A Customer Identification Program (CIP) is a United States requirement, where financial institutions need to verify the identity of individuals wishing to conduct financial transactions with them and is a provision of the USA Patriot Act. More generally known as know your customer the CIP requirement was implemented by regulations in 2003 which require US financial institutions to develop a CIP appropriate to the size and type of its business. The CIP must be incorporated into the bank 's Bank Secrecy Act / Anti-money laundering compliance program, which is subject to approval by the financial institution 's board of directors.
the customer identification program (cip) implemented by the usa patriot act requires banks to
incorporated into the bank 's Bank Secrecy Act / Anti-money laundering compliance program develop a CIP appropriate to the size and type of its business verify the identity of individuals wishing to conduct financial transactions with them