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Wolfsberg Group

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The Wolfsberg Group is an association of 12 global banks which aims to develop frameworks and guidance for the management of financial crime risks.

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CBDDQ & FCCQ

Developed and published by the Wolfsberg Group, the Correspondent Banking Due Diligence Questionnaire (CBDDQ) seeks to help Financial Institutions conducting due diligence on Correspondent Banking relationships, as per regulatory requirements and their own internal policies and procedures.

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Resources

Wolfsberg EBA CP202311 Consultation Response

2023

Wolfsberg Group response to FATF Consultation relating to non-profit organisations

2023
CBDDQ

CBDDQ/FCCQ FAQs V3.0

2023
CBDDQ

CBDDQ Glossary v3.0

2023
CBDDQ

CBDDQ Guidance v2.0

2023
CBDDQ

FCCQ (Excel)

2023
CBDDQ

FCCQ (PDF)

2023
CBDDQ

CBDDQ (Excel)

2023

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Publication of the Wolfsberg ABC Guidance

Today the Wolfsberg Group is publishing its updated Anti-Bribery and Corruption Compliance Programme Guidance. This document updates the 2017 version and it is designed to promote a culture of ethical business practices and compliance with ABC legal and regulatory requirements. The Guidance is a risk-based approach for the adequate development and implementation of compliance programmes to prevent, detect, and report acts of Bribery and Corruption and identifies areas of elevated risk. While no ABC compliance programme can prevent or protect against Bribery and Corruption risks completely, and there is no one-size-fits-all solution, this guidance can help the industry mitigate Bribery and Corruption risks by using elements including but not limited to: An applicable firm wide ABC policy; Governance with roles and responsibilities and access to top management; Periodic risk assessment to assess the nature and extent of the Bribery and Corruption risks, the establishment of a controls environment covering risks associated with anything of value, third party providers and customer related transaction risks, investments and acquisitions; Training and awareness including the sharing of lessons learned from internal and external events for continuous evaluation of the compliance programme adequacy; and Monitoring and testing for compliance with controls to identify failure to act in a manner consistent with the financial institution’s business principles/policies/codes of conduct/applicable laws or regulations. The Guidance incorporates learnings from enforcement actions since 2017 with updates to the red flags section and expands the section on customer and transaction corruption risks. The document includes the need for financial institutions’ programmes to be continuously evolving, and a new section on identifying, reporting, and mitigating emerging Bribery and Corruption risks. Finally, the guidance has been aligned to current and evolving legal regulatory expectations with additional guidance for post-acquisition due diligence, the inclusion of guidance for financial institutions to include a holistic risk assessment and management as part of their control frameworks

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