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Treasury Secretary Says Order On Citizenship Proof For Banking Is 'In Process'
Treasury Secretary Says Order On Citizenship Proof For Banking Is 'In Process'
Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday confirmed that an executive order mandating banks to collect citizenship information on customers is underway.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent addresses journalists in Paris on March 16, 2026. Ludovic Marin / AFP via Getty Images
“It’s in process. And I don’t think it’s unreasonable, because, why don’t we have information on who’s in our banking system?” he told Semafor in an April 13 interview, responding to...
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