HANG SENG BANK
HANG SENG BANK
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Basic Details

Is your business a Corporate or a Partnership?Corporate - business organisation that meets certain legal requirements to be recognised as having a legal existence as an entity separate and distinct from its owners.<br/>Partnership - business organisation in which two or more individuals pool resources and share profit and loss in accordance with terms of the partnership agreement.
<p>For registered entities, please provide the company name as it appears on either your:</p> <p>- business registration documents</p> <p>- certificate of incorporation</p> <p>- certificate of incumbency</p> <p>- certificate of incorporation on change of name</p> <p>For unregistered partnerships, please provide the full names of all partners.</p> <p>For sole traders, please enter your full name.</p>
List any and all trade names associated to your business or, any names your company operates under.
Has the name of your business changed in the last 5 years?
This number can typically be found in your certificate of incorporation, articles of association or business name filing documents e.g. business registration certificate or trade license etc.
The date of incorporation can be found in your certificate of incorporation, articles of association or business name filing documents e.g. business registration certificate or trade license etc.
. The date format is DD/MM/YYYY
The date when the business began operating / trading.
. The date format is DD/MM/YYYY
The date when the business began operating/ trading.
What date was your business formed? is a date and must be in the past. The date format is DD/MM/YYYY
For registered entities, the country/region of incorporation/registration can be found in your certificate of incorporation, local company register, articles of association or business name filing documents e.g. business registration certificate or trade license etc.<br/> For general partnerships, the country/region of formation is where the business was originally set up.<br/> Please note that any reference to 'Country' throughout the following forms covers countries and territories.
Are you a commercial operating business or a holding company? Indicate if the business is an actual operating enterprise or if it is holding entity that owns other companies or assets.
Is the customer an acceptably publicly listed entity?
Is the customer an equivalently regulated financial institution?
Is the customer or mastergroup classified as wholesale?

