Envíos de Valores La Nacional Corp.
Overview of Compliance Program
Last Updated: April 26, 2010
The compliance program of Envíos de Valores
La Nacional Corp was created with the purpose
of complying with all required laws and regulations
for Money Service Businesses, such as: the BSA,
OFAC rules, the USA Patriot Act and all other
Federal and State regulations.
The company’s compliance
program is accordance to section 352 of the
USA Patriot Act which states that a compliance
program should include the following four items:
- Written Policies, Procedures and Controls
-
Designated Compliance Officer
-
Independent testing of the compliance
program
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Proper training program
Written Policies, Procedures and
Controls
To assure proper compliance, the company
has designated a Chief Compliance Officer, CAMS
certified, who reports directly to the President
of the company. The Chief Compliance Officer
has an Assistant Compliance Officer and an additional
staff of 4 people responsible for the day to
day functions of the compliance department.
Independent Testing of compliance
program
The company has engaged the services of Michael
McDonald and Associates for the independent
testing of the compliance program. The scope
of the independent testing of the compliance
program includes stress testing of the agents.
Proper Training of Staff
The company has established a compliance
training program addresses to all agents, corporate
employees (including cashiers) and the compliance
department staff. The Chief Compliance Officer
is responsible for the implementation of the
company’s compliance program. Training logs
are kept for all compliance training provided
by the company. Agents are provided with a copy
of the company’s “Anti-Money Laundering Manual
for Agents” upon their acceptance into the company.
The compliance department also employs training
specialists whose responsibilities rely on the
proper training of new agents and the follow
up training on current agents. The Chief Compliance
Officer periodically visits locations to establish
that proper training was provided to the agents
and periodically sends correspondence to the
company’s point of sales regarding important
compliance issues applicable to MSBs.
Functions of the Compliance Program
The company has established and automated
process to monitor all transactions. This automated
process takes into account all regulatory requirements
under the law. Every transaction is checked
for OFAC compliance as well as Bank Secrecy
Act compliance.
Envíos de Valores La Nacional
566 West 207th St., New York, NY 10034
Tel.: 917-529-0700 Ext. 120 Fax.: 917-529-0748
email: info@lanacional.com
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