Chris Botes, MoneyGram regional compliance director, gave the assurance in Abuja during a visit with some bank executives to Farida Waziri, EFCC chairman in her office at the weekend. MoneyGram and its partner banks in Nigeria will continue to pro-actively fight fraud in Nigeria and in specific, guard against being used by trans-national fraud syndicates, a statement from the commission Monday, quoted him to have pledged.Â
Part of the promise also was that MoneyGram with its partner banks in Nigeria would proactively identify fraud during financial transactions with customers with due skill, care and due diligence, assuring of his organisation’s willingness to collaborate with EFCC, Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and other law enforcement agencies and regulators in implementing the anti- money laundering regime in the country.Â
This feat, Botes noted his organisation would accomplish by always utilising modern information technology which automatically screens and filters transactions to counter fraud and money laundering.Â
Earlier, while receiving the visitors, Waziri had called on MoneyGram and other money transfer companies to take into cognisance the fact that Nigeria was not yet developed technologically, hence the need to put in place mechanism to check fraudulent activities involved in transferring money back and forth Nigeria.Â