refers to a combination of letters, numbers or symbols, determined by the payment service provider, in accordance with the protocols of the payment and settlement system or messaging system used for t [..]

References to “accounts” should be read as including other similar business relationships between financial institutions and their customers.

Describes information that has been verified for accuracy (as this term is used in the Interpretive note to Recommendation 16).

For the purposes of Recommendations 14 and 16, agent means any natural or legal person providing Money or Value Transfer Service(s) (MVTS) on behalf of an MVTS provider, whether by contract with or un [..]

Refers to competent authorities, including accrediting institutions, and self-regulatory organisations(as this term is used in the Interpretive note to Recommendation 8).

Includes foreign branches of international Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) (as this term is used in the Interpretive Note to Recommendation 8).

Is a transfer comprised of a number of individual wire transfers that are being sent to the same financial institutions, but may/may not be utlimately intended for different persons (as this term is u [..]

Bearer shares refers to negotiable instruments that accord ownership in a legal person to the person who possesses the bearer share certificate.

The meaning of the term beneficiary in the FATF Recommendations depends on the context:

All references in the FATF Recommendations to country or countries apply equally to territories or jurisdictions.