FinCEN's February 2026 CDD relief — does it help me open additional accounts?
I read that FinCEN gave banks relief in February 2026 from re-collecting beneficial-ownership data at every new account opening. I already have a Mercury account and want to open a Relay account in the same name. Does the relief mean Relay can skip the documentation since I've already gone through it once?
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