16 March 2021

The AMLC is in the process of revising the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing Guidelines for Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBP Guidelines), which takes into account various proposals from the Professional Regulation Commission and industry associations, including the setting of a new registration deadline.
 
We encourage REBs, REDs, OGOs, and OGO-service providers to continue registering with the AMLC even beyond the 16 March 2021 deadline initially set by this Office.

Kindly monitor the AMLC website for further announcements.

For inquiries or assistance, please contact the following AMLC Registration Staff personnel:

Mr. Conrad Bulanadi
+632 5 302 3848
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Ms. Catherine Masaoay
+632 8 708 7067
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In view of the announcement of the Office of the President, placing the Greater Manila area under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from 29 March to 04 April 2021, please be advised of the following:

Pursuant to Item V-A of Part 1, General Provisions of the AMLC Registration and Reporting Guidelines (ARRG), 01 and 02 April 2021 are official holidays and the period 03 to 04 April 2021 falls on a weekend, thus these non-working days shall be excluded from the counting of the prescribed reporting period.

The period 29 to 31 March 2021 shall be considered workday suspensions in accordance with the ECQ.

The foregoing is without prejudice to the voluntary submissions by covered persons of covered (CTRs) and suspicious transaction reports (STRs) within the reglementary period through the AMLC portal.

Further, all specified deadlines relative to pending requests for submission of know-your-customer (KYC) documents as well as requests during the ECQ period (29 March to 04 April 2021) are hereby suspended.

For requests during the ECQ period, the same shall be sent through e-mail to the respective compliance officers or other authorized officers of covered persons registered as such with the AMLC. Please be reminded that compliance with said requests may be made during this ECQ period but shall be submitted through the AMLC portal instead of personal delivery.

Access details are as follows:
1. Log-in the AMLC portal (Ver. 2.9.9).
2. In the Electronic Documents Upload Facility, click the Electronic Return/KYC Documents Request Upload icon.
3. Select KYC Documents Request in the Document Type dropdown and click Proceed.
4. Enter the reference number as specified in the AMLC request.
5. Click Browse, choose the filename of the document, and click Upload. The filename should contain the name of the account holder.

THE AMLC SECRETARIAT
Issued on 29 March 2021