FULL FORM OF KYC

         KYC stand for Know Your Customer. It is a process followed by a financial  institution or other organisations to collect the information to established the identity of a client. This process was introduced by Reserve Bank of India to curb the financial frauds such as identity theft,illegal transactions and money laundering. RBI has instructed the banks to follow the KYC process while opening the account to curb any illegal transactions.
        This process protects the customers from fraudsters who might use their name,address and forged signature to make illegal transactions. It also involves obtaining information of the customers which include all their personal details with attached proofs that works as an authentication of the customers activity and assures the respective bank and organisation about a clean record of that client/customers.

PURPOSE OF KYC 

       The followings are main objectives of the KYC--
  1. It ensures that the bank/organisation will not be misused or taken advantage of by some fraudsters through money laundering activities.
  2. It procedure helps the banks,financial institution and any organisation to know the financial activities or dealings of its customers /clients.
  3. It also helps keeping a check, that the customers/clients of any organisation are not involved in any type of money laundering and can assess the risk.
  4. It also helps in curbing corruption,restricting illegal activity such as terror funding ,money laundering and identity theft.

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