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#1970942 - 10/21/14 08:56 PM Document OFAC Search? Minimum Name Score??
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How does everyone document that they searched OFAC before sending a wire? I don't want to print the screen every time, that seems like a complete waste of paper (it is 2014). Do you just document it on a checklist? Do you write anything?

Also, on the Treasury's website there is a "minimum name score" that ranges from 50-100...what does everyone keep theirs on?

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#1970950 - 10/21/14 09:10 PM Re: Document OFAC Search? Minimum Name Score?? Big Blue Banker
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We document that fact on the Wire/Funds Transfer Payment Order itself. There is a box at the top, containing the verbiage ("An OFAC check was performed and reviewed on this transaction prior to submission and processing") that an officer has to initial. The correspondent bank's wire origination software automatically performs the OFAC check and the wire cannot be originated without someone reviewing the screen(s) and responding appropriately.
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#1970995 - 10/22/14 12:46 PM Re: Document OFAC Search? Minimum Name Score?? Big Blue Banker
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Originally Posted By: Big Blue Banker
Also, on the Treasury's website there is a "minimum name score" that ranges from 50-100...what does everyone keep theirs on?


We generally use 85.
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#1971002 - 10/22/14 01:30 PM Re: Document OFAC Search? Minimum Name Score?? Big Blue Banker
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Pulling people out of the ditc...
our wire system maintains records showing the ofac scan and the score it generated, if we needed to rule on the item, any notes we make within the wire system on why we ruled as we did...our score is currently set at 90.
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