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Enforcement Actions Against Financial Institutions in Kazakhstan Intensified

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has released its Mutual Evaluation Report for Kazakhstan, revealing that the country’s enforcement actions against financial institutions have intensified. The report assesses the extent to which Kazakhstan has implemented the technical requirements of the FATF Recommendations.

Progress Made by Kazakhstan

According to the report, Kazakhstan has made significant progress in implementing the FATF Recommendations. In particular, the country has demonstrated a high level of compliance in areas such as:

Assessment and Risk-Based Approach (R.1)

• Assessing risk
• Applying a risk-based approach

National Cooperation and Coordination (R.2)

• National cooperation and coordination

Money Laundering Offence (R.3) and Confiscation and Provisional Measures (R.4)

• Money laundering offence
• Confiscation and provisional measures

Terrorist Financing Offence (R.5)

• Terrorist financing offence

Kazakhstan has also shown improvements in implementing targeted financial sanctions related to:

Terrorism and Terrorist Financing (R.6) and Proliferation (R.7)

• Targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism and terrorist financing
• Proliferation

Non-Profit Organisations (R.8), Financial Institution Secrecy Laws (R.9), and Customer Due Diligence (R.10)

• Non-profit organisations
• Financial institution secrecy laws
• Customer due diligence

Record Keeping (R.11) and Politically Exposed Persons (R.12)

• Record keeping
• Politically exposed persons

Correspondent Banking (R.13), Money or Value Transfer Services (R.14), and New Technologies (R.15)

• Correspondent banking
• Money or value transfer services
• New technologies

Areas for Improvement

However, the report also highlights areas where Kazakhstan needs to improve, including:

Wire Transfers (R.16) and Reliance on Third Parties (R.17)

• Wire transfers
• Reliance on third parties

Internal Controls and Foreign Branches and Subsidiaries (R.18), Higher-Risk Countries (R.19), and Reporting of Suspicious Transactions (R.20)

• Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries
• Higher-risk countries
• Reporting of suspicious transactions

Tipping-Off and Confidentiality (R.21) and DNFBPs: Customer Due Diligence (R.22)

• Tipping-off and confidentiality
• DNFBPs: customer due diligence

Transparency and Beneficial Ownership of Legal Persons (R.24) and Regulation and Supervision of Financial Institutions (R.26)

• Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons
• Regulation and supervision of financial institutions

Recommendations

The report recommends that Kazakhstan strengthen its enforcement actions against financial institutions, including:

• Increasing the effectiveness of its sanctions regime
• Improving customer due diligence
• Enhancing its supervision and regulation of financial institutions

Overall, the FATF report concludes that Kazakhstan has made significant progress in implementing the FATF Recommendations, but still needs to address some areas of concern. The country’s financial institutions are advised to take immediate action to comply with the requirements outlined in the report.