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€468,147Total of monetary amounts

€468,147Largest single case: Absa Bank Limited

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Customer due diligence €468,147 100 % · 1 case

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25 Apr 2025 Absa Bank LimitedPA: ZAR 10m against Absa over deficient checks on politically exposed clients South AfricaCustomer due diligence €468,147

Following an inspection in 2022, the supervisor objected to inadequate customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence on foreign and domestic politically exposed clients, and to more than 8,500 monitoring alerts not handled within 48 hours. It imposed two cautions, a reprimand and financial penalties of ZAR 10m (7m for customer due diligence, 3m for breaches of Directive 5). The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.

What organisations can take from it

Politically exposed clients require documented enhanced due diligence, even where only a few files are concerned.

Relevance to training and awareness

Enhanced due diligence on politically exposed persons

Authority / court: Prudential Authority (PA) der South African Reserve Bank
Area of law: Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
Legal basis: Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001, ss. 21(1), 21A; FIC Directive 5 of 2019; Regulation 24(3)
Action: Fine
Status of proceedings: unknown
Sector: Financial services and insurance
Employees: 10,000 or more
Mitigating circumstances: The bank's cooperation and remedial action.
Published: 25 Apr 2025

Original amount 10,000,000 ZAR, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Apr 2025.

Sources

SARB: Prudential Authority imposes administrative sanctions on Absa Bank Limited (25.04.2025) Press release of an authority

Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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