Firms that carry out any of the activities specified in the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Rules 2019 (QFCRA Rules 2019-8) and the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (General Insurance) Rules 2019 (QFCRA Rules 2019-9) issued by the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), should understand their legal and/or regulatory obligations in relation to anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing (AML/CFT) and know how to comply with these requirements.

• AML: Anti-money laundering.

• CFT: Countering the financing of terrorism.

• Business relationship: A regular relationship between a customer and a firm in connection with a service that the customer receives from the firm. A relationship that, when contact is established, is reasonably expected by a firm to be merely transitory does not constitute a business relationship.

• Customer: Any person who engages in, or who has contact with the firm with a view to engaging in, any transaction with the firm or a member of the firm’s group:

  • On the person’s own behalf.

  • As agent for or on behalf of another person.

  A customer also includes: