This smells of the good ole days when you had to PROVE who you were, WHERE you were born, HOW much you made at your job, PROVE you have a “real” job with a paystub, PROVE where you live with a utility bill with your address, show a valid DRIVERS LICENSE, show your SOCIAL SECURITY CARD and show where you banked and how much 💵 you have. I remember even waiting for my E-Verify to come back to the employer plus my urine test!
Yes, I am THAT old🇺🇸
Because it took time for Treasury to get the evidence behind the rationale. No one was doing anything about it till Trump came back. Some things move faster than others.
Wake up more tards? Heck, Trump has been in the political spectrum for ten years and Q has been there too. Can't the tards figure out Q posts and cryptic Trump messages? Or is their intelligence level below that of a slug?
It seems by reading the EO that the pressure is being exerted upon financial institutions. They usually comply but need time to make the adjustments and figure out what to do to navigate this. Treasury does not want to throw the system into a tail spin.
It was the banks themselves who lobbied trump to soften his EO on this - so the lobbiests and the banksters have watered it down. Sucks because it should have been a complete rug-pull
I trust Trump and Bessent on this and how they are handling it. They know probably better than anyone what kind of shocks the system can and cannot take and how fast changes can actually take place. Yes we would all prefer to have a complete rug-pull on these grifters in record time, but the team has their reasons for doing this the way that they did. Trump uses carrot and stick tactics. It has worked well for him. Like I said, I am going to trust them with this. Whether it's all at once or more incremental, the end result is what counts. Less public and corporate pushback sometimes when things happen more gradually - especially when it comes to credit and financial institutions.
Stop extending credit to foreign students in the US on a visa - especially Chinese students. They have a nasty habit of maxing out credit cards before returning to China and then brag about it on social media. Anyone that does not have a legal right to work in the US should never be extended credit - ever.
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. America’s financial institutions serve a critical role in safeguarding the American people against financial fraud and abuse. My Administration has taken significant steps to lower the costs of providing financial services for Americans and reduce unnecessary and burdensome Federal regulations that restrain economic growth and hamper the competitiveness of financial service providers nationwide. However, it has long been the policy of the United States to adopt tailored measures to safeguard our financial system from illicit use and promote safe and sound lending and other practices by financial institutions. My Administration will not tolerate national security and public safety risks caused by illicit cross-border financial activity, nor will it permit risks to our financial system posed by the extension of credit or financial services to the inadmissible and removable alien population.
Even the provision of the most basic financial services, absent proper know-your-customer practices, can be abused to facilitate the funding of activities that pose significant threats to national security and public safety. Low-dollar cross-border funds transfers have been used to facilitate or commit terrorist financing, narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, and other illegal activity. Financial trend analyses have uncovered hubs of deadly fentanyl-related financial activity in the United States related to Mexico-based cartels. A recent analysis of Chinese money laundering networks identified how foreign passport holders have used United States-based accounts to facilitate the laundering of over $312 billion for criminal organizations, with human trafficking highlighted among the activities associated with the transfers. Robust customer identification programs and enhanced due diligence measures are necessary to mitigate these risks.
Banks and other financial institutions should also be attentive to the credit risks posed by the extension of mortgage and auto loans, credit cards, and other consumer credit to the inadmissible and removable alien population. Many of those borrowers face the possibility of the loss of wages due to removal or their employers’ decisions to comply with immigration law. Lending to aliens without legal work authorization or who face a substantial loss-of-wage risk creates a structural “ability to repay” deficiency that undermines the safety and soundness of the national banking system. Additionally, employers who violate immigration law may underreport wages, use mismatched or invalid Social Security numbers and taxpayer identification numbers, or fail to properly withhold or remit payroll taxes. Such schemes can create vulnerabilities within our financial system by obscuring income sources, distorting credit underwriting, and facilitating underground economic activity.
It is the policy of my Administration to restore integrity to America’s financial system, safeguard financial institutions against structural risks, and deter fraud and abuse.
Sec. 2. Definition. The term “Federal functional financial regulator” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration.
