31 CFR § 566.316 - Payable-through account.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s566.316"
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title: "31 CFR § 566.316 - Payable-through account."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "566.316"
section_name: "Payable-through account."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "566"
part_name: "HIZBALLAH FINANCIAL SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601-1651, 1701-1706; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 114-102, 129 Stat. 2205 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); Pub. L. 115-272, 132 Stat. 4144 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note)."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 22186, Apr. 15, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 566.316 Payable-through account.

The term *payable-through account* means an account, including a transaction account as defined in § 566.317, opened at a depository institution by a foreign financial institution by means of which the foreign financial institution permits its customers to engage, either directly or through a subaccount, in banking activities usual in connection with the business of banking in the United States.