31 CFR § 596.311 - Transaction.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s596.311"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 596.311 - Transaction."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "596.311"
section_name: "Transaction."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "596"
part_name: "TERRORISM LIST GOVERNMENTS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "596"
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# 596.311 Transaction.

The term *transaction* shall have the meaning set forth in 18 U.S.C. 1956(c)(3), as from time to time amended. As of the effective date, this term includes a purchase, sale, loan, pledge, gift, transfer, delivery, or other disposition, and with respect to a financial institution includes a deposit, withdrawal, transfer between accounts, exchange of currency, loan, extension of credit, purchase or sale of any stock, bond, certificate of deposit, or other monetary instrument, use of a safe deposit box, or any other payment, transfer, or delivery by, through, or to a financial institution, by whatever means effected.