§ 21.21. Procedures for monitoring Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance.

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(a)Purpose. This subpart is issued to assure that all national banks and savings associations establish and maintain procedures reasonably designed to assure and monitor their compliance with the requirements of subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, and the implementing regulations promulgated thereunder by the Department of the Treasury at 31 CFR Chapter X.

(b)Definition of savings association. For purposes of this subpart C, the term savings association means a savings association as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act), the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. It includes a Federal savings association or Federal savings bank, chartered under section 5 of the FDI Act, or a building and loan, savings and loan, or homestead association, or a cooperative bank (other than a cooperative bank which is a state bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the FDI Act) organized and operating according to the laws of the state in which it is chartered or organized, or a corporation (other than a bank as defined in section 3(a)(1) of the FDI Act) that the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Comptroller jointly determine to be operating substantially in the same manner as a savings association.

(c)Establishment of a BSA compliance program—(1) Program requirement. Each national bank and each savings association shall develop and provide for the continued administration of a program reasonably designed to assure and monitor compliance with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements set forth in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code and the implementing regulations issued by the Department of the Treasury at 31 CFR Chapter X. The compliance program must be written, approved by the national bank's or savings association's board of directors, and reflected in the minutes of the national bank or savings association.

(2)Customer identification program. Each national bank and each savings association is subject to the requirements of 31 U.S.C. 5318(l) and the implementing regulations jointly promulgated by the OCC and the Department of the Treasury at 31 CFR 1020.220, which require a customer identification program to be implemented as part of the BSA compliance program required under this section.

(d)Contents of compliance program. The compliance program shall, at a minimum:

(1)Provide for a system of internal controls to assure ongoing compliance;

(2)Provide for independent testing for compliance to be conducted by national bank or savings association personnel or by an outside party;

(3)Designate an individual or individuals responsible for coordinating and monitoring day-to-day compliance; and

(4)Provide training for appropriate personnel. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1557-0180) [52 FR 2859, Jan. 27, 1987, as amended at 68 FR 25111, May 9, 2003; 76 FR 6687, Feb. 8, 2011; 79 FR 28399, May 16, 2014]

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U.S. Code

Compliance, exemptions, and summons authority
§ 5318

CFR

Customer identification program requirements for banks.
§ 1020.220

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§ 21.21

Procedures for monitoring Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance.

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U.S.C.§ 5318

C.F.R.§ 1020.220

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