Notice to Financial Institutions on Verifying Customer Identity
- Financial institutions must verify customer identity with independent and reliable documents, data sources or information.
- Article 18 of the law of November 11, 2013 requires one valid original official document with a photograph, of which a copy is taken.
- Accepted documents named in the notice are the new national identification card, the driver's license and the passport.
The BRH reminds all financial institutions that they must verify customer identity using independent and reliable documents, data sources or information. It quotes article 18 of the law of November 11, 2013 sanctioning money laundering and terrorist financing, under which verifying the identity of a natural person requires one valid original official document with a photograph, of which a copy is taken.
Institutions must make sure that any official document presented is valid and complies with the laws in force. The notice names three: the new national identification card (decree of March 11, 2020 on the unique national identification number and the national identification card), the driver's license (decree of June 1, 2005 amending that of April 4, 1979), and the passport (decree of January 21, 2021 on travel documents).
How to cite
Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH), 2021, Notice to Financial Institutions on Verifying Customer Identity, https://www.brh.ht/wp-content/uploads/avis-aux-institutions-financieres-sur-identification-clientele.pdf
- Rights holder
- Banque de la République d'Haïti (BRH)