Right to Financial Privacy Act: USA PATRIOT Act
7 min! Run Time
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Description
The USA PATRIOT Act grew out of the September 11, 2001 attacks, when terrorists used financial institutions to move their money. This course shows how the law reshaped financial privacy.
What this course covers:
- Why the USA PATRIOT Act was passed after September 11
- How the act helps detect and disrupt terrorist financing
- Customer Identification Program requirements
- Anti-money laundering measures for financial institutions
Ideal for financial institution staff carrying out USA PATRIOT Act requirements.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
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Frequently Asked Questions
The course explains that the USA PATRIOT Act grew out of the September 11, 2001 attacks, when terrorists used financial institutions to move their money, prompting Congress to reshape financial privacy and reporting rules for institutions.
It covers how the act helps detect and disrupt terrorist financing, showing how the law reshaped financial privacy in the years after the September 11 attacks changed how institutions monitor and report all customer activity going forward.
This course covers Customer Identification Program requirements, one of the specific obligations the USA PATRIOT Act places on financial institutions verifying who they do business with before opening a brand new account for a new customer.
It covers anti-money laundering measures for financial institutions, part of the broader set of USA PATRIOT Act obligations institutions must build into their compliance programs alongside the customer identification requirements described elsewhere in this course.
The course is ideal for financial institution staff carrying out USA PATRIOT Act requirements such as Customer Identification Program checks and anti-money laundering measures adopted in the years directly following the September 11 terrorist attacks.