{"id":39208,"date":"2025-03-06T09:30:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T07:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/?p=39208"},"modified":"2025-03-06T09:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T07:34:13","slug":"newsflash-important-notice-the-fic-issues-request-for-accountable-institutions-rmcps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/newsflash-important-notice-the-fic-issues-request-for-accountable-institutions-rmcps\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsflash | Important notice: The FIC issues request for accountable institutions\u2019 RMCPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, the Financial Intelligence Centre (\u2018the FIC\u2019) issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FIC_Notice-Ref9.5.1.3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>notice<\/u><\/a> advising accountable institutions of a general request to submit a copy of their current Risk Management and Compliance Programme (\u2018RMCP\u2019) to it by close of business on Wednesday, 12<sup>th<\/sup> March 2025.<\/p>\n<p>To prevent penalties and other administrative sanctions, it is imperative that affected institutions, including property practitioners, trust and company service providers, and attorneys, submit their current RMCPs to the FIC timeously.<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, entities with branches \u2013 and different organisation IDs \u2013 must each submit an RMCP, irrespective of whether the document is identical to that of another branch.<\/p>\n<p>Accountable institutions must submit their RMCPs electronically via the FIC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/goweb.fic.gov.za\/goAMLWeb_PRD\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>goAML platform<\/u><\/a> and are encouraged to check the message board daily and respond as instructed in the general request.<\/p>\n<p>For sound legal assistance, direct all RMCP-related queries to <a href=\"mailto:compliance@stbb.co.za?Subject=STBB%20Newsflash%20Important%20notice:%20The%20FIC%20issues%20request%20for%20accountable%20institutions\u2019%20RMCPs%20enquiry\"><u>compliance@stbb.co.za<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, the Financial Intelligence Centre (\u2018the FIC\u2019) issued a notice advising accountable institutions of a general request to submit a copy of their current Risk Management and Compliance Programme (\u2018RMCP\u2019) to it by close of business on Wednesday,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":364,"featured_media":39204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-newsflash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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