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FFIEC BSA/AML Exam Manual Updates - Implications for Banks

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The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released the fifth phase of updates to the FFIEC Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Examination Manual (the Manual) on August 2, 2023. While the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

FinCEN Shines Additional Light on the Corporate Transparency Act - FAQs and Summary Materials Now Available

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Overview- Below is an update to our April 6, 2022, client alert discussing the proposed regulations for the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and our October 14, 2022, client alert discussing the CTA Final Regulations as...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

Compliance measures to address sanctions enforcement: ‘the new FCPA’

In line with the Biden administration’s declaration last year that anticorruption is a “core United States national security interest,” sanctions evasion enforcement rapidly has become a core priority for the Department of...more

King & Spalding

FinCEN Requests Comments on Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirement; FinCEN’s Request For Information Moves U.S. Towards...

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The United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) is taking further action to combat corruption, money laundering, terrorist financing, tax fraud, and other illicit activities. Following its Advance Notice of...more

Snell & Wilmer

New Year, New Laws – Congress Passes Major Anti-Money Laundering Act

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On January 1, 2021, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, an omnibus bill that includes the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (“AMLA”). The AMLA bans the use of anonymous shell companies...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Is the Bank Open? Federal Agencies Clarify Regulatory Requirements for Banking Hemp

On December 3, several federal agencies issued guidance (Guidance) that, by its terms, “provide[s] clarity” regarding “the regulatory requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) for banks providing services to hemp-related...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FinCEN Proposes Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Reporting Rules for Registered Investment Advisers

On August 25, 2015, the US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed rules that would require registered investment advisers to adopt anti-money laundering (AML) programs and report...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FinCEN Proposes More Extensive Customer Due Diligence Obligations

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As part of the U.S. Treasury Department’s ongoing efforts to combat all forms of illicit financial activity, from terrorist financing and sanctions evasion to more traditional financial crimes (including money laundering,...more

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