How Banks Can Apply FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Relief

By Derek Bush, Michael Sanders and Ana Carolina Maloney ( March 5, 2026, 5:33 PM EST) -- On Feb. 13, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an order granting exceptive relief to covered financial institutions from the requirement to identify and verify the beneficial owners of legal entity customers at each new account opening.[1]...

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