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Most Banks Unprepared for Upcoming Clearing House Deadline, Say Consultants
By Matt Squire
printMost U.S. financial institutions are not prepared to comply with anti-money laundering requirements on automated clearing house transactions set to take effect in less than a year, say consultants. In July, Herndon, Virginia-based National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) said that it was requiring financial institutions to identify automated clearing house (ACH) transactions involving offices of a financial agency outside of the United States. Additionally, banks must record transaction originators and beneficiaries, the association said. The new rules, which will take effect on September 18, spring from concerns within the U.S. Treasury Department's sanctions division that the volume and speed...
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