During the past few months, the US Treasury, the US banking agencies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have pursued several regulatory or enforcement initiatives...more
1/21/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Regulators ,
CFTC ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Information Reports ,
OCC ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stablecoins ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Working Groups
On May 9, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued interpretive guidance1 summarizing the application of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) rules to business models “involving money transmission denominated in...more
5/21/2019
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Compliance ,
FinCEN ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Money Laundering ,
Money Services Business ,
Money Transmitter ,
New Guidance ,
Registration Requirement ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Terrorist Financing ,
Virtual Currency
On June 30, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) adopted a new anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering (AML) regulation (Final Rule) that builds on federal anti-money laundering requirements to address...more
7/29/2016
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Board of Directors ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Corporate Officers ,
Counter-Terrorist ,
Data Security ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Internal Controls ,
NYDFS ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Transaction Monitoring