Proposed Rule: Stablecoin Issuers Must Have BSA-Compliant Customer ID Programs
FinCEN, OCC, the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and NCUA are jointly proposing a rule under the GENIUS Act that would formally classify permitted payment stablecoin issuers as 'financial institutions' under the Bank Secrecy Act and require them to maintain a Customer Identification Program (CIP). This means stablecoin issuers would face the same KYC/AML obligations as banks and MSBs, including identity verification at onboarding. Any firm issuing, managing, or providing custody or payment rails for payment stablecoins needs to assess whether it falls within the rule's scope and begin gap-analyzing its CIP infrastructure.
What to do
- Review the proposed rule's definition of 'permitted payment stablecoin issuer,' assess whether your firm meets that definition, and begin a gap analysis of your existing CIP program against BSA financial institution requirements before the comment period closes.
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