The objective of Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines is to prevent banks from being used, intentionally or unintentionally, by criminal elements for money laundering activities. KYC procedures also enable banks to know/understand their customers and their financial dealings better which in turn help them manage their risks prudently. Banks should frame their KYC policies incorporating the following four key elements:

  • Customer Acceptance Policy;
  • Customer Identification Procedures;
  • Monitoring of Transactions; and
  • Risk management.

 

Customer Identification Procedure
Features to be verified and documents that may be obtained from customers

Features

Documents

The Officially Valid Documents For Bank account opening

A)For Individual

B)Other Than individual (sole proprietary firm

The Officially Valid Documents are as under:

(1)  Passport

(2)  Driving License

(3)  Proof of possession of Aadhaar number*

(4)  Voter Identity Card issued by Election Commission of India

(5)  Job card issued by NREGA duly signed by an officer of the State Government

(6)  Letter issued by the National Population Register containing details of name and address

(7)  Any other document as notified by the Central Government in consultation with the Regulator.

In case, Officially Valid Documents (OVDs) furnished by the customer does not contain updated address, the following documents or the equivalent e-documents there of shall be deemed to the OVDs for the limited purpose of proof of address:

(a)    Utility bill which is not more than two months old of any service provider (electricity, telephone, post-paid mobile phone, piped gas, water bill);

(b)    Property or Municipal tax receipt;

(c)    Pension or family pension payment orders (PPOs) issued to retired employees by Government Departments or Public Sector Undertakings, if they contain the address;

(d)    Letter of allotment of accommodation from employer issued by State Government or Central Government Departments, statutory or regulatory bodies, public sector undertakings, scheduled commercial banks, financial institutions and listed companies and leave and license agreements with such employers allotting official accommodation.

(e)    The Client shall submit an updated Officially Valid Document with current address within a period of three months of submitting at ‘b’ above document.

 

 

 

A)Sole Proprietary firms

For Proprietary concerns, Customer Due Diligence of the individual (proprietor) are to be carried out and any two of the following documents or the equivalent e documents in the name of the proprietary concern should be submitted:

i)    Registration Certificate including Udyam Registration Certificate (URC) issued by the Government

ii)  Certificate/licence issued by the Municipal authorities under Shop & Establishment Act.

iii)        Sales and income tax returns.

iv)        CST/VAT/GST  certificate (Provisional/Final),

v)  Certificate / registration document issued by Sales Tax / Service Tax / Professional Tax authorities.

vi)        The complete Income Tax return (not just the acknowledgement) in the name of the sole Proprietor where the firm‟s income is reflected, duly authenticated/acknowledged by the Income Tax Authorities.

vii)      Utility bills such as electricity, water and landline telephone bills.

viii)      IEC (Importer Exporter Code) issued to the proprietary concern by the office of DGFT / Licence/certificate of practice issued in the name of the proprietary concern by any professional body incorporated under a statute.

 

 

 

Accounts of companies

  • Name of the company
  • Principal place of business
  • Mailing address of the company

Telephone/Fax Number

A) Accounts of Companies

Where the client is a company, certified copies of following documents or the equivalent e-documents are to be submitted:

(i)   Certificate of incorporation

(ii) Memorandum and Articles of Association

(iii)  Permanent Account Number of the company

(iv)  A resolution from the Board of Directors and Power of Attorney granted to its managers, officers or employees to transact on its behalf.

(v)    Corporate Identification Number (CIN)

(vi)  Documents, as specified in Section 16, relating to beneficial owner, the managers, officers or employees, as the case may be, holding an attorney to transact on the company’s behalf

(vii)the names of the relevant persons holding senior management position; and

(viii) the registered office and the principal place of its business, if it is different.

Accounts of partnership firms

  • Legal name
  • Address
  • Names of all partners and their addresses

Telephone numbers of the firm and partners

A) Accounts of Partnership firms

Where the client is a partnership firm, certified copies of following documents or the equivalent e-documents are to be submitted:

(i)   Registration Certificate

(ii) Partnership Deed

(iii)    Permanent Account Number of the partnership firm

(iv)    Documents, as specified in Section 16, relating to beneficial owner, managers, officers or employees, as the case may be, holding an attorney to transact on its behalf

(v)  the names of all the partners and

address of the registered office, and the principal place of its business, if it is different

Accounts of trusts & foundations

  • Names of trustees, settlers, beneficiaries and signatories
  • Names and addresses of the founder, the managers/directors and the beneficiaries

Telephone/fax numbers

A)Accounts of Trusts

Where the client is a Trust, certified copies of following documents or the equivalent e-documents are to be submitted:

  • Registration Certificate
  • Trust Deed
  • Permanent Account Number or Form No.60 of the trust
  • Documents, as specified in Section 16, relating to beneficial owner, managers, officers or employees, as the case may be, holding an attorney to transact on its behalf.
  • the names of the beneficiaries, trustees, settlor, protector, if any and authors of the trust
  • the address of the registered office of the trust; and

list of trustees and documents, as specified in Section 16, for those discharging the role as trustee and authorised to transact on behalf of the trust.