Assess the banks risk-based Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) compliance program to evaluate whether it is appropriate for the banks OFAC risk, taking into consideration its products, services, customers, entities, transactions, and geographic locations. 164Refer to the NACHA Web site. This is a significant departure given that both Sberbank and Alfa-Bank were subject to more limited sanctions in the past, including those under Executive Order 14024 of April 15, 2021. The new regulations mean that anyone (not just banks processing funds transfers) who rejects a transaction because it involves a sanctioned territory like Iran, Syria, Cuba, or Crimea, or it indirectly involves an OFAC listed person, such as someone listed on the SDN list (and does not require blocking because no property was ever transferred to the control of a U.S. person) may be obligated . With respect to cross-border screening, similar but somewhat more stringent OFAC obligations hold for International ACH transactions (IAT). For example, RDFIs have Reg E obligations for consumer accounts . The New Investment Ban EO also authorizes OFAC to implement, in consultation with the US State Department, prohibitions on the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States, or by a US person, wherever located, of any category of services to any person located in Russia. UK prohibitions capture the import, export and provision of technical services, financing and brokering services relating to oil, gas and coal from or into Crimea, and the EU has similar prohibitions which apply to Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk. This includes the effective dates. On February 14, 2008, OFAC issued guidance stating that the property and interests in property of an entity are blocked if the entity is owned, directly or indirectly, 50% or more by a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to an Executive Order or regulations administered by OFAC. 3009-116 (1997); The Iraqi Sanctions Act, Pub. OFAC also designated a number of Russian wealth . OFAC stands for Office of Foreign Assets Control, which administers and enforces economic sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy. General enquiries. Deutsche Bank lacked adequate risk management and compliance policies and procedures to ensure that activities conducted at offices outside the United States complied with applicable OFAC Regulations and were timely reported in response to inquiries by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ("Reserve Bank"); and B. Another consideration for the risk assessment is account and transaction parties. L. No. In addition, the bank should file a SAR if the transaction itself would be considered suspicious in the absence of a valid OFAC match. OFAC also issued 3 new and 3 amended Russia-related General Licenses, and added several other parties to the SDN List. Additionally, OFAC released four General Licenses: General License 8F authorizes energy-related transactions with Bank Zenit PJSC, Bank Saint-Petersburg PJSC, and certain previously designated banks (and any entity in which one of those banks directly or indirectly owns a 50% or greater interest) through May 16, 2023, at 12:01 a.m. (EDT); In some cases, a transaction must be blocked, and in other cases, even though an underlying transaction may be prohibited, there may be no blockable interest in the transaction. The Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI) similarly is responsible for verifying that the Receiver is not a blocked party. Furthermore, banks are encouraged to periodically reassess their OFAC risks. 2. L. No. 2318 0 obj <>stream OFAC helps enforce financial crimes like anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. Total amounts blocked, including interest, must be reported to OFAC by September 30 of each year (information as of June 30). However, the extent to which the bank includes account parties other than accountholders (e.g., beneficiaries, guarantors, principals, beneficial owners, nominee shareholders, directors, signatories, and powers of attorney) in the initial OFAC review during the account opening process, and during subsequent database reviews of existing accounts, will depend on the banks risk profile and available technology. Additional information on compliance risk is posted by OFAC on its Web site under " [091002] OFAC's regulations are broader than the specific laws that deal with the terrorists and persons who support them. If you have a payment involving an embassy in a targeted country, please contact OFAC Compliance for directions (1-800-540-6322). Based on the banks OFAC risk profile for each area and available technology, the bank should establish policies, procedures, and processes for reviewing transactions and transaction parties (e.g., issuing bank, payee, endorser, or jurisdiction). The SDN list was created primarily for financial institutions but, as it grows, its been increasingly used by insurance companies and international organizations. Every transaction that a United States financial institution engages in is subject to OFAC laws and regulations. OFAC is a government agency within the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It is recommended that every bank designate a qualified individual(s) to be responsible for the day-to-day compliance of the OFAC compliance program, including changes or updates to the various sanctions programs, and the reporting of blocked or rejected transactions to OFAC and the oversight of blocked funds. UniCredit Bank AG (UCB AG), a financial institution headquartered in Munich, operating under the name HypoVereinsbank, and part of the UniCredit Group has agreed to enter a guilty plea to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to defraud the United States by processing hundreds of millions of dollars of Reporting, procedures, and penalties regulations, 31 CFR Part 501. 157Reporting, procedures, and penalties regulations, 31 CFR Part 501. 154Licensing information for a particular sanctions program can be found on the OFAC website or in the OfAC licensing section at (202) 622-2480. Every transaction that a U.S. financial institution engages in is subject to OFAC regulations. In addition, banks should periodically reassess their OFAC filtering system. 