The FinTech Association together with the Financial Information Center organized a two-day course for businesses to familiarize themselves with the anti-money laundering regulations and requirements
According to the Iran digital economy annotation, businesses in the field of financial technologies are considered legally eligible, and even groups such as payers are considered level one, and for this reason, these businesses must take intermediate and advanced anti-money laundering courses.
Referring to these cases, Mehdi Fatemian, head of the board of the Fintech Association, said: The purpose of this event is to make businesses more familiar with their duties in the fight against money laundering by creating mechanisms in cooperation with the Financial Information Center.
The ceremony started with the speeches of Hadi Khani, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance and the head of the country’s financial information center, Mustafa Amiri, the secretary of the Fintech Association, and continued with the teaching of the financial information center’s lecturer in the field of combating money laundering and with the presence of about 100 people from Members and activists of the Fintech field were held in the Faculty of Science and Technology.
According to Fatemian: Fintech businesses are considered among the eligible persons, and for this reason, they should have or create an anti-money laundering section in their collections and introduce the relevant expert to the center and receive the necessary access.
He also said about the achievements of this event: The achievements of this event include the initial familiarization of businesses as the need to create a money laundering department and over time, we plan to provide access to the suspicious transaction system for businesses.
Because modern financial technology businesses are practically new and do not match with traditional structures like banks. The business model of businesses is new and it is necessary to teach and create the anti-money laundering section in accordance with the activities of the companies. to become an integral part of this field over time.
Also, the chairman of the board of the Fintech Association, Heath, said: According to the Anti-Money Laundering Law and the supplementary regulation of Article 14 of this law, duties have been set for the companies, and in this course, which was organized for the responsible persons, familiarization and the creation of the Anti-Money Laundering Department were carried out. became.
In the end, he said: We plan to create mechanisms with the financial information center to familiarize businesses with their duties in the field of money laundering so that the risk of money laundering does not spread to them.
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