12 CFR § 353.2 - Definitions.

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title: "12 CFR § 353.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "353.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION"
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subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AND STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY"
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part_name: "SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTS"
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# 353.2 Definitions.

For the purposes of this part:

(a) *FinCEN* means the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury.

(b) *Institution-affiliated party* means any institution-affiliated party as that term is defined in sections 3(u) and 8(b)(5) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813(u) and 1818(b)(5)).

(c) *FDIC-supervised institution* means an entity for which the FDIC is the appropriate Federal banking agency pursuant to section 3(q) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. 1813(q).

[61 FR 6099, Feb. 16, 1996, as amended at 85 FR 3247, Jan. 21, 2020]