KALYSSI Europe is committed to the highest standards in the fight against money laundering (AML) and terrorist financing (CTF). The objective of corporate policy in the area of combating money laundering and terrorist financing is to actively prevent risks related to these issues. To help the government combat terrorist financing and money laundering activities, the law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each individual who opens an account. We are required to report any suspicious activity of a client in relation to money laundering.
Money laundering: The process of converting funds from illegal activities (such as fraud, corruption, terrorism, etc.) into other funds or investments that appear legitimate in order to hide or distort the actual source of the funds.
The money laundering process can be divided into three sequential steps:
- Investment: at this stage, funds are transformed into financial instruments such as cheques, bank accounts and money transfers or can be used to purchase high-value goods that can be resold. They may also be physically deposited in banks and non-bank institutions (for example, exchange houses). To avoid any suspicion on the part of the company, the launder may also make several deposits instead of depositing the entire sum at once; this form of placement is called smurf.
- Layers: funds are transferred or moved to other accounts and financial instruments. This conceals the origin and discloses the entity that carried out the multiple financial transactions. Moving the funds and changing their shape makes it difficult to track money laundered.
- Integration: Funds are released as if they were legitimate for purchasing goods and services.
KALYSSI Europe adheres to the principles of the fight against money laundering and actively prevents any action aimed at or facilitating the legalisation process of illegally obtained funds. The AML policy is to prevent criminals from using society’s services for the purpose of laundering money, financing terrorism or other criminal activities.
In order to prevent money laundering, KALYSSI Europe does not accept or pay cash under any circumstances. The company reserves the right to suspend any client activity that could be considered illegal or, in the opinion of staff, related to money laundering.
Company Procedures
KALYSSI Europe ensures that it is a natural or legal person, KALYSSI Europe also takes all necessary measures in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations issued by the monetary authorities. The anti-money laundering policy is implemented within KALYSSI Europe by the following means:
- Know your client’s policy and due diligence
- Monitor client activity
- Maintenance of the register
Customer Knowledge: Due to the company’s commitment to AML and KYC policies, each client of the company must follow a verification procedure. Before KALYSSI Europe commences any cooperation with the customer, the company ensures that satisfactory evidence is presented or other steps are taken to produce satisfactory evidence of the identity of any customer or counterparty. The company also applies enhanced surveillance to clients who reside in other countries, identified by credible sources as countries with inadequate AML standards or which may present a high risk of crime and corruption, and to the beneficial owners who reside in the countries mentioned above and whose funds come from those countries.
Individual clients during the registration process, each client provides personal information, namely:
Your full name, date of birth, country of origin and full residential address.
The following documents are required to verify personal information: A customer submits the following documents (in case documents are written in non-Latin characters: to avoid delays in the verification process, it is necessary to provide a notarized translation of the document in English) due to KYC requirements and to confirm the information provided:
- Valid passport (show the first page of your local or international passport, where photo and signature are clearly visible); or
- Driver’s license with photo; or
- National ID card (both sides);
- Documents proving the current permanent address (such as utility bills, bank statements, etc.) containing the full name of the customer and their place of residence. These documents must not be more than three months old from the date of filing of the application.
Corporate Clients
If the applicant is listed on a recognised or approved stock exchange or there is independent evidence that the applicant is a wholly-owned subsidiary or a subsidiary under the control of the said company, No other action will normally be taken to verify the applicant’s identity. In the case where the company is not listed on the stock exchange and none of the main directors or shareholders already has an account with KALYSSI Europe, the following documents must be provided:
- Certificate of incorporation or other equivalent national document;
- Articles of association and by-laws and statutory declaration or any other equivalent national document;
- Certificate of good repute or other proof of the company’s registered office address;
- Board resolution authorizing the opening of an account and conferring powers on persons responsible for managing it;
- Copies of proxies or other authorizations granted by directors in relation to the company;
- Proof of the identity of the directors in case they deal with KALYSSI Europe on behalf of the Client (in accordance with the rules for verification of individual identity described above);
- Proof of the identity of the final beneficiary(s) and/or person(s) under whose instructions the account holders are entitled to act (in accordance with the rules for verifying the identity of the persons described above)
Monitoring of Customer Activity
In addition to collecting customer information, KALYSSI Europe continues to monitor each client’s activity in order to identify and prevent any suspicious transactions. A suspicious transaction is a transaction that does not match the legitimate activity of the client or the history of transactions of the regular client known by tracking the client’s activity. KALYSSI Europe has implemented the named transaction monitoring system (both automatic and, if necessary, manual) to prevent criminals from using the company’s services.
Keeping the Register
All transaction data and identification data obtained, as well as all documents related to money laundering matters (for example, Suspicious Activity Reports, AML Account Monitoring Documentation, etc.) These documents are kept for at least 7 years after the closure of the account.
Measures Taken
In the event of attempted execution of transactions that KALYSSI Europe suspects to be related to money laundering or other criminal activities, it will proceed in accordance with applicable law and report the suspicious activity to the regulatory authority.
KALYSSI Europe reserves the right to suspend any client’s transactions which, in the opinion of its staff, may be considered illegal or related to money laundering. KALYSSI Europe has the discretion to temporarily block the account of the suspect customer or terminate a relationship with an existing customer. For more information, you can contact us at: contact@kalyssi.com