federal_register: 2026-04033
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| 2026-04033 | Proposal of Special Measure Regarding MBaer Merchant Bank AG as a Financial Institution Operating Outside of the United States of Primary Money Laundering Concern | Proposed Rule | FinCEN is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking, pursuant to section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, that finds MBaer Merchant Bank AG (MBaer), a financial institution based in Switzerland, to be of primary money laundering concern, and proposes imposing a special measure to: (1) prohibit U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining a correspondent account for, or on behalf of, MBaer; (2) require U.S. financial institutions to take reasonable steps not to process a transaction for the correspondent account in the United States of a foreign banking institution if such a transaction involves MBaer; and (3) require U.S. financial institutions to apply special due diligence to their foreign correspondent accounts that is reasonably designed to guard against their use to process transactions involving MBaer. | 2026-03-02 | 2026 | 3 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/02/2026-04033/proposal-of-special-measure-regarding-mbaer-merchant-bank-ag-as-a-financial-institution-operating | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-02/pdf/2026-04033.pdf | Treasury Department; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network | 497,194 | FinCEN is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking, pursuant to section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, that finds MBaer Merchant Bank AG (MBaer), a financial institution based in Switzerland, to be of primary money laundering concern, and proposes imposing... |