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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has released the new Registration of Money Services Business (RMSB), FinCEN Report 1071 , through the BSA E-Filing System. This report will fully replace the most recent FinCEN Form 107, hereinafter the "legacy RMSB." The new report,…
VIENNA, Va. – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today reported filings of suspicious activity reports by casinos and card clubs (SAR-Cs), which grew annually from 2004 to 2010, a period when gaming activities also continued to expand. Filings rose to 13,986 in 2010, up from 5,962…
VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network today released its Third Quarter 2011 Update of mortgage loan fraud suspicious activity reports (MLF SARs) that shows financial institutions filed 19,934 MLF SARs in the…
VIENNA, Va. – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit public comment on a wide range of questions pertaining to the possible application…
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is posting this notice to remind financial institutions and others subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and its implementing regulations of the compliance requirement to file the most current version of a BSA report. Filers that still file paper…
VIENNA, Va. - In an effort to improve efficiency, reduce government and industry costs, and enhance the ability of investigators, analysts, and examiners to gain better and more timely access to important financial information, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today re-affirmed…
On February 23, 2012, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) submitted to the Federal Register, “Electronic Filing of Bank Secrecy Act Reports; Final Notice,” hereinafter “the Federal Register Notice.” As detailed in the Federal Register Notice, financial institutions must…
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has updated the BSA E-Filing System’s User Test System Web site to allow for testing submissions of batch and computer-to-computer filings of FinCEN’s new Currency Transaction Report (CTR)…
VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James H. Freis, Jr. this week named Peter S. Alvarado as FinCEN's new Deputy Director. Alvarado comes to FinCEN from the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations Division (IRS-CI) where he served for 27 years, most…
Recognizing the need for further study of related questions and concerns, FinCEN today issued FinCEN Notice 2012-1 which further extends the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) filing…