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Financial Intelligence Unit is playing a major role in restraining the Money laundering and terrorist financing activities. Registration of Financial Intelligence Unit is of utmost importance as it serves as a national center for the receipt and analysis of:
The objective of FIU is to fetch the additional information from reporting entitiesand to get properaccess on a timely basis of the financial, administrative and law enforcement information that is requiredforproper functioning.
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In India, FIU works as the Central National Agency which is accountable for obtaining, processing, analyzing and dispersing the information related to the doubted financial Transactions.
Acting as the Central National Agency, Financial Intelligence Unit – India (FIU-IND) is responsible for obtaining, measuring, analyzing and publishing information relating to doubtful financial transactions.
FIU-IND is an intelligence agency that is responsible for uplifting and building the efforts of national and international intelligence in chasing the efforts against money laundering and terrorism financing. The reporting of FIU-IND is direct to the Economic Intelligence Council (EIC) directed by the Finance Minister.
Therefore, for removing the loophole, every non-compliant NBFC is trying to register themselves and their designated principal officer with the agency.
Also, Read: Financial Intelligence Unit Registration – A mandate for Financial Institutions.
The registration process requires the submission of basic information of the user or reporting entity.
The registration process of other users shall be initiated by the Principal Officer of the reporting entity only. A Signed copy of the Registration request is to be submitted to FIU-IND. The details provided for registration shall be approved by the User Admin of FIU-IND.Once the approval is granted by the FIU-IND, the user will receive login ID and password via mail provided at the time of registration.
In India, FIU-IND acts as a central repository which initiates and maintains the National data based on transactions which are either cash related or suspicious. The basis of maintaining the data are the reports received from the reporting entities.
The structure of FIU comprises of different directors i.e.
FIU is playing a vital role in restraining the in restraining the Money laundering and terrorist financing activities. The nature of the FIU is administrative and to enforce the laws. The major role played by the FIU in India is to collect and analyze the information which are suspicious and related to money laundering and the crimes related to it.
Also, Read: Detailed Overview of FIU-IND Reporting.
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