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Beneficial Ownership: Is the U.S. Doing Enough to Pierce the Corporate Veil?

Abrigo

Key Takeaways The global AML community has long seen the U.S. The importance of FinCEN’s Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Rule , effective May of 2018, is evident, and regulator expectations are high. The CDD Rule amended the Bank Secrecy Act regulations to strengthen customer due diligence requirements for financial institutions.

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Washington Watch

Independent Banker

That is why we are calling on regulators to make the most of the latest mandatory review of federal banking rules. The agencies are required to study their regulations for dead weight every 10 years under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996. Community Bankers Chosen as CFPB Advisors.

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From Farce to Menace

Independent Banker

Talk about your captive regulator! Last month the NCUA’s sweeping, 167-page proposal to hand federal credit unions virtually unlimited freedom to serve almost any person of any means anywhere rightly drew an avalanche of letters from infuriated community bankers. When credit unions say “jump,” the NCUA says, “how high?”.

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CFPB holds field hearing on proposed rules for prepaid accounts

CFPB Monitor

Yesterday I attended the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) field hearing in Wilmington, Delaware, at which the CFPB unveiled and accepted public comment on its long-awaited proposed rule for prepaid accounts under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth In Lending Act (Regulation Z) (the Rule).

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Finance in motion— $1B moved for $0.02

Lex Sokolin

Ethereum has the best developer community still, and there are things you can actually do with digital assets on this chain. Over $20 billion in ICO funding over 2017 and 2018 has led to the creation of 6,000 regulator-trapped tokens that raised money on Ethereum, but there is no available path to liquidity. More on that later.

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Hundreds comment on OCC proposed “true lender” rule

CFPB Monitor

The Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade association representing community banks, endorses the clear, unambiguous standard set forth in the Proposed Rule. A letter highly critical of the Proposed Rule was signed by 24 of the 25 Democratic State AGs (all except the Delaware AG) – and no Republican AGs.

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