12 CFR § 48.15 - Notice of transfers.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s48.15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 48.15 - Notice of transfers."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "48.15"
section_name: "Notice of transfers."
chapter_name: "COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "48"
part_name: "RETAIL FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 27 12 U.S.C. 1 24, 93a, 161, 1461 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1813(q), 1818, 1831o, 3101 3102, 3106a, 3108, and 5412."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 41384, July 14, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "48"
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# 48.15 Notice of transfers.
(a) *Prior notice generally required.* Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, a national bank must provide a retail forex customer with 30 days' prior notice of any assignment of any position or transfer of any account of the retail forex customer. The notice must include a statement that the retail forex customer is not required to accept the proposed assignment or transfer and may direct the national bank to liquidate the positions of the retail forex customer or transfer the account to a retail forex counterparty of the retail forex customer's selection.
(b) *Exceptions.* The requirements of paragraph (a) of this section do not apply to transfers:
(1) Requested by the retail forex customer;
(2) Made by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver or conservator under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; or
(3) Otherwise authorized by applicable law.
(c) *Obligations of transferee national bank.* A national bank to which retail forex accounts or positions are assigned or transferred under paragraph (a) of this section must provide to the affected retail forex customers the risk disclosure statements and forms of acknowledgment required by this part and receive the required signed acknowledgments within 60 days of such assignments or transfers. This requirement does not apply if the national bank has clear written evidence that the retail forex customer has received and acknowledged receipt of the required disclosure statements.