Thursday 5 July, 2007

USA PATRIOT Act

USA PATRIOT Act.
A 2001 U.S. federal law containing anti-money laundering provisions that require financial institutions to
(1) verify the identification of financial account holders;
(2) establish internal anti-money laundering programs that meet specified minimum standards;
(3) cooperate with other financial institutions to deter money laundering; and
(4) report suspected money laundering transactions.

Also known as the Patriot Act.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well said.