During its session held on December 13, 2022, the WAMU Banking Commission, after hearing the leaders concerned, pronounced a reprimand against a bank established in Niger. This disciplinary sanction is motivated by breaches and infringements of the mechanism for the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism and other legislative texts applicable to credit institutions, noted during the verification carried out with this bank. 

In addition to the aforementioned disciplinary sanction, the bank was fined a pecuniary sanction in the amount of three hundred (300) million FCFA, with regard to the above-mentioned offenses falling under the third category, in accordance with the provisions of Instruction No. ° 006-05-2018 of May 16, 2018 setting the terms of application of the financial penalties imposed by the WAMU Banking Commission against WAMU credit institutions.

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