Welcome to our 2nd weekly tip for users of The BIS Platform. This week's tip is how to use The BIS Platform for PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons) Screening, an Anti Money Laundering requirement.
Continue reading to find out how to use The BIS Platform to ensure your business is meeting this compliance obligation.
Firstly, the PEPs screening service is an addon to the standard subscription. To avail of this service, you will need to activate the screening with a member of our team. Click here to send us an email to initiate activating the service.
How it works:
- The BIS Platform conducts a full screening of your database on a monthly basis (1st of each month).
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Any potential matches will be flagged on the system and these matches can be viewed by going to the Tasks / Events menu and clicking on PEPs List
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Here you will be required to confirm whether the initial / possible match is a "Positive Match" or a "False Positive"
- When you click on the Customer / PEP Match you will see further details of the individual which may include citizenship, residency, details of their role and in some cases there will be photographs to help you to identify positive matches. We advise that you check this page monthly people who weren't identified as a PEP at the onboarding stage, may become a PEP or an RCA (Relative or Closely Known Associate) in the future.
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Should you wish to perform an individual scan of a client or prospect, go to the Client profile page > click Compliance Events (on the right of the screen) > Click on PEPs Check. Here you will be given details of the scan and if any further action is required along with an option to save the report back to the client file. Both these options are also available while completing the Compliance Checklist.
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A certificate can be downloaded as proof of the monthly PEPs scan of your client base. Go to Reports > Latest PEP Report to produce this certificate.
Cost:
The cost of the PEPs screening service is based on your number of active clients. The cost per client per annum is €0.45. So, for example, if you have 500 active clients the annual cost is €225 plus VAT. For ease of collection, we divide this figure by 12 and add it to your existing monthly DD.
Kind regards,
The team in BIS