How Will the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and the Corporate Transparency Act Impact Banks’ Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Under the Bank Secrecy Act? A Discussion with Guest Matt Haslinger
Compliance Perspectives: Due Diligence and Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO)
The Fifth Circuit has granted the government’s request to stay temporarily the order and injunction issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, which had issued a nationwide stay prohibiting...more
On October 3, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued new guidance concerning the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) by updating and expanding on the Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on July 26, 2024, issued a notice containing a reference guide for customers of financial institutions (the Reference Guide). The Reference...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) entered into force on Jan. 1, 2024. Under the beneficial ownership information reporting rule of the CTA, certain entities – such as corporations, limited liability companies and other...more
It’s official: the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”) has gone into effect January 1, 2024. On December 21, 2023, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued its second final rule establishing the framework...more
The purpose of this memo is to provide our clients with an overview of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and steps necessary to take to be compliant with the CTA. The CTA was enacted into law on January 1, 2021 as part...more
The FFIEC has updated its BSA/AML manual effective May 5, 2018, to add a section on the new legal entity due diligence requirements and to update the section of the manual on customer due diligence generally. The Fed...more