In 2022, the Financial and Capital Market Commission conducted an inspection, identifying certain shortcomings in the operation of the internal control system and violations of the laws and regulations governing the prevention of ML/TPF related to insufficient due diligence of high-risk customers from high-risk jurisdictions and transaction monitoring.
AS Reģionālā investīciju banka acknowledges the identified violations and shortcomings and has promptly implemented measures for their elimination which serve as a basis for the conclusion of the administrative agreement. The administrative agreement establishes the legal obligations of AS Reģionālā investīciju banka aimed at strengthening the credit institution's internal control system and ensuring operational compliance with the requirements laid down in the laws and regulations governing the ML/TPF prevention, particularly in relation to the improvement of due diligence of high-risk customers and the process of transaction monitoring. The fulfilment of the legal obligations shall be supervised by Latvijas Banka.
The objective of Latvijas Banka is to facilitate constructive cooperation with the participants of Latvia's financial market under the supervision of the financial sector participants. Upon identifying violations of laws and regulations or shortcomings in the credit institution's activities, it is particularly important for the credit institution to understand and acknowledge the violations and shortcomings, to draw up a plan for their immediate elimination and to prevent the identified violations in its future activities.