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Dealing with Account Authenication

Question: 
How should account authentication be handled under the Fed Flag Rule Requirements?
Answer: 

This verification process should entail matching a potential new customer's information with data in trusted third-party sources. Going beyond typical credit-only based credit databases, financial institutions need to compare new customer data against Social Security Administration and local property records.

First published on 11/03/2008

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