Directors, trustees, and officers can also be fined personally and barred for five years for failure to ensure compliance with beneficial ownership disclosure requirements.
December 30, 2022The proposed rule also sets out requirements for institutions to have systems and controls to securely store beneficial ownership information and limit its access.
December 19, 2022The rule is effective from 1 January 2024. Existing companies will have one year to report information about their beneficial owners to FinCEN.
September 30, 2022Connectivity will be established between BlackRock's investment management platform Aladdin and Coinbase's integrated trading platform Coinbase Prime.
August 8, 2022New guidelines will require the disclosure of the identity of the beneficial owners of shares and prohibit the issuance of bearer shares.
February 10, 2021The BOT has adjusted its definition of business groups to provide SMEs easier access to funding and will allow them to apply twice.
January 5, 2021The FSC will allow non-face-to-face account opening by foreigners residing in Korea, and by legal representatives of corporations.
December 24, 2019The relaxation of account opening policies will enable companies to open bank accounts in a few days rather than wait months for central bank approval.
January 10, 2019Holding companies of existing qualified professional investors will gain status as professional investors; intermediaries must obtain confirmation that their shareholders are notified of the change.
July 19, 2018