Compliance policy
Swaid & Sons for Exchange company is committed to implement all applicable laws and regulations related to combating money laundering and terrorist financing and fraud. The company supports the efforts of the Central Bank of the Republic of Yemen and all major international institutions and bodies in their fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.
1- Statement of the policy of combating money laundering, terrorist financing and fraud by Swaid & Sons for Exchange
Swaid & Sons for Exchange company is committed to implement all applicable laws and regulations related to combating money laundering and terrorist financing and fraud. The company supports the efforts of the Central Bank of the Republic of Yemen and all major international institutions and bodies in their fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.
The company affirms its commitment to implementing the relevant local laws and international legislation, represented in:
• Law No. (1) concerning combating money laundering and terrorist financing and its amendments and all relevant national legislation.
• Central Bank of Yemen Publications No. (1) and (2) of 2013.
• Instructions and controls regulating remittances.
• Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations.
2-Declaration of compliance with the policy of combating money laundering and financing of terrorism.
We are keen at Swaid & Sons Exchange Company to ensure that all of our operations are in compliance with the law, as the company has applied all the laws and regulations in place locally and internationally in terms of combating money laundering and terrorist financing, through the activation of the anti-money laundering and terrorist financing program.
In general, the company's policies in combating money laundering and terrorist financing are aimed at establishing the highest standards of monitoring and controlling in line with the famous rule in the field of money exchange: (Know your customer). The company’s policies and regulations are subject to constant updating to keep abreast of the laws and regulations issued by the relevant authorities and institutions locally and internationally.
3- Appointment of Compliance Unit:
The board of directors at Swaid and Sons for Exchange company has appointed a Compliance Unit certified and with experience in combating money laundering. Its mission is to coordinate and supervise the mechanisms of combating money laundering.
4-Know Your Customer
Swaid & Sons for Exchange Company has set several internal policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, which aim to ensure that all its procedures are practical and effective in order to accurately know the identity of its customers.
The company adopts an accurate customer identification system that complies with local and international laws and regulations.
All identity documents are subject to audit and then copies are taken. The validity of those identity documents and their actual validity period are also verified before they are approved.
• Swaid & Sons foe Exchange company prohibits any relationships with fallacious institutions and do not enter into a relationship with fallacious institutions without the actual entity existence of the institution or company.
• Swaid & Sons for Exchange Company prohibits dealing with unidentified persons.
• Swaid & Sons for Exchange Company has a policy that covers relationships with politically exposed persons, their families and close associates. All customers, without exception, are fully subject to the Know Your Customer principle and enhanced due diligence procedures.
5-Precautionary Measures
It is a measure through which it is intended to collect all the details and data related to the customer in order to ensure that all his financial transactions fall within the framework of personal Actual obligations or professional requirements, and thus ensuring knowledge of the source and destination of the funds and thus the legitimacy of the purpose for which they are used, and preventing these funds from being part of money laundering or terrorist financing dealings.
6-Reinforcement of Precautionary Measures
Provision of precautionary measures and resorting to what is known as “Reinforcement of Precautionary Measures” is used upon need to take additional measures beside the basic precautionary measures, in order to know more details about the customer and to be certain that their financial dealings are sound and far from any suspicions or illegal activities.
Swaid & Sons for Exchange Company follows both types of measures: precautionary measures and reinforcement of precautionary measures in its operations to detect and report any potential money laundering or terrorist financing operation.
Swaid & Sons for Exchange also has an automated system for updating blacklists that is able to meet the requirements of blacklists.
7-Risk Management Based Approach
The risk management based approach falls under the recommendations of the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Swaid & Sons for Exchange Company is working on implementing these recommendations noting that the precautionary measures should be based on real and justifiable risks in terms of geographical location, type of business activity, ownership, customer database, regulatory framework, controls for money laundering monitoring in institutions, bank remittances, or the nature of the businesses.
A risk management based approach helps financial institutions make the best use of their limited resources and prioritize detecting any potential money laundering transactions. The nature of the risk management approach program highlights the difference and variation in the level of risk in every business activity of financial institutions.
8-Training
Swaid & Sons for Exchange Company implements regular training programs on anti-money laundering measures and systems, the principle of know your customer and combating terrorist financing, for all company employees and the new employees. Swaid & Sons for Exchange Company has a continuous training program according to the targeted training method according to the nature of the job and the administrative level. Training on combating money laundering and terrorist financing and the principle of Know Your Customer is a prerequisite for all jobs in Swaid & Sons or Exchange Company.
9-Reporting Suspicious Transactions
Swaid & Sons for Exchange Company established a set of measures to help employees detect and report suspicious transactions. In case of suspicion about any remittance or financial transaction, the employee should be vigilant and report the Compliance Unit to take appropriate action as required by laws and instructions.
10-Record keeping
Swaid & Sons for Exchange Company is committed to keeping and retrieving documents, as this policy stipulates the necessity to keep records of customers' identities data, and records of their transactions, for a period of five years according to legislative requirements.
11- Consumer Fraud:
Consumer fraud is the potential or actual theft of money from a consumer through fraud, deception and manipulation
Swaid & Sons for Exchange Company established a set of measures to help employees detect and report suspicious transactions. In case of suspicion about any fraud, the employee should be alert and report the Compliance Unit in the company to take appropriate action as required by laws and instructions