Sec. 3. Safeguarding Against Fraud and Abuse. (a) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue a formal Advisory to financial institutions regarding the risks associated with the exploitation of the United States financial system by non-work authorized populations and their employers. This Advisory shall describe specific red flags and typologies associated with the following categories of suspicious activity:
(i) evidentiary patterns of payroll tax evasion by employers or labor brokers, including the systematic failure to withhold or remit Federal employment taxes for non-work authorized individuals;
(ii) the utilization of certain foreign-identity documents, nominee accounts, shell companies, or complex “funnel” structures designed to obfuscate the identity of the ultimate beneficial owners or conceal the true nature of payroll disbursements;
(iii) the strategic use of unregistered money services businesses, third-party payment processors, or peer-to-peer platforms to facilitate “off-the-books” wage payments intended to bypass Bank Secrecy Act reporting thresholds or tax obligations;
(iv) patterns of repetitive, sub-threshold cash withdrawals or deposits that correlate with payroll cycles conducted outside of regulated payroll processing systems, also known as “structuring and micro-structuring”;
(v) financial activity indicative of labor trafficking or forced labor (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1589), where proceeds are commingled with legitimate business revenue or transferred to foreign jurisdictions; and
(vi) the use of an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) to obtain credit products or open depository accounts where the applicant lacks verified lawful immigration status. Although an ITIN facilitates tax compliance, its use in lieu of a Social Security number or valid work-authorized visa may be identified as a risk factor requiring enhanced due diligence to ensure the account is not being utilized to facilitate the unlawful employment of unauthorized aliens.
(b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in consultation with the appropriate Federal functional financial regulators, propose changes to applicable implementing regulations of the Bank Secrecy Act to strengthen risk-based customer due diligence requirements for covered financial institutions. Such changes should ensure that:
(i) institutions collect and verify sufficient customer identity information to reasonably identify the nominal and beneficial owners of accounts in order to assess risks related to illicit finance, sanctions evasion, fraud, or other unlawful activity; and
(ii) institutions maintain the authority, where warranted by other risk indicators or supervisory concerns, to obtain additional information necessary to resolve material compliance concerns, including information relevant to whether account holders possess lawful immigration status and employment authorization in the United States when such information is relevant to assessing risks associated with fraud, identity misrepresentation, sanctions evasion, or other illicit financial activity, as part of a risk-based customer due diligence program.
(c) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Treasury and the appropriate Federal functional financial regulators shall consider changes to applicable implementing regulations of the Bank Secrecy Act to strengthen risk-based customer identification program requirements for covered financial institutions. Any changes considered should account for the risks foreign consular identification cards pose to the integrity of the United States financial system.
Sec. 4. Addressing Structural Credit Risks. (a) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shall consider clarifying that potential deportation and loss of wages are factors that could adversely affect a non-work authorized borrower’s ability to repay an extension of credit under the “ability-to-repay” standards in 12 CFR Part 1026 and its appendices and supplements, and that lenders may consider such factors as part of a reasonable and good-faith underwriting determination.
(b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, each appropriate Federal functional financial regulator shall issue guidance regarding the management of the potential credit risks posed by the non-work authorized population.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
(d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of the Treasury.
An AI generated explanation, as executive orders tend to be legally accurate in order to properly enforce them:
Based on the White House document dated May 19, 2026, this executive order aims to restore integrity to the U.S. financial system by directing agencies to implement new safeguards against financial fraud, illicit cross-border activity, and credit risks.
Key provisions include:
Curbing Illicit Finance: The order links low-dollar cross-border transfers to terrorism, drug trafficking (notably fentanyl related to Mexican cartels), and money laundering (citing a Chinese network that allegedly moved over $312 billion). It requires the Treasury to issue advisories on red flags such as payroll tax evasion, shell companies, and structuring.
Tightening Customer Verification: It calls for changes to Bank Secrecy Act regulations to strengthen customer due diligence, including potentially verifying lawful immigration status and employment authorization when relevant to fraud or illicit finance risks.
Addressing Credit Risks from Non-Work-Authorized Borrowers: The order argues that lending to removable aliens creates an “ability to repay” deficiency due to potential loss of wages from deportation. It directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and financial regulators to issue guidance allowing lenders to consider deportation risk in underwriting decisions.
Focus on ITINs and Foreign IDs: It highlights risks associated with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs) and foreign consular IDs being used to open accounts or obtain credit without verified legal status.
The order is signed by President Donald J. Trump on May 19, 2026.
From there, an AI generated ELI5 version:
The Big Idea:
The President wants to make sure banks and money companies know exactly who they are dealing with, so bad people can’t use the US money system to do bad things.
What are the “bad things”?
