Regulations

FATCA means Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and applies to US taxable private persons and legal entities located outside of the United States. Germany has signed a bilateral agreement to exchange data with the USA to improve tax compliance.

CRS stands for Common Reporting Standard and is a self-disclosure regarding tax residency of legal entities.

KYC means know-your-customer and is a mandatory verification of private persons and legal entities. The background is the prevention of money laundering, economic crime and terrorism. To standardize the information, the Wolfsberg Questionnaire was developed by the Wolfsberg Group (members are 13 global banks).

Due to extensive corporate restructuring of the Volkswagen Financial Services subgroup as of September 1, 2017, Volkswagen Financial Services AG is no longer an addressee or obligor within the meaning of the German Money Laundering Act and does not have any relevant business for any retail or wholesale customers. But, as some of its subsidiaries do have relevant business, Volkswagen Financial Services AG established guidelines to set binding group minimum standards to prevent money-laundering, terrorist financing and other criminal offences.

Request for Dodd-Frank Status Information to Facilitate Compliance with Certain U.S. Swap and Security-Based Swap Rules

The Canadian Representation Letter provides information needed to assess how Canadian Regulatory Requirements do or may apply to transactions