The Wolfsberg Group Gives Guidance on Requests for Information in AML Transaction Monitoring
The Wolfsberg Group, an association of 13 global banks, this week issued a guidance document on requests for information (RFI). The focus of the guidance is best practices in correspondent banks using RFIs in transaction monitoring. John and Elliot discuss some of the issues raised in the guidance and the value of effective use of RFIs. They also talk about the importance of banks being prompt in their responses to RFIs.