KIEV, Nov. 21 – Banks should demand information to specify data regarding identification of clients, assessment of their financial state and the core of their activities, taking into account the level of risk defined under an internal bank program on money laundry risk assessment and management, the National Bank of Ukraine said in a letter to banks.

"Detailed information on movable and immovable property from clients is not obligatory to obtain to assess the financial state of clients-individuals, who obtain wages, pensions, scholarship, social aid with the help of a bank… including if the accounts are refilled or not refilled from other sources by a sum which does not exceed UAH 150,000 and/or open or have a small deposit account at a bank," reads the letter.