Helping drug dealers (like those selling fentanyl)
Helping human traffickers
Helping people who are in the US illegally get loans or bank accounts, which the government thinks could be risky because they might have to leave the country and not pay back the money.
What does the order say to do?
Banks must check harder who their customers are, especially if they don’t have a Social Security number (only an ITIN number).
Lenders can consider that someone without legal permission to be in the US might get deported, so they might not be able to pay back a car loan or credit card.
The Treasury Department has to write up a list of “warning signs” (like weird small money transfers or fake companies) that banks should watch for.
Bottom line:
The government wants to stop criminals and people in the US illegally from using banks, credit cards, or money transfers to hide their activities or get loans they might not repay. Banks have to be more careful.
Though it 'rare' that an ITIN is used for it's intended purpose, I just wanted to point out that during my 'day job' I actually run into legit uses quite often.
Scenario: An individual is here on specialist work visa or TN (trade NAFTA) designation. Obviously they have a social security number, and can work. The person's spouse and/or children (let's say the guy's wife and kids) are dependents on that visa. They can stay in the US with dad while he's working for the engineering or mining corp or whatever. But wife and kids cannot work, so they cannot have a SSN. So... HOW does the guy claim them on taxes?
They have ITINs assigned. Simple.
But that's it. Should they be able to open a bank account? Sure. Guy want's saving accounts for his kids. Maybe a debit card for his wife he puts money in, whatever.
Should they be able to get a driver license? Sure! His wife can drive, drop the kids off at school, whatever. She's her lawfully. She just can't work.
Again, I deal with this quite often.
Now, if you can't show lawful status?
NO BANK ACCOUNT
NO SERVICES
NO LICENSE
This smells of the good ole days when you had to PROVE who you were, WHERE you were born, HOW much you made at your job, PROVE you have a “real” job with a paystub, PROVE where you live with a utility bill with your address, show a valid DRIVERS LICENSE, show your SOCIAL SECURITY CARD and show where you banked and how much 💵 you have. I remember even waiting for my E-Verify to come back to the employer plus my urine test! Yes, I am THAT old🇺🇸
And all that is a good thing? The good ol days?
As opposed to free handouts of their people’s money without requiring proof? YES!
About time. Why did it take a year into his term to get this done?
Because it took time for Treasury to get the evidence behind the rationale. No one was doing anything about it till Trump came back. Some things move faster than others.
This should also apply to any organizations in the US that has been designated a terror organizations such as Muslim groups.
Needed to wake up more tards.
Wake up more tards? Heck, Trump has been in the political spectrum for ten years and Q has been there too. Can't the tards figure out Q posts and cryptic Trump messages? Or is their intelligence level below that of a slug?
They don't need to figure out Q. They just need the basics, the press lie to them about everything. And the democrats are robbing us blind....
It seems by reading the EO that the pressure is being exerted upon financial institutions. They usually comply but need time to make the adjustments and figure out what to do to navigate this. Treasury does not want to throw the system into a tail spin.
It was the banks themselves who lobbied trump to soften his EO on this - so the lobbiests and the banksters have watered it down. Sucks because it should have been a complete rug-pull
I trust Trump and Bessent on this and how they are handling it. They know probably better than anyone what kind of shocks the system can and cannot take and how fast changes can actually take place. Yes we would all prefer to have a complete rug-pull on these grifters in record time, but the team has their reasons for doing this the way that they did. Trump uses carrot and stick tactics. It has worked well for him. Like I said, I am going to trust them with this. Whether it's all at once or more incremental, the end result is what counts. Less public and corporate pushback sometimes when things happen more gradually - especially when it comes to credit and financial institutions.
Well said and you have a good thought there
The same people that partook in and laundered money for Epstein? Short answer, nope.
Either go along with Uncle Sam or GTFO. Pretty easy if they still wanna make money in America.
Stop extending credit to foreign students in the US on a visa - especially Chinese students. They have a nasty habit of maxing out credit cards before returning to China and then brag about it on social media. Anyone that does not have a legal right to work in the US should never be extended credit - ever.
Can someone copypasta the words plz, an annoying card is demanding my email address and I just wanna read it already.
Take your Brower screen to 80 or 90% and there will be an X in the top right corner of the box, click the X and POOF it goes away!!
oh, I forgot that's what happens when zoomed in too much.
LOL
Lol. Thats something I would do too - forget lol
No welfare. No benefits. No banking. No reason to stay.
Expect MASS self-deportations to follow!