47. As global relations and events consistently change, the OFAC will continue to monitor and update the sanctions list. What can these firms do to protect themselves from the risk of directly or indirectly providing services toor dealing in property in which there is an ownership or other interest ofparties subject to sanctions. In these cases, the transaction is simply rejected and not processed. The blocked assets (as of June 30) must also be reported annually by September 30. In the case of certain programs, such as those regarding Cuba and North Korea, foreign subsidiaries owned or controlled by U.S. companies also must comply. The OFAC regulations require that banks do the following: Block any accounts and/or other property of specified individuals, entities, or countries Prohibit or reject unlicensed financial transactions with certain individuals, entities, or countries. From at least 2001 through early 2007, Standard Chartered developed and implemented policies and procedures for processing certain U.S. dollar-denominated funds transfers through the Branch. . FFIEC Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering InfoBase, Trading With the Enemy Act (TWEA), 50 USC App 1-44; International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 USC 1701. Once the bank has identified its areas with higher OFAC risk, it should develop appropriate policies, procedures, and processes to address the associated risks. Questions about whether a transaction should be blocked or rejected should be directed to OFAC's Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation Division at OFACReport@treasury.gov. Banks typically establish an effective OFAC compliance program that is commensurate with an OFAC risk profile. If it is unclear whether a particular transaction would be authorized under the terms of the license, the bank should contact OFAC. Every transaction that a U.S. financial institution engages in is subject to OFAC regulations. According to their site, an OFAC check is looking for: specially designated nationals, terrorists, narcotics traffickers, blocked persons and vessels and parties subject to various economic sanctioned programs who are forbidden from conducting business in the United States, as well as entities subject to license requirements because of their proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.. A wire transfer in which an entity has an interest is blocked property if the entity is 50% or more owned by a person whose property and interests in property are blocked. A and B are incorrect because whether or not an institution blocks or rejects a transaction is based on the nature of the sanction. Information Technology Examination Handbook Every bank should conduct an independent test of its OFAC compliance program that is performed by the internal audit department, outside auditors, consultants, or other qualified independent parties. Non-US persons can be held liable for causing violations by US persons involving transactions with SDNs and can also be subject to secondary sanctions risks (which would include, in particular, the risk of designation as an SDN themselves) for providing material support to SDNs. In some cases, an underlying transaction may be prohibited, but there is no blockable interest in the transaction (i.e., the transaction should not be accepted, but there is no OFAC requirement to block the assets). On November 9, 2009, OFAC issued a final rule entitled "Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines" in order to provide guidance to persons subject to its regulations. OFAC reporting and recordkeeping requirements are specified in the Federal Register in 31 C.F.R. The document explains the procedures that OFAC follows in determining the appropriate enforcement response to apparent violations of its regulations. 151Additional information is provided in Foreign Assets Control Regulations for the Financial Community, which is available on the OFAC Web site. Maintains current knowledge and consistent compliance with regulations, Bank policies and procedures including but not limited to Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Office of Foreign Assets control (OFAC . L. No. Prohibit or reject unlicensed trade and financial transactions with specified countries, entities, and individuals. On 28 February 2022, the European Union ("EU") adopted its third package of sanctions against Russia, imposing asset freezes on various Russian businesspersons active in the oil, banking and finance sectors, while closing off the EU's airspace for Russian air carriers and preventing Russia's Central Bank from accessing its foreign reserves in the EU. 158This information is available on the OFAC Web site, or by contacting OFAC's hot line at (202) 622-2490 or toll-free at (800) 540-6322. With revenues down, and demands for increased compliance up, balancing compliance and due diligence obligations with market realities has become increasingly difficult, especially for institutions without a rock solid OFAC screening program in place. The customer can contact OFAC directly for further information. Always do what you can to ensure the supply chain is on the right side of the law. All countries must take proactive measures to protect their finances from criminal actions and sanction specific governments in foreign affairs. If an ODFI unbatches a file originally received from the Originator in order to process "on-us" transactions, that ODFI is responsible for the OFAC compliance for the on-us transactions because it is acting as both the ODFI and the RDFI for those transactions. Although not a full list, some examples of products, services, customers, and geographic locations that have a high OFAC risk include: Every business should have controls in place that ensure compliance with OFAC regulations. The scope and training should be consistent with your risk profile and appropriate to each employees responsibilities. A blocked account is a segregated interest-bearing account (at a commercially reasonable rate), which holds the customer's property until the target is delisted, the sanctions program is rescinded, or the customer obtains an OFAC license authorizing the release of the property. Company must block the asset or reject the transaction 4. Screening Automated Clearing House (ACH) transactions. Comment: OFAC requires the retention of all reports and blocked or rejected transaction records for five years. Before processing transactions that may fall under a general license, banks must verify that these transactions meet the relevant criteria of the general license. 