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Breaking: Banks to Start Obtaining Customers ‘Social Handles’

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June 24, 2023
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Fresh CBN Rule Stops BVN Violators From Opening Bank Accounts, Others

The directive is contained in a new CBN customer regulation, which is aimed at further strengthening the identification process in the banking system.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated financial institutions to obtain the social media handles of customers for the purpose of identification.

The directive is contained in a new CBN customer regulation, which is aimed at further strengthening the identification process in the banking system.

The bankers’ bank also in the diligence regulations mandated deposit money banks to obtain e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, and residential addresses, among other things, from customers.

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Titled: “Central Bank of Nigeria (Customer Due Diligence) Regulations, 2023,” published on its website on Friday, the apex bank revealed that the new regulation was designed to provide additional customer due diligence measures for financial institutions under its regulatory purview.

The objective of the new regulations according to CBN includes, “To provide additional customer due diligence measures for financial institutions under the regulatory purview of the Central Bank of Nigeria to further their compliance with relevant provisions of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act (MLPPA), 2022, Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act (TPPA), 2022, Central Bank of Nigeria (Anti-Money Laundering, Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Countering Proliferation Financing of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Financial Institutions) Regulations, 2022 (CBN AML, CFT and CPF Regulations) and international best practices.

“And enable the CBN to enforce compliance with customer due diligence measures in line with the CBN AML, CFT and CPF Regulations.”

The apex bank, under its customer identification column, said financial institutions must identify their customers (whether permanent or occasional, and whether natural or legal persons or legal arrangements) and obtain the following information:

“For Individuals — legal name and any other names used (such as maiden name), permanent address (full physical address), residential address (where the customer can be located), telephone number, e-mail address, and social media handle; date and place of birth, Bank Verification number; Tax Identification number; nationality; occupation; public position held; and name of employer.”

It also noted that an individual must have “an official personal identification number or other unique identifier contained in an unexpired document issued by a government agency that bears the name, photograph, and signature of the customer, such as a passport, national identification card, residence permit, social security records, or drivers’ license.”

Part of the requirement includes “Type of account and nature of the banking relationship, and signature, and politically exposed person status.”

The financial regulator, maintained financial institutions shall not establish or keep anonymous accounts, numbered accounts, or accounts in fictitious names.

These regulations shall apply to all financial institutions under the purview of the CBN, the apex Bank maintained in the document.

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