31 CFR § 596.303 - Financial institution.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s596.303"
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title: "31 CFR § 596.303 - Financial institution."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "596.303"
section_name: "Financial institution."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "596"
part_name: "TERRORISM LIST GOVERNMENTS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "18 U.S.C. 2332d; 22 U.S.C. 7201-7211; 31 U.S.C. 321(b)."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 43463, Aug. 23, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 596.303 Financial institution.

The term *financial institution* shall have the definition given that term in 31 U.S.C. 5312(a)(2) or the regulations promulgated thereunder, as from time to time amended.

The breadth of the definition precludes its reproduction in this section.