2.3.5 Advertisement of Remittances, Transfers and Foreign Exchange
C 8/2020 STA يسري تنفيذه من تاريخ 25/12/2020- 2.3.5.1Licensed Financial Institutions that offer remittance, transfer and foreign exchange products and/or services must comply with the requirements in Section 2.3.1 of this Article as applicable, in addition to complying with the requirements of this Section.
- 2.3.5.2Licensed Financial Institutions must ensure that advertisement material contains the following warning statement:
Warning: Additional fees may be levied by the correspondent bank/financial institution or entity providing financial services to the beneficiary of remittances.
Warning: Penalties and Fees may be applied if there is a customer error or omission in providing correct or incomplete information for remittances.
- 2.3.5.3Licensed Financial Institutions must ensure that where an advertised remittance, transfer and foreign exchange product and/or service is denominated or priced in a foreign currency, or where the value of an advertised remittance, transfer and foreign exchange product and/or service may be directly affected by changes in foreign exchange rates, the advertisement contains the following warning statement:
Warning: This product/service may be affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates.
- 2.3.5.4Where Licensed Financial Institutions advertise an attractive promotional foreign exchange rate, Licensed Financial Institutions must specify the period of applicability and any restrictions/conditions/assumptions associated with the offer.
- 2.3.5.5Where the estimated time for completing a remittance is advertised, it must include the following statement:
Warning: The actual time to complete a transaction may differ from estimates due to increased scrutiny of transactions by the correspondent bank/financial institution or entity providing financial services to the beneficiary of remittances.