POWERS TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE


Following article # 24 of the AML Law, FinTRACA has the power to enforce written warnings, revocation or suspension of a business license and impose on the reporting entity a fine not less than 50,000 and not more than 500,000 Afghanis. The following actions have been implemented to enforce compliance;


  2021 2020 2019 2018
Warning Letters issued to Banking Institutions -   - -
Warning Letters Issued to MSPs & FXDs - 60 11 -
Warning Letters Issued to Electronic Money Institutions -   - 3
Suspension Orders to MSPs & FXDs - 13 46 15
Revoked Business Licenses Of MSPs & FXDs - 71 21 47
Frozen Bank Accounts - 86 - 28
Frozen Bank Accounts (Amount) - AFN 2,486,135, PKR 638,800 & USD 75,831 AFN 51,538,178 - USD 2,466,984 AFN 336,816 - USD 5,279 - EUR 99
Financial Penalties (Banking Institutions) - AFN 50,000 AFN 300,000 AFN 1,900,000
Financial Penalties (MSPs & FXDs) AFN 1,192,200 AFN 5,260,000 AFN 11,089,900 AFN 3,676,400‬
Financial Penalties (MSBs) -   AFN 27,500 -
MicroFinance Instituations Penalties(MFIs) -   AFN 50,000 -
Financial Penalties(EMIs) -   AFN 80,000 AFN 50,000




Updated On: March 2021