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Corporate structures in commercial real estate transactions can often be very complex and involve layers of entities. Special purpose entities that are bankruptcy remote (“SPEs”) are frequently used in commercial real estate...more
Das Europäische Parlament hat am 24. April 2024 ein neues Gesetzespaket zur Geldwäschebekämpfung verabschiedet, welches das Instrumentarium der EU zur Bekämpfung von Geldwäsche und Terrorismusfinanzierung stärken soll....more
Most privately held domestic and foreign companies doing business in the United States must now report beneficial ownership information (BOI) to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and state authorities have agreed to a consent order with a large national bank to resolve allegations that the bank engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by affecting...more
ACI’s 8th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Fintech & Emerging Payment Systems will provide in-depth guidance on the latest regulatory developments at the Federal and State Level that you need to be aware of....more
Reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) are in effect beginning January 1, 2024. Under the CTA, many US entities will be required to provide the personal information of their beneficial owners to the...more
A recent OCC report identified key issues facing the federal banking system, including increasing credit risk due to higher interest rates, increasing risk in commercial real estate lending, prolonged inflation, declining...more
On December 7, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published the fall edition of its Semiannual Risk Perspective, which discusses key issues facing banks. From the OCC’s perspective, the overall strength of...more
FTC Amends Safeguards Rule to Require Non-Banking Financial Institutions to Report Data Security Breaches - “Amendment will require non-bank financial institutions to report when they discover that information affecting...more
Walkers' regulatory partners Lucy Frew and Ian Mason consider the learning points for financial services providers (FSPs) from recent enforcement actions by Cayman regulatory bodies. While financial services and related...more
On February 14, 2023, both the American Bankers Association (ABA) and the Bank Policy Institute (BPI) submitted comments to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on FinCEN’s notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)...more
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued final rules on Sept. 30, 2022, implementing Section 6403 of the Corporate Transparency Act, also called the BOI Rules....more
On September 29, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued the first of three final rules implementing the Corporate Transparency Act’s beneficial ownership information (BOI) requirements. The aim of the...more
Most entities formed or registered to do business in the U.S. will, beginning January 1, 2024, be required to self-report beneficial ownership information to the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...more
In this Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is seeking feedback on principles for climate-related financial risk management for large banks; the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is seeking...more
The CTA is a recent reporting requirement that is expected to enhance U.S. national security through increasing the difficulty involved for harmful actors to exploit opaque legal structures for laundering money, financing...more
With the stated goal of “counter[ing] money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and other illicit activity,” the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”), adopted on January 1, 2021, imposes novel beneficial ownership...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule that requires minimum standards for anti-money laundering (AML) programs for banks lacking a federal functional regulator (the Federal Reserve Board, OCC,...more
For financial services firms understanding who the Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) of a corporation is has become a central compliance task. As Ellen Lafferty explains in this podcast and in the new edition of The Complete...more
Federal Banking Agencies Adopt Simplified Capital Calculation for Community Banks The federal banking agencies have issued a final rule that will simplify capital requirements for community banks by allowing them to adopt...more
This survey summarizes several recent developments affecting bank deposits and payment systems. The U.S. department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued new guidance concerning the customer...more
The scope of the New Law is quite broad, and applies to all forms and types of entities.4 This encompasses companies and partnerships, whether or not regulated, including Luxembourg investment funds such as UCITS, Part II...more
The Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”), following along the precedent set by the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), creates the concept of “accountholders” in structures such as trusts, foundations, companies and...more
On May 11, 2018, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council issued new examination procedures on the final rule, “Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions” (the “CDD Rule“). The CDD Rule was...more
Long awaited rules for “Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions” (the CDD Rules) went into effect on May 11, 2018. FinCEN has taken steps to clarify and refine implementation of the CDD Rules, issuing...more