U.S. agencies seek comment on stablecoin issuer identification rule

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U.S. agencies including the NCUA, FDIC, OCC, and Federal Reserve seek public comment on a rule mandating customer identification programs for permitted payment stablecoin issuers.
The GENIUS Act assigns the NCUA responsibility for licensing, supervising, and examining permitted payment stablecoin issuers under Bank Secrecy Act regulations.
The proposal strengthens anti-money laundering and counterterrorism safeguards for stablecoin issuers, with comments due 60 days after Federal Register publication.

Proposed rule sets compliance framework

As announced by the National Credit Union Administration, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the NCUA are inviting public comment on a proposed rule requiring permitted payment stablecoin issuers to establish and maintain an effective customer identification program.

The GENIUS Act creates a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins and assigns the NCUA responsibility for licensing, regulating and supervising permitted payment stablecoin issuers that are subsidiaries of federally insured credit unions, including examinations under the Bank Secrecy Act. The law also classifies permitted payment stablecoin issuers as financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act.

NCUA Chairman Kyle Hauptman says the joint proposal marks the next step in fully integrating permitted payment stablecoin issuers into Bank Secrecy Act regulations. He says the rule mirrors current customer identification program requirements for credit unions and sets standards for identifying and verifying account holders.

Broader oversight of payment stablecoins

Federal regulators are using the proposal to build out the compliance architecture around stablecoin issuance as the sector moves further into the regulated financial system. The customer identification requirement is aimed at strengthening anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing safeguards while protecting credit unions and their members.

The proposal follows other recent NCUA rulemakings tied to stablecoin oversight. Last month, the agency issued a proposed rule on operational and risk management standards for licensed payment stablecoin issuers, and in February 2026 it issued a proposed regulation covering applications from permitted payment stablecoin issuers under its jurisdiction.

Comments on the proposed rule are due 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.

Our earlier coverage on Europe’s digital money strategy examined warnings that the EU could become increasingly reliant on U.S. dollar‑denominated stablecoins as tokenised finance grows. It highlighted concerns that this could lead to “infrastructure dollarisation” in European markets and outlined proposals to strengthen euro-area alternatives through more enabling rules for EU-issued stablecoins and faster progress on central bank settlement options.

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