Priorities Echo Prior Alerts and Enforcement Actions -
The SEC’s Division of Examinations (the “Division”) released on October 16 a report on its “Examination Priorities” (the “Report”) for fiscal year 2024. This release...more
10/20/2023
/ Alternative Trading System (ATS) ,
AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Broker-Dealer ,
BSA/AML ,
Due Diligence ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Money Laundering ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
SEC Examination Priorities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
Acting Director Suggests that Financial Institutions Should “Welcome” the Program -
Himamauli Das, the Acting Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), spoke about the Anti-Money Laundering Act of...more
We previously blogged about the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (“FinCEN’s”) issuance on June 30 of the first government-wide list of priorities for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism...more
Eighth Blog Post in an Extended Series on Legislative Changes to the BSA/AML Regulatory Regime -
As we have blogged, the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (“AMLA”) contains major changes to the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”),...more
Last Wednesday, FinCEN Deputy Director Jamal El-Hindi appeared at the annual conference of the Money Transmitter Regulators Association and delivered prepared remarks. The topics of his address covered three issues of...more
9/20/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
BSA/AML ,
Corruption ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Information Sharing ,
Innovative Technology ,
Money Services Business ,
Money Transmitter ,
National Security ,
Policy Statement ,
RegTech ,
Strict Compliance ,
Virtual Currency
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, both recently issued reports addressing worrisome trends in technology-assisted financial fraud. The reports to engage the financial services...more
8/2/2019
/ Business E-Mail Compromise (BEC) ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Fraud ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Identity Theft ,
Innovative Technology ,
Know Your Customers ,
Money Laundering ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Federal legislators continue to struggle over the growing disconnect between increasing State legalization of the cannabis industry, and the continued illegality of cannabis under federal law....more
2/19/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Cole Memorandum ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Dispensaries ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Hemp ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Cultivation ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Proposed Legislation