Customer Identification Rules for Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuers
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This proposed rule would bring permitted payment stablecoin issuers under Bank Secrecy Act anti-money-laundering rules and require them to run effective customer identification programs. Stablecoin issuers would need processes to verify customer identities and manage compliance risks before or during account relationships. Businesses in the stablecoin sector should review onboarding, identity checks, recordkeeping, and compliance staffing. Public comments are due by August 21, 2026.
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Key Changes
- Treats permitted payment stablecoin issuers as financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act
- Requires stablecoin issuers to maintain an effective customer identification program
- Opens a public comment period ending August 21, 2026
Obligations
What this law requires
Permitted payment stablecoin issuers would be required to maintain an effective customer identification program under Bank Secrecy Act rules.
Permitted payment stablecoin issuers would need processes to verify customer identities before or during the establishment of account relationships.
Permitted payment stablecoin issuers would be treated as financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act and would need to manage anti-money-laundering compliance risks accordingly.
Interested parties submitting comments on the proposed rule must ensure comments are received by August 21, 2026.
FinCEN comments must be submitted through only one of the listed submission methods: electronically through regulations.gov under Docket FINCEN-2026-0101 or by mail to FinCEN's Regulatory and Strategic Affairs Division.