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Treasury Rethinks AML Rules for Banks That Know Their Customers — Scott Bessent | ChamberLight
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Treasury is considering higher anti-money-laundering reporting thresholds and customer-tenure credits for banks, aiming to ease community-bank burdens. He gave no new thresholds or timetable during testimony before the House Financial Services Committee.
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Treasury secretary who described the department's work on reporting thresholds and answered lawmakers' questions on financial policy.
Representative who questioned Bessent about stablecoins, bank deposits and digital-asset regulation.
Representative who challenged Bessent about meme coins and whether their value depends on resale to later buyers.
Representative who questioned Bessent about Treasury's cybersecurity work.
Representative who asked Bessent whether he supported removing beneficial-ownership reporting requirements for domestic small businesses.
Treasury secretary who described the department's work on reporting thresholds and answered lawmakers' questions on financial policy.
Representative who questioned Bessent about stablecoins, bank deposits and digital-asset regulation.
Representative who challenged Bessent about meme coins and whether their value depends on resale to later buyers.
SHOW 2 MORE SHOW FEWER Representative who questioned Bessent about Treasury's cybersecurity work.
Representative who asked Bessent whether he supported removing beneficial-ownership reporting requirements for domestic small businesses.
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