Financial institutions must retain all records, documents, data and statistics for all financial transactions and...

The UAE AML/CFT record-keeping requirements require financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions to preserve relevant records for no less than five years. The prescribed period runs from the date on which the transaction is completed or, where an ongoing customer relationship exists, from termination of that business relationship. Records covered by the requirement include financial and commercial transaction records, customer due diligence information, ongoing-monitoring documentation, account files, business correspondence, identification documents, suspicious transaction reports and the results of relevant analysis. The records must also be organised so that financial transactions can be reconstructed, analysed and tracked, and they must be made available promptly to competent authorities when requested. Options A and B incorrectly apply different retention periods depending upon transactions and customer relationships, while option D incorrectly increases the statutory minimum to ten years. The CISI manual expressly identifies the minimum as five years following completion of the transaction or termination of the customer relationship. Therefore, option C is correct.

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