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U.S. officials on Tuesday left open the possibility that financial institutions at times will be expected to identify beneficial owners below the minimum, 25-percent threshold set by the Treasury Department’s customer due-diligence rule, sources told ACAMS moneylaundering.com. The CDD rule, which takes effect next month, has spurred dozens of questions from the financial services industry, perhaps most crucially on whether and when banks, brokerages and other covered institutions must attempt to identify any individuals who own less than 25-percent of a legal entity seeking to open an account. Federal regulators at an industry conference in Las Vegas last year sparked...