Treasury Renews Money Laundering Info-Sharing Rules for Banks
Published Date: 3/31/2026
Notice
Summary
The Treasury Department is renewing its paperwork rules for certain businesses to help fight money laundering. About 127 financial institutions will keep sharing info as needed, spending roughly 19 minutes each year on this. Comments on these rules are open until April 30, 2026, so speak up if you want to weigh in!
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Paperwork Burden on Covered Financial Institutions
If you run a covered financial institution, Treasury expects 127 institutions to respond to this information collection and estimates each responder will spend about 19 minutes per year on it. The rules could apply to a potential universe of 15,710 covered financial institutions, and the total estimated annual burden across subjects is about 40 hours. These collections are being renewed without change, and comments are requested by April 30, 2026.
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