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Business Details

Primary Industry Field Set
Please confirm the primary business industry accurately reflects the business. If the industry identified below is incorrect or not displayed, please search for the most appropriate industry by using the ‘Search for Industry’ field immediately below.
Please enter a ‘key word’ of the business industry, then select the most appropriate industry by clicking on the list of available options in the field above. If you cannot locate the correct industry, please type an alternate ‘key word’.
Typical examples include for tax management, or for organisational/reporting line clarity.
Examples include Retail card shop, Manufacturer of widgets, Business Consultancy, etc.
Examples include Men’s Clothing, Bespoke Steel Sheet manufacturers, Kitchen Installers, General Builder, Change & Project Management services, etc.
This is the country where your main business operations are based.</br> If your business is regulated then this will be the country where you are licensed to operate.</br> Please note that any reference to ‘Country’ throughout the following forms covers countries and territories.
Please select all that are applicable from the Drop-Down list
Are you reliant on any one customer for more than 50% of your annual revenue?
Is the customer's Trading name different from the Registered name?
In your normal day to day business do you make or intend to make payments on behalf of your clients?Please note that this also includes where your business is acting as an intermediary on behalf of your underlying clients. (The client of the client).<br/>An example of this is facilitating payments for your clients using an online payment portal.
Professional advisory business refers to services like Accountancy Service Providers & Tax Advisers, Legal professionals, Real Estate Closing and Settlement Services and Insolvency Practitioners & Business Recovery Services.
Are any of the above service(s) provided or intend to be provided via Hang Seng account(s) or system(s)?For example, through any internet banking service provided by Hang Seng or any other Bank account(s) that you hold with Hang Seng.
Are transactions relating to the Money Service Business (MSB) activity (for example, commission payments, cash payments, electronic payments) conducted via your Hang Seng account?An MSB is defined as a company whose primary business, (which can be on a regular or irregular basis) is the offering of services such as: companies offering services involving money/currency exchange, money transfer, cheque cashing, and issuing or selling travelers cheques, money orders in jurisdictions which require license and/or registration.
Do these transactions through your Hang Seng account relate to commission payments only (for example, activity related to underlying payments is conducted through non-Hang Seng accounts)?
Do you send your client's funds, that are received into their Hang Seng account, directly onto their principal MSB?While acting as an agent to one or more Principal MSBs, the MSB may also act as a principal itself for the provision of other financial services such as check cashing.
Do you make the onward payments on behalf of your underlying clients to the end beneficiary from your Hang Seng account?
Do you have the appropriate regulatory permissions (if applicable) to do this?This includes appropriate registration or license
Is the business involved in any non-banking financial activity?Non-banking financial activity includes money service activities and financial services such as Fund Management, Financial Advice, Insurance firms, currency exchanges. An institution involved in these activities does not hold a full fledged banking license from a regulator in their area of operation. Examples of non banking financial institutions include insurance firms, venture capitalists, currency exchanges.
Does the business generate more than 20% of the revenue from any non-banking financial activity? For example, a motor dealership which receives commission on vehicle financing contributing >20% of the revenue.
Does your business provide formation/registration services for other companies or legal entities? Company formation is the process of registering a business as a limited company. The process is also referred to as 'company incorporation' and 'company registration'.
Does your business act or arrange for another person to act on behalf of another company?
Does your business act or arrange for another person to act as any of the below?
- a director or secretary of another company;
- a partner for other legal persons;
- a nominee shareholder for another person;
- a trustee of a trust or similar arrangement
Does your business provide registered offices, business addresses, correspondence addresses, or administrative addresses for other companies, partnerships, or other persons?
Examples include offices, manufacturing plants.<br/>This is the country/region where your headquarters are located.<br/>Please note that any reference to 'Country' throughout the following forms covers countries and territories.
Are there any country/region where 20% or more of your business revenue is generated from?Please note that any reference to ‘Country’ throughout the following forms covers countries and territories
Please note that any reference to ‘Country’ throughout the following forms covers countries and territories
Are there any country/region where you acquired 20% or more of your business purchases from?Please note that any reference to ‘Country’ throughout the following forms covers countries and territories
Please note that any reference to ‘Country’ throughout the following forms covers countries and territories
Are there any country/region where 20% or more of your investments are held in?Please note that any reference to 'Country' throughout the following forms covers countries and territories
Please note that any reference to 'Country' throughout the following forms covers countries and territories
Do you have a Sole Authorised Signatory?Sole Authorised Signatory is an Authorised Signatory with Sole Authority over the customer’s account or financial affairs and is considered a Key Controller.<br/> Where more than one individual has access to an account then this is not considered as a Sole Authorised Signatory.<br/> Please add details of the sole authorised signatory within Key Controller section.
Does the Customer's Articles of Association (or equivalent) explicitly state either:
- all shares are to be registered; or
- bearer shares are prohibited
Have you issued bearer shares?A bearer share is an equity security wholly owned by whoever holds the physical stock certificate.<br/>The articles of incorporation or other registration documents will indicate if bearer shares have been issued or if the business has the capability of issuing bearer shares.
Have the bearer shares in issue been cancelled and reissued in registered form and included in a register of shareholders maintained by you?
Do you currently hold or have you ever held a diplomatic or government position including local government positions?
Please see the help text for full list of positions.<p>Positions include:</p> <ul> <li>Head of state or Head of government</li> <li>Senior civil servant in national government</li> <li>Head of regional government</li> <li>Senior/high profile politician</li> <li>Senior executive of any state owned enterprises</li> <li>State agency official</li> <li>Large City Mayor</li> <li>Senior member of the national police service, law enforcement agency or intelligence services</li> <li>Ambassador</li> <li>Senior executive of any national Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO)</li> <li>Political pressure group/labour group senior official</li> <li>Leader Or Senior Official In A Political Pressure</li> <li>Senior member of the judiciary</li> <li>Head Of A Supranational Body(example the United Nations,International Monetary Fund,World Bank)</li> <li>Member of a Ruling Royal Family</li> <li>National government minister</li> <li>Member of the national legislature</li> <li>Deputy national government minister</li> <li>State corporation executive</li> <li>Regional government executive</li> <li>Political party officials</li> <li>High Ranking Military Official/Personnel</li> </ul>
Does an immediate family member or an associate currently hold or has ever held a diplomatic or government position including local government positions?
In respect of the full list of positions please see helptext listed in the question above (“Do you currently hold or have you ever held a diplomatic or government position including local government positions?”)
Also please see helptext attached to this question for the definition of family members <p>Family members include:</p> <ul> <li>Husband;</li> <li>Wife;</li> <li>Partner - Note: an equivalent status of the relationship of a spouse;</li> <li>Mother;</li> <li>Father;</li> <li>Brother;</li> <li>Sister;</li> <li>Son and partner, including son-in law;</li> <li>Daughter and partner, including daughter-in-law;</li> </ul> <br/> <p>Close associates include:</p> <ul> <li>Immediate Family Member</li> <li>Aides and other close advisers</li> <li>Business Associates</li> <li>Interest or influence over Businesses/Companies</li> <li>Customer</li> <li>Business Partner</li> <li>Joint Board Membership of Company</li> <li>Joint BO of Legal Entity or Legal Arrangement</li> <li>Corporate Group Member</li> <li>Parent Company</li> </ul>
Please note that any reference to ‘Country’ throughout the following forms covers countries and territories.
Do you still hold a public office role?
Associate

