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Trump signed two financial orders on May 19: one directs Treasury and regulators to tighten anti-illicit-finance scrutiny, while the other orders a review of barriers facing fintech firms and their access to Federal Reserve payment services.
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Trump signed two financial orders on May 19: one directs Treasury and regulators to tighten anti-illicit-finance scrutiny, while the other orders a review of barriers facing fintech firms and their access to Federal Reserve payment services.
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Trump signed two financial orders on May 19: one directs Treasury and regulators to tighten anti-illicit-finance scrutiny, while the other orders a review of barriers facing fintech firms and their access to Federal Reserve payment services.
The White House on May 19, 2026, ordered Treasury to revisit illicit-finance, identity, and credit-risk controls tied to non-work-authorized populations, while separately telling regulators and the Fed to review barriers to fintech and digital-asset access to payment services.
Trump’s May 19 orders direct regulators to review barriers facing fintech firms and to issue a Treasury advisory on fraud and money-laundering red flags tied to non-work-authorized populations.
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