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Is source of funds the same as account balance?
Source of Funds, Source of Wealth and Transaction Purpose
Understand why a bank asks where money came from and why a transaction exists.
Source of funds
Source of funds asks where the money used in the specific transaction comes from: operating revenue, sale proceeds, loan drawdown, investment proceeds or another identifiable source.
Source of wealth
Source of wealth is broader. It asks how a person or owner accumulated their overall wealth, particularly in higher-risk private-banking or ownership situations.
Transaction purpose
A bank also wants the commercial story to make sense: who is buying what, why this instrument is needed, what contract supports it and how amounts relate to the customer’s business.
Documents support the story
Contracts, invoices, financial statements, shipping information and facility documents can support the explanation, but the bank decides what it needs.
Standards / source note: For live transactions, compliance decisions depend on applicable law, sanctions regimes and each bank’s KYC/AML policy. FATF guidance provides risk indicators, not automatic verdicts.
Remember this“The money is in the account” does not answer where it came from or why the transaction is happening.
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