Associate

Please provide information about your relationship using the drop down values provided.
Please note that any reference to ‘Country’ throughout the following forms covers countries and territories.
Does this person still hold a public office role?
Do any family members or close associates fund the bank account(s)?
Person

Person

Please provide details on the significant sources of funds that were injected into the business by this person when it was first established and also any ongoing contribution to the cash flow requirements of your business
Please use the add button to add the associates who are politically exposed.

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Contact Details
Have you ever had any other previous names or are you known by any other names?

Previous Name

What is your date of birth? is a date and must be in the past. The date format is DD/MM/YYYY
Please note that any reference to 'Country' throughout the following forms covers countries and territories. If more than one applies, please select the multiple nationalities(countries/regions/territories) / citizenships.
Please enter your address
When did you move into this address? is a date and must be in the past. The date format is DD/MM/YYYY
Previous Residential Address

Previous Residential Address

Please enter your address
When did you move into this address? is a date and must be in the past. The date format is DD/MM/YYYY
Please enter your address
This address can be typically found on the business registration documents filed in the country/region of registration.</br> For Branches, the registered address should be the address of the entity that the branch is attached.
Is the principal business address the same as the registered address?This is the address where the business’s head office or main place of operation is located.
Is the principal business address the same as your residential address?
Please enter your address
This is the address where the business’s head office or main place of operation is located.
Is the correspondence address the same as the registered address?The correspondence address is typically where your post mail is received.
Is the correspondence address the same as your residential address?The correspondence address is typically where your post mail is received.
Please enter your address
The correspondence address is typically where your post mail is received.
Please note that any reference to 'Country' throughout the following forms covers countries and territories
Country

Please provide the actual information for this country/region
Do you have a Tax Identify
Does the business have a tax identification number (TIN)? Click here for additional information

Country

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Financial Information

What was your annual sales revenue / turnover in the last 12 months?If your business is a start up and has not been operating for 12 months, please answer based on your business plan.
Please provide all significant sources of funds that were injected into the business when it was first established / incorporated.
The amount initially invested

Please enter the amount initially invested through this source of investment.
Please enter value between 0 - 100.
Please note that any reference to ‘Country’ throughout the following forms covers countries and territories.
Ongoing cash flow

Please enter value between 0 - 100.
Please note that any reference to ‘Country’ throughout the following forms covers countries and territories.
Please select all applicable
Do you expect to see an increase/decrease of 20% or more annually with respect to the following:
1) the value of annual cash transactions expected to flow through your accounts?For e.g. Cash transactions will fall by c.50% as we now have card terminals and can collect card payments online.
What is the total expected value of these transactions annually including the increase/decrease?For e.g. 1. Decrease in Cash Transactions of US$200k per annum, and; 2. Increase in international payments of US$100k
Please enter value between 0 - 100.
2) the value of annual international payments to or from your account? For e.g. Increase in international payments (overall c.30% increase) as we have are now buying our products direct from our overseas supplier rather than via a domestic wholesaler
What is the total expected value of these transactions annually including the increase/decrease?For e.g. 1. Decrease in Cash Transactions of US$200k per annum, and; 2. Increase in international payments of US$100k
Please enter value between 0 - 100.
Do you expect to make international payments to country(ies)/region(s) that you do not currently transact with?Please note that any reference to ‘Country’ throughout the following forms covers countries and territories