Please note that in accordance with the requirements of Art. Art. 8, 11 of the Law of Ukraine "On prevention and counteraction of legalization (laundering) of proceeds obtained through crime, financing of terrorism and financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction" No. 361-IX dated 06.12.2019. (hereinafter referred to as the Law) the Bank, as a subject of primary financial monitoring, is obliged to carry out due diligence of new clients, as well as existing clients (representatives of clients).
Due diligence - measures that include:
Identification and verification of the client is carried out before establishing business relations, making transactions, carrying out a financial transaction, opening an account.
The Bank is obliged to update*** data about the client in the process of servicing the client. The frequency of information clarification depends on the type of activity and type of financial operations carried out by the client, and is carried out by the Bank on a periodic basis. In addition, mandatory updating of identification data is carried out in the event of:
In this regard, if there are any of the above-mentioned grounds or if the Bank is notified of the need to update identification information, please find an opportunity and provide the Bank with a completed questionnaire**** and relevant supporting documents.
In the event that the Bank does not receive a completed survey letter and/or relevant supporting documents from the client, which will testify to the failure to identify or update information about the client, the Bank will be forced, in accordance with the requirements of Art. Art. 15 of the Law, as well as Art. 64 of the Law of Ukraine "On Banks and Banking Activity" N 2121-III dated December 7, 2000 (as amended), to suspend further financial operations on the client's accounts, including refuse to maintain business relations (including by terminating business relations).
If you have any questions, please contact the contact center of Piraeus Bank in Ukraine 0 800 30 888 0 (calls within Ukraine are free) or the Bank's service department.
*Identification - measures taken by the bank to establish a person by obtaining his identification data
**Verification - measures taken by the bank for the purpose of checking (confirming) the ownership of the identification data received by the subject of primary financial monitoring to the relevant person and/or for the purpose of confirming data that make it possible to establish the ultimate beneficial owners or their absence;
***Update of information about the client - update of data about the client, including identification data, by obtaining documentary confirmation of the presence (absence) of changes in them.
Other terms, including, but not limited to, "FATCA", "CRS" are used in the meanings given in the relevant acts of legislation and/or international treaties, the binding consent of which was given by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and/or the treaty.
The ultimate beneficial owner (controller) is any natural person who exercises decisive influence (control) on the client's activities and/or the natural person on whose behalf a financial transaction is conducted.
The ultimate beneficial owner is:
Direct ownership by a natural person of a share of at least 25 percent of the authorized (compounded) capital or voting rights of a legal entity is a sign of direct decisive influence on the activity.
Signs of exercising indirect decisive influence on the activity are at least ownership by a natural person of a share of at least 25 percent of the authorized (composite) capital or voting rights of a legal entity through related natural or legal persons, trusts or other similar legal entities, or exercising decisive influence by exercise the right to control, own, use or dispose of all assets or their share, the right to receive income from the activities of a legal entity, trust or other similar legal entity, the right to have a decisive influence on the formation of the composition, the voting results of management bodies, as well as the execution of transactions that give the opportunity determine the basic conditions of the economic activity of a legal entity, or the activity of a trust or other similar legal entity, make binding decisions that have a decisive impact on the activity of a legal entity, trust or other similar legal entity, regardless of formal ownership.
At the same time, the ultimate beneficial owner cannot be a person who has a formal right to 25 percent or more of the authorized capital or voting rights in a legal entity, but is a commercial agent, nominal owner or nominal holder, or only an intermediary in relation to such a right.
National public figures are natural persons who perform or have performed important public functions in Ukraine, namely:
Foreign public figures are natural persons who perform or have performed significant public functions in foreign countries, namely:
Officials who perform public functions in international organizations - officials of international organizations who hold or have held the position of head (director, chairman of the board or other) or deputy head in such organizations or perform or have performed any other leading (significant public) functions on at the highest level, including in international intergovernmental organizations, members of international parliamentary assemblies, judges and leading officials of international courts.
Family members - husband/wife or persons equivalent to them, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, adopted person, person under guardianship or guardianship, son-in-law and daughter-in-law and persons equivalent to them, father, mother, stepfather, stepmother , adoptive parents, guardians or custodians.
