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know-your-customer rule
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know-your-customer rule

finance
Also known as: KYC rule
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  • money laundering
    / Law enforcement

    These measures include the so-called know-your-customer rules (procedures for the identification of clients opening accounts or conducting financial transactions and the conservation of the relevant documentation for a reasonable amount of time), the reporting to national authorities of all transactions that are considered suspicious, and cooperation between financial institutions and…

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    These measures include the so-called know-your-customer rules (procedures for the identification of clients opening accounts or conducting financial transactions and the conservation of the relevant documentation for a reasonable amount of time), the reporting to national authorities of all transactions that are considered suspicious, and cooperation between financial institutions and…

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