US Patriot Act

Pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act and final rules issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, a U.S. bank or a U.S. broker-dealer in securities (a "Covered Financial Institution") is required to obtain certain information from any "Foreign Bank" that maintains a correspondent account with it.

 Global Certification

As permitted by the final rules, Fortis Bank SA/NV (" Fortis Bank (Belgium) ") and Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V. (" Fortis Bank (Netherlands) ") have each prepared a Global Certification for use by any financial institution that believes it requires a Patriot Act Certification from those entities or one of their branches or offices.

Please use those Certifications instead of asking Fortis Bank (Belgium) or Fortis Bank (Netherlands) (or one of their branches or offices) to complete a separate Certification form.

For Fortis Bank (Belgium)

Please click here for the Fortis Bank Global Certification Regarding Correspondent Accounts for Fortis Bank (Belgium) accounts, or those of Fortis Bank (Belgium) branches and offices.

For Fortis Bank (Netherlands)

Please click here for the Fortis Bank Global Certification Regarding Correspondent Accounts for Fortis Bank (Netherlands) accounts, or those of Fortis Bank (Netherlands) branches and offices.

 More information

If the particular Fortis business that maintains a correspondent account with your institution is not listed in our Certification, or if you have any questions with regard to this Certification, please advise us at AcceptancesServices.IB@fortis.com.