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Article 10
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Offshore banking branches shall rigorously undertake customer due diligence (CDD) process in accordance with the Money Laundering Control Act, Terrorism Financing Prevention Act, documents, data or information that must be obtained or verified as required by the competent authority (see Attachment), template of the “Guidelines Governing Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism by the Banking Sector” and “Self-Regulatory Rules for Offshore Banking Units Accepting Account Opening by Offshore Customers and Investing in Trust Products On Behalf of Offshore Customers” set out by the Bankers Association of the Republic of China, and include related compliance matters in their internal control and internal audit system.<br/>Offshore banking branches shall, before December 31, 2017, re-perform CDD and review the level of risk on existing customers prior to the implementation of these amended Rules promulgated on May 22, 2017. However offshore banking branches shall re-perform CDD immediately in the event of the following situations:<br/>1. The offshore banking branch has doubts about the veracity of customer information, such as there is a suspicion of money laundering in relation to that customer, or there is a material change in the way that the customer’s account is operated which is not consistent with the customer’s business profile; or<br/>2. It is time for periodic update of customer identityinformation.
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