In order to defend its reputation and that of all its employees, the BGFIBank Group appealed at the beginning of the year to the assistance of the law firm AUGUST DEBOUZY.
The firm AUGUST DEBOUZY thus defends the interests of the BGFIBank Group in the dispute between BGFIBank DRC to his former employee Jean-Jacques LUMUMBA and facing allegations of illegal activities denounced by the American NGO The Sentry.
The BGFIBank Group is an international financial institution whose functioning is based on a comprehensive system for the prevention and detection of money laundering, terrorist financing, non-compliance with embargoes and financial penalties in accordance with the international regulations in force. uses for this purpose adapted tools for filtering and controlling international transfer operations.
The acquisition of the SIRON AML anti money laundering software package for profiling, based on the monitoring and monitoring of transactions for the detection and prevention of money laundering activities and the Swift Sanction Screening Software Package (SSS). Anti-Terrorist based on real-time filtering of payment system messages / transactions through sanctions lists (eg FOCA, EU, UN) illustrates this pursuit of excellence in financial security.
A risk-based approach is also deployed within the Group both for contacts and for existing customers.
With this system in mind, the BGFIBank Group once again denies categorically any involvement of its subsidiary BGFIBank DRC in money laundering and terrorist financing activities. These accusations are without foundation.
The BGFIBank Group thus reserves the right to take legal action against any action likely to tarnish its reputation and that of its employees.
About BGFIBank Group
The BGFIBank Group is a multi-business International Financial Group that combines financial strength, sustainable growth strategy and risk management. Its ambition is to be the bank of reference in its markets in terms of quality of service. True to its values of work, integrity, transparency, responsibility and team spirit, the BGFIBank Group places quality of service at the heart of its business model and its concerns. He supports his clients, whether individuals, businesses or institutions, in a sustainable relationship with an extended range of products and services. The BGFIBank Group is constantly expanding its offer, also drawing on the expertise of its partners, opening up new areas.
More than 2,000 employees in 11 countries support a demanding and diversified clientele every day in Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, France, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sao Tome and Principe and Senegal.
The BGFIBank Group offers advice and services to its customers around its four core businesses:
– the commercial bank
– the investment bank
– specialized financial services
– insurance.
