Know your counterparty
We seek sufficient information to understand the entity, ownership, authority, transaction role and commercial purpose.
Compliance
Compliance is part of commercial execution.
Our review process is designed to reduce legal, reputational, financial and operational risk before a transaction is progressed.
Sanctions awareness
Transactions must be capable of proceeding lawfully under applicable sanctions, export-control and trade restrictions.
Document integrity
Material documents should be attributable, internally consistent and capable of independent verification where appropriate.
Banking suitability
Proposed payment structures must be commercially credible and acceptable to the relevant contracting parties and their banks.
Source and destination review
Origin, destination, end use, transport and relevant regulatory considerations are reviewed according to the transaction.
Escalation and refusal
We may pause or decline an engagement where information is incomplete, inconsistent, unverifiable or outside our risk appetite.
Evidence and accountability
Information should support independent assessment
Corporate identity, authority, documentation, banking structure and trade purpose are considered in proportion to the proposed transaction.
Important distinction
Compliance review is not a guarantee
Our internal review does not replace the independent legal, regulatory, banking or compliance obligations of any other party. Each counterparty remains responsible for its own due diligence and decision-making.
No website statement constitutes approval of a specific person, jurisdiction, transaction, payment method or product origin.