BSA/AML Risk Assessment Checklist

Financial institutions must structure their compliance programs to be risk-based to ensure that BSA/AML compliance programs are reasonably designed to meet regulatory requirements. Understanding its risk profile enables the institution to apply appropriate risk management processes to the BSA/AML program to mitigate and manage risk and comply with BSA regulatory requirements. Although each institution’s risk process will differ slightly, the best practice steps in this BSA/AML risk assessment checklist will enable your financial institution to understand and justify its risk-focused compliance program.

Please note: This is not a BSA/AML risk assessment template, because each institution’s process will differ.

Download this checklist to learn:

• How to identify risk categories for your unique financial institution
• Areas to consider when performing analysis for each identified risk category
• Tips to help identify inherent vs. residual risk for each risk category
• Things to review to help assess OFAC risk at your institution (may be included in BSA risk assessment or a standalone document)

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