FTS Resources.
A knowledge base for Form-fillers and supervisors.
For Form-Fillers
Financial Institutions & Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions.
This webpage is a reference for Form-Fillers who have been invited to complete an AML/CFT survey.
A supervisor will communicate to license holders that they will be using Strix Survey products, either through their official website, or through other official correspondence, and will usually make the questions & instructions available in advance of a survey.
Recent developments in risk assessment requirements, guidance, and/or regulation have significantly increased the burden on supervisors, and in turn, on supervised entities.
Why am I receiving this survey?
Strix AML is a data collection and risk assessment capability used by supervisory authorities to carry out their AML/CFT mandates. The invitation you have received is a result of your AML/CFT Supervisor complying with regulations and/or to abide with international standards for which the long-term sustainability of your economy depends.
What are the main benefits?
Strix™ AML helps supervisors and reporting entities, such as the one(s) which you represent, to more easily provide and collect data, and then to more effectively use that data.
The solution delivers dual benefits:
- It helps to increase your jurisdiction’s compliance and effectiveness with FATF Recommendations 26 and 28 and Immediate Outcome 3, resulting in a healthy economy that combats ML/TF/PF.
- The survey itself serves as a guide for effective control measures and risk mitigation for Financial Institutions (FIs) and Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs).
How exactly does Strix™ AML help me?
While regulations and international standards asking for more data than ever, Strix™ AML has been designed to save time and improve your form filling experience in new ways, such as:
- Hide irrelevant questions for specific entities
- Bulk paste feature for quick data transfer from spreadsheets
- Real-time data validation to prevent errors
- Easy navigation to unanswered questions
- Option to submit incomplete returns, when allowed by the supervisor, and when a reason is provided
Security and Data Management
Strix™ AML is installed entirely at a supervisor’s own facilities. Industry standard security measures are in place to protect entities’ data and privacy, including two-factor authentication access for all Form-Fillers.
We as FTS do not collect, receive, or maintain personal or confidential data associated with responding entities or their survey responses. All surveys are conducted from and all data is stored at supervisor’s facilities.
The Form Filler Experience.
Step-by-step instructions for Strix™ AML
1. Email invitations
Form-Fillers invited to participate in a survey will receive an email invitation sent from a supervisor’s official email address, with logo and related information.
Links in the email will only lead to a regulator-owned URL.
2. Login Page
Follow the link provided in the invitation email to activate your account and then login into your Strix survey.
3. Language Selection
Select a preferred language (as available per supervisor) using the globe icon in the top right corner.
4. Bulk Paste Data Entry
Select the “arrow up” button to copy/paste data from Excel, or other table of data, into Strix.
5. Incomplete Survey Submission
In the event of an incomplete survey submission, we will show you in a short guide how you can successfully master the situation.
