Compliance with the travel rule is required for which type of transfer?

Compliance with the travel rule is specifically required for external transfers. The travel rule, which is part of the Bank Secrecy Act and related to anti-money laundering legislation, mandates that financial institutions must transmit certain information regarding the sender and receiver along with the funds during certain transactions. This includes the name, address, and account number of the sender, as well as the name and account number of the recipient.

External transfers refer to transactions that occur between institutions or between accounts at different financial institutions, often crossing institutional or geographic boundaries. These are the transactions where the risk of money laundering is typically higher, thus necessitating the additional layer of scrutiny and compliance with the travel rule.

Internal transfers, on the other hand, occur within the same financial institution and generally do not require the same level of information transmission as external transfers. As a result, the travel rule's application is focused predominantly on external transfers where vigilance against potential illicit activity is more critical.