Industry comments due on FinCEN request

FinCEN published [85 FR 61104] in the September 29 Federal Register a 60-day notice to renew the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number assigned to the regulatory requirements to conduct due diligence and enhanced due diligence over foreign correspondent accounts and private banking accounts.

In the notice, FinCEN proposes for review and comment a methodology to expand the scope of future estimates of cost and time for purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act to be more granular in the estimates of resources expended to comply with these regulatory requirements. The notice requests feedback from the industry on or before November 30, 2020.