News

SWIFT lines up KYC registry with Wolfsberg DDQ

Tuesday 17 October 2017 00:34 CET | News

SWIFT has aligned its Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry with the new Wolfsberg Due Diligence Questionnaire (DDQ) for Correspondent Banks.

Wolfsberg DDQ has been updated in response to an increase in regulatory expectations and a call for action from the Financial Stability Board Correspondent Banking Coordination Group (FSB CBCG) and the Committee on Payments & Market Infrastructures (CPMI). KYC Registry members can now answer Wolfsberg DDQ questions directly on the KYC Registry platform.

Registry members upload their KYC data and documents for validation by SWIFT, and exchange this information with their counterparties for use in onboarding and ongoing correspondent banking Customer Due Diligence (CDD).

The KYC Registry is a global KYC utility used by more than 4,200 correspondent banks and funds players in over 200 countries and territories, representing 75% of SWIFT message traffic. More than 50 central banks and monetary authorities are also Registry members. KYC Registry membership was recently expanded to include all supervised financial institutions, even if they are not connected to SWIFT.


Free Headlines in your E-mail

Every day we send out a free e-mail with the most important headlines of the last 24 hours.

Subscribe now

Keywords: KYC, SWIFT, Wolfsberg DDQ, correspondent banking, customer due diligence
Categories: Fraud & Financial Crime
Companies:
Countries: World
This article is part of category

Fraud & Financial Crime






Industry Events