Pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act and final rules issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, a U.S. bank or a U.S. broker-dealer in securities (a "Covered Financial Institution") is required to obtain certain information from any "Foreign Bank" that maintains a correspondent account with it.

As permitted by the final rules, Âé¶¹Éç has prepared a Global Certification for use by any financial institution that believes it requires a USA PATRIOT Act Certification from a Âé¶¹Éç entity.

Please use this Certification instead of asking an individual Âé¶¹Éç entity to complete a separate Certification form. If the particular Âé¶¹Éç entity that maintains a correspondent account with your institution is not listed in our Certification, or if you have any questions with regard to this Certification, please contact the Âé¶¹Éç entity in question.

Please click here(PDF, 225 KB) for the Âé¶¹Éç Global Certification Regarding Correspondent Accounts for Âé¶¹Éç Entities.Â