Fed to issue long-awaited guidelines for granting master accounts to crypto b...

Fed to issue long-awaited guidelines for granting master accounts to crypto b...

The U.S. Federal Reserve Board has finalized tiered guidelines for granting Federal Reserve accounts, with Wyoming’s crypto banks likely to fall under the most scrutiny. The United States Federal Reserve Board announced Monday that it had finalized its guidelines for the factors reserve banks are to consider when reviewing requests for Federal Reserve accounts and payment services. The guidelines create a three-tiered review framework with the level of due diligence to be provided, depending on the applicant’s risk level. Guidelines were first proposed in May 2021, with a supplemental....


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