On May 11, 2018, financial institutions opening new accounts were required to implement greater due diligence on their customers than ever before. By law, as issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), FIs must now collect and verify the identity of their legal entity customers’ beneficial owners. The potential cost, according to FinCEN estimates, to FIs and their clients in the first year of implementation alone ranges in the hundreds of millions.