2013
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Conventional bank licensees may apply simplified customer due diligence measures, as described in Paragraphs FC-1.11.2 to FC-1.11.8, if:

(a) The customer is the Central Bank of Bahrain ('CBB'), the Bahrain Bourse ('BHB') or a licensee of the CBB;
(b) The customer is a Ministry of a Gulf Cooperation Council ('GCC') or Financial Action Task Force ('FATF') member state government, a company in which a GCC or FATF government is a majority shareholder, or a company established by decree in the GCC;
(c) The customer is a company listed on a GCC or FATF member state stock exchange (where the FATF state stock exchange has equivalent disclosure standards to those of the BHB);
(d) The customer is a financial institution whose entire operations are subject to AML/CFT requirements consistent with the FATF Recommendations / Special Recommendations and it is supervised by a financial services supervisor in a FATF or GCC member state for compliance with those requirements;
(e) The customer is a financial institution which is a subsidiary of a financial institution located in a FATF or GCC member state, and the AML/CFT requirements applied to its parent also apply to the subsidiary; or
(f) The customer is a borrower in a syndicated transaction where the agent bank is a financial institution whose entire operations are subject to AML/CFT requirements consistent with the FATF Recommendations / Special Recommendations and it is supervised by a financial services supervisor in a FATF or GCC member state for compliance with those requirements;
(g) The transaction is a one-off or occasional transaction not exceeding BD 6,000 (or equivalent in other currencies), or one of a number of transactions which are related and, when taken together, do not exceed BD 6,000 per year (or equivalent in other currencies).
Amended: January 2013
Amended: April 2008
October 07