FIU-IND, National Housing Bank ink MoU to exchange info

New Delhi: The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) and the National Housing Bank (NHB) Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance coordination and information exchange to prevent money laundering.

Under the MoU, FIU-IND and NHB will collaborate on a range of critical areas, including intelligence sharing, capacity building and risk assessment.

The partnership aims to strengthen the effective implementation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and rules, thereby safeguarding India's financial sector from the threats of money laundering and terrorist financing.


The partnership will also facilitate the development of red flag indicators for suspicious transactions in the housing finance sector.

FIU is the national agency responsible for receiving, processing, analysing and disseminating information relating to suspect financial transactions.

It is also responsible for coordinating and strengthening efforts of national and international intelligence, investigation and enforcement agencies in pursuing the global efforts against money laundering and financing of terrorism.