The agency is exploring ways to modernize these requirements and has issued a request for information on the topic, FinCEN said in a Thursday (March 28) press release. The CIP Rule requires banks to ...

On May 13, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) jointly proposed to require that SEC-registered investment ...

The build-out of a comprehensive regulatory framework for payment stablecoins is steadily moving toward completion, as the various agencies charged with implementing the GENIUS Act continue to fill in ...

Modern customer identification regulations are not only outdated, but actually contribute to a rise in identity crimes. New threats posed by identity fraud today have made the federal Customer ...

Written comments on this RFI are welcome and must be received on or before May 28, 2024. ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: * Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www ...

Five federal agencies are seeking public comment on a proposal to require certain payment stablecoin issuers to maintain a customer identification program. The proposal is designed to implement ...

Regulators on Friday issued an order exempting banks from the requirement to collect taxpayer identification numbers, or TINs, directly from customers before opening an account under the Customer ...

Financial institutions operate in an environment where trust, compliance, and fraud prevention are inseparable. To protect the financial system from money laundering, terrorist financing, and identity ...

The U.S. Treasury Department has released final regulations designed to prevent the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering. The rules are part of the Customer Identification Program (CIP ...