Treasury Department, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN is issuing final rules under the Bank Secrecy Act to clarify and strengthen customer due diligence requirements for: Banks; brokers or dealers in securities; mutual funds; and futures commission merchants and introducing brokers in commodities. The rules contain explicit customer due diligence requirements and include a new requirement to identify and verify the identity of beneficial owners of legal entity customers, subject to certain exclusions and exemptions.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 31 CFR Parts 1010, 1020, 1023, 1024, and 1026 RIN 1506-AB25 AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Treasury. ACTION: Final rules. SUMMARY: FinCEN is issuing final rules under the Bank Secrecy Act to clarify and strengthen customer due diligence requirements for: Banks; brokers or dealers in securities; mutual funds; and futures commission merchants and introducing brokers in commodities. The rules contain explicit customer due diligence requirements and include a new requirement to identify and verify the identity of beneficial owners of legal entity customers, subject to certain exclusions and exemptions. DATES: The final rules are effective July 11, 2016. Applicability Date: Covered financial institutions must comply with these rules by May 11, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FinCEN Resource Center at 1-800-767-2825. Email inquiries can be sent to frc@fincen.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Executive Summary A. Purpose of This Regulatory Action Covered financial institutions are not presently required to know the identity of the individuals who own or control their legal entity customers (also known as beneficial owners). This enables criminals, kleptocrats, and others looking to hide ill-gotten proceeds to access the financial system anonymously. The beneficial ownership requirement will address this weakness and provide information that will assist law enforcement in financial invest…
Citation: 81 FR 29398
