You may already be aware that South Africa has been placed on the grey list by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) due to concerns regarding compliance with international standards for preventing money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing.
When a country is added to the FATF grey list, it signifies heightened risk and necessitates more stringent due diligence. Consequently, real estate brokers are under pressure to bolster their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Financing of Terrorism (CFT) protocols.
Real estate transactions are already deemed high risk and 3Cube is taking proactive measures to align our controls and framework with global standards. This involves collecting precise information about our clients.
Client identification is an international requirement and we, an accountable institution as defined in the Financial Intelligence Centre Act and Regulations, are obliged to verify the identity of our clients, representatives of our clients and the Ultimate Beneficial owners (UBO’s) of our clients.
OUR CLIENTS ARE: TENANTS, LANDLORDS, PURCHASERS & SELLERS
We understand that these additional compliance measures can be cumbersome and frustrating. However, we are required by law to implement these measures. Our goal is to ensure that all parties in a transaction, including ourselves, comply with the provisions of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act. This helps us avoid the need to report any suspicious activity to the Financial Intelligence Centre.
We appreciate your co-operation in this matter – The 3Cube FICA Team
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Details of the Contracting Entity
This is the Company or Person/s that entered into a legally binding sale or lease agreement which was facilitated by 3Cube Property Solutions.