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Form SHL is a five-year mandatory benchmark survey filing commissioned by the Department of the Treasury and administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“FRBNY”) applicable to all U.S.-resident issuers with foreign...more
CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates the stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more
Treasury proposed a new rule that would require investment advisers to establish an AML/CFT program and file certain reports, such as Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), with FinCEN (Proposed Rule). The Proposed Rule...more
Background and Summary - A new federal law, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), went into effect on January 1, 2024. The CTA requires that most entities file Beneficial Ownership Information Reports (BOI Reports) with...more
It has been many years in the making, but the effective date of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) is finally here. The CTA, enacted in 2021, is designed to prevent money laundering and other unlawful activity...more
Effective for reports as of November 2022 (i.e., those reports due in December 2022) and afterwards, the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) has implemented important and significant changes to the reporting requirements...more
Regulatory Developments - FinCEN Finalizes Rule Implementing Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements Under the Corporate Transparency Act - On September 29, FinCEN issued a final rule under the CTA requiring each...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
What You Need to Know- •The U.S. Treasury Department's FinCEN has issued its final Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Rule pursuant to the Corporate Transparency Act. •Most business entities will be required to...more
Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients...more
On New Year’s Day 2021, Congress passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA 2020). As we reported last April, the AMLA 2020 included sweeping reforms aimed at strengthening protections against money laundering,...more
An ambitious proposal could bring digital assets into the mainstream regulatory fold. During an eventful summer for the digital assets industry, it may have been easy to miss US Representative Don Beyer’s introduction of the...more
This year, regulators, supported by a slate of new legislation, have focused more of their efforts on AML violations and compliance deficiencies than ever before. As we have written about in the "AML Enforcement Continues to...more
The Commission periodically has filed enforcement actions against broker-dealers for failing to file SARs - suspicious activity reports - typically centered on a failure to file reports regarding microcap issuers. Those...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more
• The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff made official statements regarding when a token may or may no longer be a security • The SEC continued to bring actions related to cryptocurrency offerings against...more
As US regulators have been active in terms of virtual currency regulation, there are three important updates to which attention should be paid. The New York State DFS guidance, the FinCEN letter to Senator Wyden and the...more
New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts - NEW RULES - SEC Delays Form N-PORT EDGAR Filing Requirement by Nine Months - On December 8, 2017, the SEC adopted a temporary rule (the Temporary Rule) delaying by...more
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
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on August 25, 2015 which, among other things, would add SEC-registered investment advisers to the “financial...more
The SEC’s action suggests that formal antimoney laundering program requirements for investment advisers may be on the horizon. On January 9, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued the...more
Over the past few months, the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’) has publicly stated its increasing focus on public company internal controls and related reporting obligations. In February of this year at the...more