1. More sophisticated interdiction software may be able to catch variations of an SDNs name not included on the SDN list. As soon as the platform sees a red flag with a payee, an immediate investigation is launched and if necessary, authorities are contacted. OFAC addresses safe deposit boxes in Part 500, Subpart D of the Foreign Assets Control regulations. The authors acknowledge the assistance of Ryan Orange in the preparation of this blog post. 09/10/2002 46. However, OFAC's requirements stem from other statutes not limited to terrorism, and OFAC sanctions apply to transactions, in addition to account relationships. To register for access to . The procedure applies to transactions that would normally be blocked as well as to transactions that would normally be rejected for OFAC purposes based on the information in the payment. Sanctions may be implicated when the United States is the jurisdiction of issuance or custody of an underlying security or when a U.S. person acts as a custodian or other service provider. Common Prohibited Transactions Making new investments in a country that is blocked or in property that a blocked government or Specially Designated National (SDN) owns, controls, or has an interest. Financial Transactions. If a bank knows or has reason to know that a target is party to a transaction, the bank's processing of the transaction would be unlawful. 104-208, 110 Stat. For example, if a bank identifies a name derivation of an OFAC target, then OFAC suggests that the bank add the name to its filtering process. With respect to domestic ACH transactions, the Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI) is responsible for verifying that the Originator is not a blocked party and making a good faith effort to ascertain that the Originator is not transmitting blocked funds. The process to manage blocked accounts (such accounts must be reported to OFAC and earn a commercially reasonable rate of interest while the funds remain blocked). Maintaining license information.OFAC recommends that banks consider maintaining copies of customers' OFAC licenses on file. 31 CFR, Chapter V (Regulations)) and may be accessed from OFACs Web site. When a bank acquires or merges with another bank, both banks should take into consideration the need to review and maintain such records and information. Prohibited transactions are outlined in the relevant regulation for the financial sanction. All U.S. persons must comply with OFAC regulations, including all U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens regardless of where they are located, all persons and entities within the United States, all U.S. incorporated entities and their foreign branches. Chapter X. Are by or on behalf of a blocked individual or entity; Are to or go through a blocked entity; or. New accounts should be compared with OFAC lists prior to being opened or shortly thereafter. Certain of these limited sanctions are summarized in our previous blog post here. 101-513, 104 Stat. Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of two persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. Does OFAC expect banks that are acting as financial intermediaries to research non-account parties that do not appear on the SDN List, but are involved with or referenced in transactions that are processed on behalf of correspondents? (a) During the term of this Order, to ensure that the OFAC Compliance Program is functioning effectively to detect, correct, and report OFAC-sanctioned transactions when they occur, the Bank shall conduct on an annual basis: (i) a review of OFAC compliance A report regarding each blocked transaction must be filed with OFAC within 10 days. It is important to note that the OFAC regime specifying prohibitions against certain countries, entities, and individuals is separate and distinct from the provision within the BSA's CIP regulation (31 CFR 1020.220(a)(4)) that requires banks to compare new accounts against government lists of known or suspected terrorists or terrorist organizations within a reasonable period of time after the account is opened. Company must file a SAR report within 10 business days to OFAC. Does a financial institution need to scan names against OFAC's list of targets upon account opening or can it wait for 24 hours to receive a report from its software vendor on whether or not there is a hit? OFACadministered program and to contact OFAC if they have any questions about their transactions. The guidance further states that to the extent that an ODFI/GO screens inbound IAT debits for possible OFAC violations prior to execution and in the course of such screening discovers a potential OFAC violation, the suspect transaction is to be removed from the batch for further investigation. And answer D, doesn't correlate to OFAC - Every transaction that a U.S. financial institution engages in is subject to OFAC regulations. Reporting. 