No, I meant the words on the WH website, which goes into some detail, but it only gives one a small window of opportunity to read the content.
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. America’s financial institutions serve a critical role in safeguarding the American people against financial fraud and abuse. My Administration has taken significant steps to lower the costs of providing financial services for Americans and reduce unnecessary and burdensome Federal regulations that restrain economic growth and hamper the competitiveness of financial service providers nationwide. However, it has long been the policy of the United States to adopt tailored measures to safeguard our financial system from illicit use and promote safe and sound lending and other practices by financial institutions. My Administration will not tolerate national security and public safety risks caused by illicit cross-border financial activity, nor will it permit risks to our financial system posed by the extension of credit or financial services to the inadmissible and removable alien population.
Even the provision of the most basic financial services, absent proper know-your-customer practices, can be abused to facilitate the funding of activities that pose significant threats to national security and public safety. Low-dollar cross-border funds transfers have been used to facilitate or commit terrorist financing, narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, and other illegal activity. Financial trend analyses have uncovered hubs of deadly fentanyl-related financial activity in the United States related to Mexico-based cartels. A recent analysis of Chinese money laundering networks identified how foreign passport holders have used United States-based accounts to facilitate the laundering of over $312 billion for criminal organizations, with human trafficking highlighted among the activities associated with the transfers. Robust customer identification programs and enhanced due diligence measures are necessary to mitigate these risks.
Banks and other financial institutions should also be attentive to the credit risks posed by the extension of mortgage and auto loans, credit cards, and other consumer credit to the inadmissible and removable alien population. Many of those borrowers face the possibility of the loss of wages due to removal or their employers’ decisions to comply with immigration law. Lending to aliens without legal work authorization or who face a substantial loss-of-wage risk creates a structural “ability to repay” deficiency that undermines the safety and soundness of the national banking system. Additionally, employers who violate immigration law may underreport wages, use mismatched or invalid Social Security numbers and taxpayer identification numbers, or fail to properly withhold or remit payroll taxes. Such schemes can create vulnerabilities within our financial system by obscuring income sources, distorting credit underwriting, and facilitating underground economic activity.
It is the policy of my Administration to restore integrity to America’s financial system, safeguard financial institutions against structural risks, and deter fraud and abuse.
Sec. 2. Definition. The term “Federal functional financial regulator” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration.
Sec. 3. Safeguarding Against Fraud and Abuse. (a) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue a formal Advisory to financial institutions regarding the risks associated with the exploitation of the United States financial system by non-work authorized populations and their employers. This Advisory shall describe specific red flags and typologies associated with the following categories of suspicious activity:
(i) evidentiary patterns of payroll tax evasion by employers or labor brokers, including the systematic failure to withhold or remit Federal employment taxes for non-work authorized individuals;
(ii) the utilization of certain foreign-identity documents, nominee accounts, shell companies, or complex “funnel” structures designed to obfuscate the identity of the ultimate beneficial owners or conceal the true nature of payroll disbursements;
(iii) the strategic use of unregistered money services businesses, third-party payment processors, or peer-to-peer platforms to facilitate “off-the-books” wage payments intended to bypass Bank Secrecy Act reporting thresholds or tax obligations;
(iv) patterns of repetitive, sub-threshold cash withdrawals or deposits that correlate with payroll cycles conducted outside of regulated payroll processing systems, also known as “structuring and micro-structuring”;
(v) financial activity indicative of labor trafficking or forced labor (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1589), where proceeds are commingled with legitimate business revenue or transferred to foreign jurisdictions; and
(vi) the use of an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) to obtain credit products or open depository accounts where the applicant lacks verified lawful immigration status. Although an ITIN facilitates tax compliance, its use in lieu of a Social Security number or valid work-authorized visa may be identified as a risk factor requiring enhanced due diligence to ensure the account is not being utilized to facilitate the unlawful employment of unauthorized aliens.
(b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in consultation with the appropriate Federal functional financial regulators, propose changes to applicable implementing regulations of the Bank Secrecy Act to strengthen risk-based customer due diligence requirements for covered financial institutions. Such changes should ensure that:
(i) institutions collect and verify sufficient customer identity information to reasonably identify the nominal and beneficial owners of accounts in order to assess risks related to illicit finance, sanctions evasion, fraud, or other unlawful activity; and
(ii) institutions maintain the authority, where warranted by other risk indicators or supervisory concerns, to obtain additional information necessary to resolve material compliance concerns, including information relevant to whether account holders possess lawful immigration status and employment authorization in the United States when such information is relevant to assessing risks associated with fraud, identity misrepresentation, sanctions evasion, or other illicit financial activity, as part of a risk-based customer due diligence program.
