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New Straits Times
01-05-2025
- Business
- New Straits Times
BNM imposes penalties totalling RM35,000 on Merchantrade, JAGS Money
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) imposed a total of RM35,000 in administrative monetary penalties (AMP) on Merchantrade Asia Sdn Bhd and JAGS Money Sdn Bhd. In a statement today, the central bank said that an AMP of RM29,000 was imposed on Merchantrade Asia and RM6,000 on JAGS Money due to non-compliance with the Money Services Business Act 2011. "The non-compliances are due to Merchantrade Asia's oversight of sanctions screening procedures, and gaps in updating their sanctions database upon the publication of the Domestic List," BNM said. Merchantrade Asia, as a reporting institution, is required to conduct sanctions screening on existing, potential or new customers against the Domestic List and United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) List as part of the customer due diligence and ongoing due diligence processes. It also has to ascertain that potential matches with the UNSCR List or Domestic List are true matches to avoid false positives. "In response, Merchantrade has since strengthened its processes by subscribing to a commercial database service to ensure it receives updates on the sanctions list in a timely manner, and that staff and agents are provided with regular on-the-job training to improve compliance," BNM said. Meanwhile, JAGS Money's non-compliances resulted from failure to promptly update the sanctions database upon the publication of the Domestic List and failure to conduct sanctions screening on new customers against the Domestic List. "JAGS paid a total of RM6,000 for the AMP imposed by BNM on March 17, 2025," the central bank said.
Free Malaysia Today
30-04-2025
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
BNM slaps Merchantrade Asia with RM29,000 penalty
Bank Negara Malaysia said Merchantrade has since strengthened its processes by subscribing to a commercial database service. (Facebook pic) KUALA LUMPUR : Bank Negara Malaysia has imposed RM29,000 in administrative monetary penalties on Merchantrade Asia Sdn Bhd and RM6,000 on JAGS Money Sdn Bhd for breaching the Money Services Business Act 2011. 'The non-compliances are due to Merchantrade Asia's oversight of sanctions screening procedures, and gaps in updating its sanctions database upon the publication of the Domestic List,' BNM said in a statement. Merchantrade Asia, as a reporting institution, is required to conduct sanctions screening on existing, potential or new customers against the Domestic List and United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) List as part of due diligence processes. It also has to ascertain that potential matches with the UNSCR List or Domestic List are true matches to avoid false positives. 'In response, Merchantrade has since strengthened its processes by subscribing to a commercial database service to ensure it receives updates on the sanctions list in a timely manner, and that staff and agents are provided with regular on-the-job training to improve compliance,' the central bank said. On the other hand, JAGS Money's non-compliance resulted from failure to promptly update the sanctions database upon the publication of the Domestic List and failure to conduct sanctions screening on new customers against the list.
The Star
30-04-2025
- Business
- The Star
Bank Negara imposes penalties totalling RM35,000 on Merchantrade Asia, JAGS Money
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) imposed a total of RM35,000 in administrative monetary penalties (AMP) on Merchantrade Asia Sdn Bhd and JAGS Money Sdn Bhd. In a statement today, the central bank said that an AMP of RM29,000 was imposed on Merchantrade Asia and RM6,000 on JAGS Money due to non-compliance with the Money Services Business Act 2011. "The non-compliances are due to Merchantrade Asia's oversight of sanctions screening procedures, and gaps in updating their sanctions database upon the publication of the Domestic List,' BNM said. Merchantrade Asia, as a reporting institution, is required to conduct sanctions screening on existing, potential or new customers against the Domestic List and United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) List as part of the customer due diligence and ongoing due diligence processes. It also has to ascertain that potential matches with the UNSCR List or Domestic List are true matches to avoid false positives. "In response, Merchantrade has since strengthened its processes by subscribing to a commercial database service to ensure it receives updates on the sanctions list in a timely manner, and that staff and agents are provided with regular on-the-job training to improve compliance,' BNM said. Meanwhile, JAGS Money's non-compliances resulted from failure to promptly update the sanctions database upon the publication of the Domestic List and failure to conduct sanctions screening on new customers against the Domestic List. "JAGS paid a total of RM6,000 for the AMP imposed by BNM on March 17, 2025,' the central bank said. - Bernama