150All U.S. persons must comply with OFAC regulations, including all U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens regardless of where they are located, all persons and entities within the United States, all U.S. incorporated entities and their foreign branches. Sberbank and 42 of its subsidiaries, as well as Alfa-Bank and 6 of its subsidiaries, are now SDNs subject to full blocking sanctions. For example, if a funds transfer comes from offshore and is being routed through a U.S. bank to an offshore bank, and there is an OFAC-designated party to the transaction, it must be blocked. In general, the regulations that OFAC administers require banks to do the following: U.S. law requires that assets and accounts of an OFAC-specified country, entity, or individual be blocked when such property is located in the United States, is held by U.S. individuals or entities, or comes into the possession or control of U.S. individuals or entities. Reg E, UCC4A, OFAC, etc.) For example, banks with a lower OFAC risk level may periodically (e.g., weekly, monthly or quarterly) compare the customer base against the OFAC list. Unlike the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), OFAC laws and regulations dont just apply to U.S. persons and domestic agencies They also apply to foreign branches and overseas subsidiaries. If a bank handling a wire transfer currently has information in its possession leading the bank to know or have reason to know that a particular individual or entity involved with or referenced in the wire transfer is subject to blocking, then the bank will be held responsible if it does not take appropriate steps to ensure that the wire transfer is blocked. In some cases, a transaction may be prohibited but there is no blockable interest. Every transaction that a United States financial institution engages in is subject to OFAC laws and regulations. Commercial letters of credit and other trade finance products. One example would be the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations (SSR) which does not support commercial activities in Sudan. The OCC is required by 12 USC 1818 (u . A blocked transaction is when money from an OFAC-specified country is transferred through a U . The U.S. law requires that any assets and accounts of an OFAC-specified individual, entity, or country be blocked when such property is located in the U.S., is held by U.S. individuals/entities, or comes into possession of U.S. individuals or entities. The risk assessment can be used to assist the examiner in determining the scope of the OFAC examination. If a loan meets underwriting standards but is a true "hit" on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, what do we use as a denial reason on the adverse action notice? A sanction is a restriction that's imposed on a country, a specific person, a legal entity or an organisation. OFAC is an office of the U.S. Treasury that administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals against targeted individuals and entities such as foreign countries, regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, and those engaged in certain activities such as the proliferation The person responsible conducts a comprehensive evaluation of OFAC policies, processes, and procedures. FFIEC The banking, credit union and money business sectors have always been subject to particularly close scrutiny and restrictive regulation for anti-money laundering, anti-bribery (i.e., FCPA and PEP compliance) and other practices. Although not an exhaustive list, examples of products, services, customers, and geographic locations that may carry a higher level of OFAC risk include: Appendix M ("Quantity of Risk OFAC Procedures") provides guidance to examiners on assessing OFAC risks facing a bank. 163Refer to the FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook's Retail Payment Systems booklet. 106-387 (October 28, 2000). Therefore, a U.S. bank would have to reject a funds transfer between two companies, which are not Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons (SDN), involving an export to a company in Sudan that also is not an SDN. Banks with lower OFAC risk and those with low volumes of transactions may decide to manually filter for OFAC compliance. ofsi@hmtreasury.gov.uk. These new OFAC measures now effectively cut off all of the designated banking units of Sberbank and Alfa Bank from having any contact whatsoever with U.S. financial institutions, regardless of whether such transactions would be in U.S. OFAC can also promulgate general licenses, which authorize categories of transactions, such as allowing reasonable service charges on blocked accounts, without the need for case-by-case authorization from OFAC. All banks must block transactions that: If a U.S. bank receives instructions to make a transfer that falls into one of these categories, it must first execute the payment order and then place the funds into a blocked account. They should have the appropriate level of knowledge about OFAC regulations, including the sanctions list and blocked persons. A payment order cannot be canceled or amended after it is received by a U.S. bank in the absence of an authorization from OFAC. In addition, banks should have policies, procedures, and processes in place to check existing customers when there are additions or changes to the OFAC list. After it is received, a payment order cannot be canceled or amended without an authorization from the OFAC. Chapter X is comprised of a "General Provisions Part" and separate financial-institution-specific parts for those financial institutions subject to FinCEN regulations. New accounts should be compared with the OFAC lists prior to being opened or shortly thereafter (e.g., during nightly processing). All U.S. persons, Given these definitions and as a matter of sound banking practice, it is prudent for financial institutions to screen account beneficiaries upon account opening, while updating account information, when performing periodic screening and, most definitely, upon disbursing funds. Refer to FinCEN Release Number 2004-02, Unitary Filing of Suspicious Activity and Blocking Reports, 69 Fed. Although there is no specific requirement for a policy for compliance with OFAC . OFAC is a government agency within the U.S. Department of the Treasury. All individuals and entities that fall under U.S. jurisdiction s Reg. Further, any approval, financing, facilitation, or guarantee by a US person, wherever located, of a transaction by a foreign person where the transaction by that foreign person would be prohibited if performed by a US person or within the United States, is prohibited. Block accounts and other property of specified countries, entities, and individuals. Refer to the expanded overview section, "Automated Clearing House Transactions," page 216, for additional guidance. 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