Anti-Money Laundering · glossary

Reliance

Using another regulated firm’s identity checks instead of repeating them. It covers identity only, never source of wealth or the PEP measures, and the firm stays liable. Merranby’s trustee offered a letter for the firm to rely on. Beneficial Ownership Record, paragraph 6 · Chapter 4 · see Certified copy

Explained in Chapter 4, Beneficial Ownership: Offshore Companies and Trusts, of Anti-Money Laundering.

How it comes up, in Chapter 4
The trustee is regulated in Jersey, so it has already checked the settlor and the beneficiaries. It may let the firm use those checks. Reliance means using another regulated firm’s identity checks instead of repeating them.
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