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FinCEN Adopts Reporting Requirement for Non-Financed Residential Real Estate Transfers

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a final rule (the Residential Real Estate Rule) requiring certain persons involved in residential real estate closings and...more

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Investment Advisers To Be Subject to Strengthened AML Regulations Under FinCEN’s Proposed Rule

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On February 13, the US Department of the Treasury’s (USDT) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) which, if adopted, would sweep Security and Exchange Commission-Registered...more

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FinCEN Proposes AML/CFT Rules for Investment Advisers

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On February 13, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding a new proposed rule that would require certain investment advisers to apply anti-money...more

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Sterling Bank’s ex-General Counsel hit with OCC Cease-and-Desist over Longstanding BSA/AML Shortcomings

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The Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) has taken action against the former General Counsel of Michigan-based Sterling Bank and Trust in the agency’s latest action against an individual...more

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A Simpler Approach To Expanding Banking Access

While the cannabis community anxiously awaits what feels like Congress’ hundredth attempt to pass the SAFE Banking Act, there is one simple step that can be taken today to improve access to banking services for certain...more

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DOJ, BIS, and OFAC Issue Tri-Seal Compliance Note Consolidating Information Regarding Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policies

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published their second Tri-Seal...more

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Treasury Doubles Up Enforcement Efforts Against Noncompliant Crypto Platforms

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​​​​​​​The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced yesterday that they had reached settlements for over $24 million and $29 million,...more

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FinCEN Issues Report Addressing NFTs

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On February 4, 2022, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) jumped into the regulatory discussion about non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) - more with a whisper than a bang - in a report on its...more

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Treasury study expresses concern about money laundering risks associated with NFTs 

On February 4, 2022, the US Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) released the “Study of the Facilitation of Money Laundering and Terror Finance through the Trade in Works of Art” (the Report). The Report examines the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Stablecoins: some key regulatory and enforcement initiatives of US regulators

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

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The SEC and SARs

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The Commission periodically has filed enforcement actions against broker-dealers for failing to file SARs - suspicious activity reports - typically centered on a failure to file reports regarding microcap issuers. Those...more

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OFAC Publishes “A Framework for Compliance Commitments”

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OFAC Provides Guidance on the Essential Components of a Risk-Based Sanctions Compliance Program - On May 2, 2019, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued guidelines...more

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FinCEN, federal banking regulators push for private sector innovation in BSA/AML compliance

On December 3, 2018, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, the federal depository institutions regulators and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) (together, the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Banks Should Prepare for Increased Collaboration between IT, Legal and BSA/AML Compliance Departments under New FinCEN Guidance

Last month, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Advisory which provided substantial guidance to financial institutions regarding the scope of information that must be...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FinCEN Proposes Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Reporting Rules for Registered Investment Advisers

On August 25, 2015, the US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed rules that would require registered investment advisers to adopt anti-money laundering (AML) programs and report...more

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FinCEN Proposes Anti-Money Laundering Regulation for Investment Advisers

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on August 25, 2015,1 pertaining to all investment advisers registered or required to be registered...more

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FinCEN Proposes Extending Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Requirements to Investment Advisers

On Tuesday, the United States Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a rule that would require SEC-registered investment advisers, including private equity and hedge funds, to comply...more

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Treasury Request for Public Input on Expanding Access to Credit through Online Marketplace Lending

On July 20, the Department of the Treasury published a Notice and Request for Information (“RFI”) seeking comment on various aspects of online marketplace lending, including – - the business models and products offered...more

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Treasury Issues Proposed Rules to Enhance Financial Transparency

On July 30, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S Department of the Treasury proposed rules under the Bank Secrecy Act to clarify and strengthen customer due diligence requirements for banks and other financial...more

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AML BSA and Sanctions Compliance Part II of II June 24, 2014

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The Department of Justice and the Treasury Department have stepped up AML/BSA and Sanctions Enforcement. With the ever-increasing expansion and modification of sanctions, risks for all businesses, not just financial...more

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Two Non-U.S. Banks Agree to Pay Penalties Totaling $160 Million for Violations of U.S. Sanctions Laws Resulting from Omnibus...

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Recent enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Government against non-U.S. banks for violations of U.S. sanctions laws demonstrate the need for financial institutions, particularly those that act as custodians or financial...more

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