The Wolfsberg Group is an association of twelve global banks, formed in 2000, which aims to develop financial services industry standards, and related products, for Know Your Customer, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing policies. Working with third parties including Transparency International, the group drafted anti-money laundering guidelines for private banking that were published in October 2000 (and revised in May 2002). Wolfsberg members are: ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A., Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd., Barclays Bank, Citigroup, Credit Suisse Group, Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, J. P. Morgan Chase, Société Générale and UBS AG.

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