Skopje, 25 January 2021
The National Bank project for capacity building of non-banking financial institutions it regulates was successfully completed with the support of the global programme Combating Illicit Financial Flows of the German Corporation for International Cooperation (Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH). Within the project, the National Bank delivered trainings for money transfer providers and subagents and for licensed exchange offices.
The National Bank intensifies investments in capacity building of non-banking financial institutions it regulates through training and providing greater insight in the regulation. In December last year and January this year, the National Bank delivered trainings for over 100 licensed exchange offices and money transfer providers and 150 sub-agents in the country through a project supported by the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ). Part of the trainings was dedicated to the National Risk Assessment results and to the amendments to the Law on AML/CFT for harmonization of this Law with the fifth anti-money laundering Directive. The purpose of such trainings is to raise awareness and capacity of money transfer providers and their subagents and of licensed exchange offices to implement their obligations in this segment.
The online events also provided answers to questions of particular interest to the money transfer providers and licensed exchange offices. The participants expressed satisfaction that the regulator contributes to their capacity building in this way.
As a result of this GIZ-funded project, the National Bank will publish a Circular on best practices to be considered by money transfer providers when implementing the measures and activities of the AML/CFT Law.
This multi-month GIZ-funded project was successfully wrapped-up last week with training for licensed exchange offices.
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