On March 14, 2007, the Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury issued a final rule under the authority of section 5318A
of Title 31, United States Code, to impose a special measure with
respect to Banco Delta Asia. Specifically, FinCEN imposed special
measure five prohibiting U.S. financial institutions from opening
or maintaining accounts for, or on behalf of, Banco Delta Asia and
requiring U.S. financial institution to apply due diligence to its
correspondent accounts to ensure they are not used to provide Banco
Delta Asia with indirect access to the U.S. financial
system.
US Code:
31
USC 5318A Name of Law: Money and Finance
When the final rule was
published in March 2007, the number of financial institutions
affected by the rule was estimated at 5,000. FinCEN has since
revised the estimated number of affected financial institutions
upward to account for all domestic financial institutions that
could potentially maintain correspondent accounts for foreign
banks, and recognizing that, under the final rule, all U.S.
financial institutions are required to conduct special due
diligence with respect to, and are prohibited from processing
transactions involving, financial institutions named in the final
rule. There are approximately 23,615 such financial institutions
doing business in the United States. As noted, this revision should
not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.