Pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act and final rules issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, a U.S. bank or a U.S. broker-dealer in securities (a "Covered Financial Institution") is required to obtain certain information from any "Foreign Bank" that maintains a correspondent account with it.
Global Certification
As permitted by the final rules, Fortis Bank SA/NV (" Fortis Bank (Belgium) ") has prepared a Global Certification for use by any financial institution that believes it requires a Patriot Act Certification from those entities or one of their branches or offices.
Please use those Certifications instead of asking Fortis Bank (Belgium) (or one of its branches or offices) to complete a separate Certification form.
Verifying your identity as required by section 326
To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act signed October 26, 2001, requires Fortis Bank to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each customer even though they may be a long term customer of, and well known to, the institution.
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If the particular Fortis Bank business that maintains a correspondent account with your institution is not listed in our Certification, or if you have any questions with regard to this Certification, please advise us at AcceptancesServices.IB@bnpparibasfortis.com.