Requirements
Individuals
- ANSA Bank Know Your Customer Form
- One valid form of Photo ID (Passport, National ID)
- Proof of address
- Proof of income – must be verified by a phone contact from an independent source (yellow pages)
- Job letter (Verified by telephone with employer)
- Salary slip (in the last 2 months)
- If retired: NIS Slip, Pension Statement or Bank statement validating pension
- Bank account statements for the last 3 months
- Declaration of Source of Funds (for deposits over TT$50,000)
For Sole Traders / Self-Employed Individuals
- One valid form of Photo ID (Passport, National ID)
- Proof of address
- Certificate of Registration
- Professional license (if applicable)
- Regulated Professions require certificate to practice, Doctors, Accountants, Lawyers
- Proof of Earnings – Business bank account statements for 6 months Financials or management accounts for the last 3 years
- Declaration of Source of Funds (for deposits over TT$50,000)
Limited Liability Companies
- ANSA Bank Know Your Customer Form
- One valid form of Photo ID (Passport, National ID) from each:
- * Beneficial owner with more than 10% shareholding interest
- * Director
- * Account Signatory
- * Corporate Secretary
- Certificate & Articles of Incorporation
- Certificate & Articles of Continuance (If incorporated before 1996)
- Articles of Association (If incorporated before 1996)
- By-Laws (if incorporated after 1995)
- Annual Return within the last 12 months
- Return of Beneficial ownership (Form 45)
- Financials or Management Accounts for the last 3 years
- Corporate/Board Resolution
- Declaration of Source of Funds for deposits over TT$50,000
The following listed businesses also require registration certification by FIU
- Co-operative & Building Societies
- Non-Profit Organisations
- Real Estate
- Money or Value Transfer Services
- National Lotteries/On-line betting
- Art Dealers
- Motor Vehicle Sales
- Jewellery
- Gaming Houses/Pool Betting
- Private Members’ Club
- Professional Providers – Attorneys, Accountants
- Trusts & Company Service Provider
- Foreign Entities would also require:
- Certified copies of documents listed above
- Banker’s reference
- FATCA W-8BEN /W-9 Form (For US Persons)
Partnerships
- ANSA Bank Know Your Customer Form
- One valid form of Photo ID (Passport, National ID) from each partner
- Proof of address from each partner
- Utility bill not older than 3 months (Cellular bills not accepted)
- Bank statement from another financial institution
- Address via register of electors
- Where no utility bill is available, provide the following:
- * Copy of lease agreement or a letter from landlord and rent receipt
- * Letter from a public authority
- * Tax assessment
- * Authorization letter signed by spouse or parent with their ID.
- Certificate of Registration
- Partnership Deed/Agreement
- Proof of Earnings
- * Business bank account statements for 6 months
- * Financials or management accounts for the last 3 years
- Declaration of Source of Funds (for deposits over TT$50,000)
- Foreign Nationals
- * Employed in Trinidad must provide a valid work permit/CSME certificate/residency certificate.
- A banker’s reference is needed if customer has no local financial history
- FATCA W-8BEN/W-9 Form (For US Persons)
