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In place of these two former requirements, the 2013 Final Rule requires disclaimers to be added to the rule's disclosures indicating that the recipient may receive less than the disclosed total due to the fees and taxes for which disclosure is now optional. Finally, the 2013 Final Rule revises the error resolution provisions that apply when a remittance transfer is not delivered to a designated recipient because the sender provided incorrect or insufficient information, and, in particular, when a sender provides an incorrect account number or recipient institution identifier that results in the transferred funds being deposited in the wrong account.","action":"Final rule; official interpretation.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2013/05/22/2013-10604.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1005,"title":12}],"citation":"78 FR 30662","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This rule is effective October 28, 2013. 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