Agency Information Collection Renewal: Retail Foreign Exchange Transactions
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This law renews and continues the collection of information by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regarding retail foreign exchange transactions. It impacts national banks and federal savings associations that engage in such transactions, requiring them to adhere to certain reporting, disclosure, and recordkeeping rules. Affected institutions must ensure they have the necessary systems in place to conduct retail forex transactions safely and must provide regular updates to their customers.
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Key Changes
- Renewal of information collection for retail forex transactions
- Requirement for compliance with reporting, disclosure, and recordkeeping
- Institutions must have systems to ensure safe forex transaction practices
Obligations
What this law requires
National banks and federal savings associations must provide the OCC with prior notice before initiating a retail forex business and obtain a written supervisory no-objection letter.
National banks and federal savings associations must have written policies, procedures, and risk measurement and management systems to ensure safe conduct of retail forex transactions.
National banks and federal savings associations must promptly provide customers with a statement reflecting the financial results of their transactions and the name of any introducing broker.
National banks and federal savings associations must furnish retail forex customers with a written disclosure before opening an account, securing customer acknowledgment of receipt and understanding.
National banks and federal savings associations must issue monthly statements to each retail forex customer and send confirmation statements following transactions.