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Ankura

Quality Control Unveiled: Insights from Transaction Monitoring

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Ensuring high-quality standards in any organization is an essential ingredient that must be rooted within a company’s Quality Management Program (QMP) – a program that creates a framework to ensure quality....more

Goodwin

FinCEN and Banking Agencies Propose AML Program Rule Updates for Banks and Other Financial Institutions

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Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Proposed Rule revising its regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) requiring financial institutions to...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Crypto Crackdown: 8 Key BSA/AML Fundamentals for FinTechs

In June 2024, multiple state regulators took joint action against Plutus Financial, Inc (Abra) ordering Abra to cease and desist certain operations in the U.S. and reimburse customers of virtual assets valued at $81.1 million...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Investment Advisers and Generative AI

Start Planning Now to Reduce Your Increased Money Laundering, Sanctions, and Conflicts of Interest Risks The introduction and use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and predictive data analytics (PDAs) by...more

King & Spalding

FinCEN Proposes Rule to Extend Bank Secrecy Act Obligations to Certain Investment Advisers

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The Proposed Rule Would Subject Certain Investment Advisers to a Broad Range of AML/CFT Obligations and Represents a Significant Development for the Sector - Regulators have long considered the lack of anti-money...more

BakerHostetler

$3.6 Billion Reasons to Up Cryptocurrency Compliance: FBI Cracking Down on Crypto Criminals

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Key Takeaways - ..Banks and cryptocurrency exchanges need to update their BSA programs to account for the unique aspects of cryptocurrencies, detect and report related suspicious activity, and minimize the risk of...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Businesses Must Prepare For Expansive AML Reporting of Beneficial Ownership Interests

As covered in our earlier advisory, "AML Enforcement Continues to Trend in 2021," the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021 included the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act), which...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

The BSA Casts A Wider Net

On  September 15, 2020,  FinCEN issued a Final Rule stating that Banks lacking a Federal Functional Regulator will be required to establish and implement AML programs including policies and procedures,  a dedicated compliance...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Beyond BSA Compliance: Human Trafficking Corporate Liability for Small Banks and MSBs

Smaller banks and money services businesses should expand their AML compliance to mitigate human trafficking corporate liability. Aside from the Bank Secrecy Act, federal law creates corporate liability for financial...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Anti-Money Laundering Update: FinCEN Makes Small Texas Bank Pay Big Fine for Violating Bank Secrecy Act

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This Post at a Glance: - FinCEN imposes $2 million penalty against community bank - Bank failed to conduct appropriate due diligence related to Mexican customer - Small banks, other financial institutions need to...more

K2 Integrity

Five Areas of Focus for the New CDD Rule

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While regulators haven’t yet spelled how the new customer due diligence (CDD) requirements for financial institutions will be implemented, banks, credit unions, securities firms, money services businesses, and casinos should...more

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