The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network today published a small entity compliance guide that provides an overview of the requirements regarding access to beneficial ownership information by small entities—in particular, small financial institutions authorized to access BOI. Under the access rule, BOI reported to FinCEN is confidential, must be protected and may be disclosed only to certain authorized federal agencies, governments and financial institutions. The guide includes sections summarizing the rule’s requirements that pertain to small financial institutions’ access to BOI.
Former comptrollers warn against state erosion of federal banking powers
States are increasingly seeking to regulate activities that have historically fallen within the domain of federal supervision, and that threatens the regulatory clarity the nation's dual banking system has long provided, two former comptrollers of the currency write...









