What's New? Beneficial Ownership Rules
Monday, June 4, 2018 at 11:59AM
Banking Spectrum in Compliance, What's New

Effective May 11, 2018, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule on beneficial ownership with respect to customer due diligence requirements.   The final rule requires covered financial institutions to adopt due diligence procedures to identify and verify a legal entity customer’s beneficial owner(s) at the time a new account is opened. Further, financial institutions are required to amend their anti-money laundering (AML) program requirements related to collecting, monitoring, and maintaining this information. 

Please see Beneficial Ownership Rule in the Compliance section of The Gold Book.

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