In McKinsey's definition, this financial institution debt excludes bank lending to households and non-financial businesses, to avoid double counting.

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The bill changes the definition of "financial institution" to include private mortgage brokers and other non-bank lenders will enhance our ability to prosecute criminals under the bank fraud statute who commit fraud involving loans from those companies.

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The Department of the Treasury said that US financial institutions are permitted to process non-commercial, personal transfers to Iran, but that they "must be processed through a third-country financial institution before reaching Iran".

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