Due Diligence Glossary

An explanation to terms used within the Bankersalmanac.com Due Diligence Repository.

Document Categories/Types Types of Document contained in Category Bankersalmanac.com Definition (where required)
Bank Licence Bank Licence  
  General Licence  
  Extract from Commercial Register Substitutes Licence in some countries
  List of Licenced institutions List or Cross Reference to Regulator's list of Licenced Institutions for a country
Corporate Governance Documents Articles of Association  
  Memorandum of Association  
  Biographies of Board Members  
  Certificate of Registration  
  Certificate of Incorporation  
  By-laws Roles adopted for the regulation of a company's own actions
USA PATRIOT Act Certification USA PATRIOT Act Certification Certificate regarding correspondent accounts with foreign banks outside of US
  Re-certification 3 year requirement
  Global Certification Certification not designated to a specific institution
  List of Entities List of institutions/branches covered by the certification
  Group Certification Certificate covering all institutions/branches within the group
Anti-Money Laundering Controls Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Policy Institution's Anti-Money Laundering Policy
  AML Questionnaire Questionnaire developed by the institution
  Standard AML Questionnaire The Wolfsberg Group Anti-Money laundering Questionnaire
  Group Policy Institution's AML Policy which also applies to entities within their group.
  Policies and Procedures Institution's AML Policy and Procedures
Annual Reports Annual Reports  
  Financial Statements  
  Summary of Financial Statements  
  Interim Financial Statements and Auditors' Report  
  Consolidated Financial Statements  
All Categories Statement Institution has supplied information relating to a document type

Source and Date
Name of the institution that supplied the document and the date the document was issued to the Bankersalmanac.com by the institution. If the document is not dated “No Date” will be indicated.

Language
Language in which the document has been supplied.

Submitted
The date the document is published on the Due Diligence Repository*

Re-submitted
The date the institution who previously supplied the document confirms the existing document is still valid or have supplied an exact copy of an existing document.*

In previous name of
Document was supplied in an institution's former name/pre-merger.

 

*Due to our internal processes there may be a delay between the Submitted/Re-Submitted date and this information appearing on the Due Diligence Repository.