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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

Holland & Hart LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act Compliance Deadline Looms—Lenders, Are Your Customers Ready? Are YOU Ready?

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The January 1, 2025, deadline imposed by the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for all “reporting companies” formed prior to 2024 to file their initial beneficial ownership reports with FinCEN is rapidly approaching. Given the...more

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FinCEN Releases Final Anti-Money Laundering Rule for Investment Advisers

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On August 28, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule establishing anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance obligations for US Securities and Exchange...more

K2 Integrity

Implementing FinCEN Final Rule Imposing Anti-Money Laundering Requirements On Investment Advisers

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On 28 August 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued its Final Rulemaking to include certain investment advisers in the definition of a “financial institution” under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). The...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

New FinCEN Rule Imposes AML Requirements on Investment Advisers

On August 28, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) that will define most SEC-registered investment advisers (“RIAs”) and exempt reporting advisers (“ERAs”) as...more

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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

A&O Shearman

Bit by bit: improving consumer complaint processes in crypto

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On May 30, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services ("NYSDFS" or the "Department") issued guidance to all virtual currency businesses licensed or chartered with the Department ("VCEs"), including those...more

K2 Integrity

AML/CFT Rules for Investment Advisers

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On 12 June 2024, K2 Integrity and Schulte Roth & Zabel hosted a webinar discussing new regulatory obligations anticipated under proposed rules for investment advisers (IAs), timelines for finalization and compliance, and how...more

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SEC and FinCEN Propose New Rule: Mandatory Customer Verification for Investment Advisers in 2024

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On May 13, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Department of the Treasury’s (USDT) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) jointly released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) which, if...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

Regulatory Roundup for May 2024

SEC DROPS NEW REQUIREMENT FOR INCIDENT RESPONSE PROGRAMS, PROPOSAL FOR RIAS TO ADOPT CIP, SEC EXAMS SHARES MARKETING RULE FAILURES, RIA SLAMMED FOR FAILING TO RETAIN TEXTS, AND SEC WINS ON SHADOW TRADING THEORY - Welcome to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FinCEN Seeks To Expand Reach of the BSA and Modernize Customer Identification Regulations

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has recently taken steps to expand the reach of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and related customer identification regulations. These steps build on...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FinCEN and SEC propose Customer Identification Program requirements for investment advisers

Earlier this month, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) continued its efforts to require registered investment advisers (RIAs) and exempt reporting advisers (ERAs) to take steps to prevent the laundering of...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dual registrant regulatory roundup - May 2024

Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...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

Allen Barron, Inc.

When to Consider the IRS Streamlined Procedures

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What are the IRS streamlined filing compliance procedures (known more commonly as the “streamlined procedures”), and when should a US taxpayer consider the IRS streamlined procedures to come into compliance with IRS reporting...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - February 2024 - 3

Editor's Note: The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

FinCEN Proposes AML Requirements for Certain Investment Advisers

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On February 13, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) that would subject registered investment advisers (“RIAs”) and...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

FinCEN Proposes New Rule to Subject Advisers to AML Requirements

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Who may be interested: Investment Advisers; Closed-End Funds; and Directors of Closed-End Funds - Quick Take: The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued a notice of...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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FinCEN Proposes New Rule to Expand Anti-Money Laundering Requirements for Investment Advisers

Key Points - On February 13, 2024, FinCEN issued an NPRM that seeks to include certain investment advisers in the definition of “financial institution” under the BSA. As described in the NPRM as well as in FinCEN’s fact...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

The Importance of Sanctions and Export Control Compliance

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The United States manages more than three dozen separate economic and trade sanctions programs. Those programs target specified foreign governments along with thousands of named individuals, groups and entities in accordance...more

Bracewell LLP

Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Under the Corporate Transparency Act

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On January 1, 2024, the reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) became effective. The CTA was enacted by Congress on January 1, 2021, as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and requires...more

Foley Hoag LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act: An Overview of the Impact on Private Funds

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What is the purpose of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”)? Effective as of January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) imposed new federal reporting obligations on certain companies, including potentially...more

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Legal Options When Bank Employees Take Confidential Data from Bank Systems

Despite bank policies, training, computer warning banners, governing laws and banking regulations, bank employees still take bank or customer data as their employment ends. They take potential or current customer lists,...more

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