The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on March 11, 2025, issued a Geographic Targeting Order (the Southwest GTO) as part of a "whole-of-government approach" to leverage all...more
3/14/2025
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
BSA/AML ,
Cartels ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Geographic Targeting Order ,
Human Trafficking ,
Money Laundering ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
U.S. President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14157 (the EO) on Jan. 20, 2025, calling for the designation of drug cartels and other foreign organizations as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) or specially designated...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on June 28, 2024, announced a proposed rule to "strengthen and modernize financial institutions' anti-money laundering and countering the...more
7/15/2024
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Board of Directors ,
Compliance ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Money Laundering ,
Oversight Committee ,
Proposed Rules ,
Risk Assessment ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Terrorism Funding
Please join Holland & Knight's Financial Services Regulatory Team for a roundtable discussion on what to expect on the financial services landscape in 2024. Our attorneys will present on a wide range of topics in a "3-Minute...more
1/3/2024
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
BSA/AML ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
OCC ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Webinars
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released proposed regulations on Jan. 24, 2022, for implementing a pilot program allowing financial institutions to share suspicious activity...more
1/28/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Comment Period ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Jurisdictions ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
Internal Controls ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Subsidiaries ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released proposed regulations on Dec. 7, 2021, seeking to implement the "beneficial ownership information" (BOI) requirement of the Corporate...more
12/15/2021
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FinCEN ,
NPRM ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on June 30, 2021, issued national priorities for anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) policy (the Priorities), as required by the...more
7/7/2021
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banking Sector ,
Biden Administration ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Drug Trafficking ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Fraud ,
Human Trafficking ,
Mexico ,
Money Laundering ,
New Guidance ,
Nonbank Firms ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Policy Statement ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization ,
Smuggling ,
State Sponsors of Terrorism ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Virtual Currency
The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA 2020) became law on Jan. 2, 2020, when Congress overrode President Donald Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act. AMLA 2020 is the most consequential anti-money...more
1/14/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Congressional Override ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Banks ,
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT) ,
NDAA ,
Presidential Veto ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Aug. 25, 2016, issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) to implement Section 326 of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools...more
8/29/2016
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
BSA/AML ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Non-Resident Aliens ,
Puerto Rico ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Virgin Islands
On April 21, 2015 – after months of speculation by those in the Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering compliance community – the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) in...more
August was a busy month for the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Among other initiatives, FinCEN issued its long-awaited proposed regulations on customer due diligence (CDD)...more
9/4/2014
/ Advisory Opinions ,
AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Compliance ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FATF ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Mexico ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Rulemaking Process
On Aug. 11, 2014, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued FIN-2014-A007 (the "Advisory"). Among other things, the Advisory highlights the importance of maintaining a strong...more