(c) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Treasury and the appropriate Federal functional financial regulators shall consider changes to applicable implementing regulations of the Bank Secrecy Act to strengthen risk-based customer identification program requirements for covered financial institutions. Any changes considered should account for the risks foreign consular identification cards pose to the integrity of the United States financial system.
Sec. 4. Addressing Structural Credit Risks. (a) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shall consider clarifying that potential deportation and loss of wages are factors that could adversely affect a non-work authorized borrower’s ability to repay an extension of credit under the “ability-to-repay” standards in 12 CFR Part 1026 and its appendices and supplements, and that lenders may consider such factors as part of a reasonable and good-faith underwriting determination.
(b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, each appropriate Federal functional financial regulator shall issue guidance regarding the management of the potential credit risks posed by the non-work authorized population.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
(d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of the Treasury.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 19, 2026.
TYVM
Archived link:
https://archive.ph/SON5q
Link is here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/restoring-integrity-to-americas-financial-system/
An AI generated explanation, as executive orders tend to be legally accurate in order to properly enforce them:
Based on the White House document dated May 19, 2026, this executive order aims to restore integrity to the U.S. financial system by directing agencies to implement new safeguards against financial fraud, illicit cross-border activity, and credit risks.
Key provisions include:
Curbing Illicit Finance: The order links low-dollar cross-border transfers to terrorism, drug trafficking (notably fentanyl related to Mexican cartels), and money laundering (citing a Chinese network that allegedly moved over $312 billion). It requires the Treasury to issue advisories on red flags such as payroll tax evasion, shell companies, and structuring.
Tightening Customer Verification: It calls for changes to Bank Secrecy Act regulations to strengthen customer due diligence, including potentially verifying lawful immigration status and employment authorization when relevant to fraud or illicit finance risks.
Addressing Credit Risks from Non-Work-Authorized Borrowers: The order argues that lending to removable aliens creates an “ability to repay” deficiency due to potential loss of wages from deportation. It directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and financial regulators to issue guidance allowing lenders to consider deportation risk in underwriting decisions.
Focus on ITINs and Foreign IDs: It highlights risks associated with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs) and foreign consular IDs being used to open accounts or obtain credit without verified legal status.
The order is signed by President Donald J. Trump on May 19, 2026.
From there, an AI generated ELI5 version:
The Big Idea: The President wants to make sure banks and money companies know exactly who they are dealing with, so bad people can’t use the US money system to do bad things.
What are the “bad things”?
What does the order say to do?
Bottom line: The government wants to stop criminals and people in the US illegally from using banks, credit cards, or money transfers to hide their activities or get loans they might not repay. Banks have to be more careful.
Though it 'rare' that an ITIN is used for it's intended purpose, I just wanted to point out that during my 'day job' I actually run into legit uses quite often.
Scenario: An individual is here on specialist work visa or TN (trade NAFTA) designation. Obviously they have a social security number, and can work. The person's spouse and/or children (let's say the guy's wife and kids) are dependents on that visa. They can stay in the US with dad while he's working for the engineering or mining corp or whatever. But wife and kids cannot work, so they cannot have a SSN. So... HOW does the guy claim them on taxes?
They have ITINs assigned. Simple.
But that's it. Should they be able to open a bank account? Sure. Guy want's saving accounts for his kids. Maybe a debit card for his wife he puts money in, whatever.
Should they be able to get a driver license? Sure! His wife can drive, drop the kids off at school, whatever. She's her lawfully. She just can't work.
Again, I deal with this quite often.
Now, if you can't show lawful status? NO BANK ACCOUNT NO SERVICES NO LICENSE
Simple. This is a FANTASTIC move.
Mass deportations? Everyone still waiting...
Yeah and the EO was watered down - originally he wanted to make it unlawful for an illegal alien to have a bank account
I wonder how many families wouldn't need welfare if we paid no taxes.
great exec. order!
next: implementing this, like a lot of west coast States have cities full of illegals
Trump may do this but Governors like Commie Shapiro will continue.
Nitter:https://nitter.net/RepMaryMiller/status/2057129005212459072#m