Persons related to politically significant persons are natural persons who meet at least one of the following criteria:
"Controlled foreign companies" (CFCs) are any legal entity or entity without the status of a legal entity, registered in a foreign country or territory, which is recognized as being under the control of a natural person - a resident of Ukraine or a legal entity - a resident of Ukraine, respectively to the rules defined by the PKU
A passive NFO is an organization that meets the following criteria:
Business relations should be considered relations between the client and his counterparty, related to the client's business, professional or commercial activities, which arose on the basis of a contract, including a public one, and provide for the duration of existence after their establishment
Signs of belonging to a tax resident of another jurisdiction (country) other than Ukraine and the USA, by which it is determined whether the account is accountable for
You are legally responsible for providing us with documents with inaccurate information. In accordance with Clause 1181.8 of the Tax Code of Ukraine, the account owner's intentional provision of CRS self-assessment documents regarding himself and/or regarding his controlling persons in the cases provided for by Article 39-3 of the Tax Code of Ukraine, with inaccurate information that led to failure to establish account accountability for the account owner and/or for its controlling persons, - entails the imposition of a fine equal to 100 times the minimum wage established by law on January 1 of the reporting (tax) year. Payment of such a fine does not release the account holder from the obligation to provide CRS self-assessment documents with reliable information. More information about the CRS General Reporting Standard can be obtained at the following links: https://mof.gov.ua/uk/crs-578
FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) is a section of the US Tax Code aimed at combating tax evasion by US tax residents.
The bank is registered with the US Internal Revenue Service as a Participating FFI and takes all measures to comply with FATCA requirements.
The Client certifies and warrants that the Client, the Client's Authorized Persons are not US tax residents (unless the Client/Client's Authorized Person has provided the Bank with other information together with the W9 form completed in accordance with the requirements of the US Internal Revenue Service and other forms indicating the taxpayer's tax number USA (GIIN) of the Client or the Client's Authorized Person), the Client is not a US citizen, unless other information is provided to the Bank, the Client has not stayed for more than 183 or more days during the last 3 years, including 31 or more days in the current calendar year, the Client does not have addresses in the USA, was not born in the USA, the Client has not issued a power of attorney for a person with an address in the USA, unless other information is provided by the Client to the Bank in writing in prescribed forms and official documents.
The Client and his Authorized Persons are obliged to provide the Bank with information and documents related to their Tax Status at the Bank's request, including at the Bank's request to provide W8, W9 and other forms filled out in accordance with the requirements of the US Internal Revenue Service.
The Client and his Authorized Persons are obliged to inform the Bank within 30 days of a change in the information provided regarding their Tax Status, and in the case of acquiring the status of a US Tax Resident, to provide the Bank with a W9 form or other forms in accordance with the legislation of the relevant jurisdiction that regulates these social relations, with specifying the US Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).
The Client and the Client's Authorized Person give the Bank Consent to transfer personal data of the Client and the Client's Authorized Persons, disclosure of bank secrecy, personal data and other confidential information under the Agreement for the purpose of the Bank's fulfillment of FATCA requirements, in particular, in the following cases:
If the Client or the Client's Authorized Person did not provide the necessary information for FATCA identification, the forms that were provided to the client to fill out, or the inauthenticity or violation of certificates and guarantees was discovered, the Bank has the right to close all or individual Accounts of the Client for the purpose of FATCA compliance and/ or refuse to provide Services under the Agreement, from signing Statements, conducting operations on the Client's Accounts or suspend (temporarily) operations on them, and/or terminate the Agreement.
The Client understands and accepts all risks, including financial risks, related to the Client's or its Authorized Person's non-compliance with FATCA requirements and the Client's refusal to provide information requested by the Bank or timely notification of changes in its Tax Status.
The Bank is not liable to the Client, the Client's Authorized Persons, its counterparties for any withholding, sanctions, restrictions and other negative consequences regarding the Accounts, funds and transactions on the Accounts, if such consequences are related to the fulfillment of FATCA requirements by the Tax Service USA, correspondent banks and other persons participating in transfers, as well as for any related losses, expenses, moral damage and/or lost income.
Common Reporting Standard CRS (Common Reporting Standard) or CRS Standard is an international standard approved by the OECD Council on July 15, 2014, which requires countries that implement it to collect information from financial institutions about the financial accounts of account holders and annually on an automatic basis exchange such information with exchange partner jurisdictions under the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information.
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