Malaysia central bank fines AEON Credit for sanctions breaches
FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the entrance of Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 31, 2019. Picture taken July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 : Malaysia’s central bank said on Wednesday that it has fined AEON Credit Service (M) Berhad 520,000 ringgit ($125,665) for breaches of targeted financial sanctions.
AEON Credit, a Malaysian unit of Japan’s Aeon Co, has since taken remedial measures and conducted refresher training for relevant staff to ensure compliance, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said in a statement.
• AEON Credit had allowed a sanctioned entity to open an account with the company, BNM said, without naming the entity.
• The firm also delayed freezing the account despite confirmation that the customer was on a domestic sanctions list, BNM added.
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• “These breaches were attributed to lack of staff oversight and (a) gap in AEON Credit’s standard operating procedure,” the central bank said.
• It said AEON Credit paid the fine on April 16.
($1 = 4.1380 ringgit)
Source: Reuters
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