People's Bank of China, Measures for the Administration of the Reporting of Large Transactions and Suspicious Transactions by Financial Institutions
中国人民银行金融机构大额交易和可疑交易报告管理办法
February 23, 2017 | BY
Susan Mok &clp articles &The reporting threshold for cash transactions has been lowered from Rmb200,000 to Rmb50,000.
Promulgated: December 28 2016
Effective: July 1 2017
Applicability: These Measures shall apply to the following financial institutions established in the People's Republic of China in accordance with the law:
(1) policy banks, commercial banks, rural cooperative banks, rural credit cooperatives and village/town banks;
(2) securities companies, futures companies and fund management companies;
(3) insurance companies, insurance asset management companies, dedicated insurance agencies and insurance brokerages; and
(4) trust companies, financial asset management companies, finance companies of enterprise groups, lease financing companies, auto finance companies, consumer finance companies, money brokerages and loan companies (Article 2).
Main contents: Financial institutions shall report the following large transactions:
(1) cash deposits, cash withdrawals, cash foreign exchange conversions or sales, cash conversions, cash remittances, payments of cash notes and other manner of cash receipts or payments effected in a single transaction or cumulative transactions of at least Rmb50,000 or the foreign currency equivalent of at least US$10,000 on the day in question;
(2) transfers effected between non-natural person customer accounts and other bank accounts in a single transaction or cumulative transactions of at least Rmb2 million or the foreign currency equivalent of at least US$200,000 on the day in question;
(3) domestic transfers effected between natural person customer accounts and other bank accounts in a single transaction or cumulative transactions of at least Rmb500,000 or the foreign currency equivalent of at least US$100,000 on the day in question; and
(4) cross-border transfers effected between natural person customer accounts and other bank accounts in a single transaction or cumulative transactions of at least Rmb200,000 or the foreign currency equivalent of at least US$10,000 on the day in question (Article 5).
clp reference:3600/16.12.28 promulgated:2016-12-28 effective:2017-07-01Promulgated: December 28 2016
Effective: July 1 2017
Applicability: These Measures shall apply to the following financial institutions established in the People's Republic of China in accordance with the law:
(1) policy banks, commercial banks, rural cooperative banks, rural credit cooperatives and village/town banks;
(2) securities companies, futures companies and fund management companies;
(3) insurance companies, insurance asset management companies, dedicated insurance agencies and insurance brokerages; and
(4) trust companies, financial asset management companies, finance companies of enterprise groups, lease financing companies, auto finance companies, consumer finance companies, money brokerages and loan companies (Article 2).
Main contents: Financial institutions shall report the following large transactions:
(1) cash deposits, cash withdrawals, cash foreign exchange conversions or sales, cash conversions, cash remittances, payments of cash notes and other manner of cash receipts or payments effected in a single transaction or cumulative transactions of at least Rmb50,000 or the foreign currency equivalent of at least US$10,000 on the day in question;
(2) transfers effected between non-natural person customer accounts and other bank accounts in a single transaction or cumulative transactions of at least Rmb2 million or the foreign currency equivalent of at least US$200,000 on the day in question;
(3) domestic transfers effected between natural person customer accounts and other bank accounts in a single transaction or cumulative transactions of at least Rmb500,000 or the foreign currency equivalent of at least US$100,000 on the day in question; and
(4) cross-border transfers effected between natural person customer accounts and other bank accounts in a single transaction or cumulative transactions of at least Rmb200,000 or the foreign currency equivalent of at least US$10,000 on the day in question (Article 5).
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