VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the assessment of a $25,000 civil money penalty against Frank Mendoza of Garden Grove, California, for violating Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)…
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will launch a new Money Service Business (MSB) Registration Web site the week of January 23, 2012, to improve the availability of MSB registration information. The MSB Registration Web site will replace the current MSB Registration List. As part…
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VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today proposed regulations that would require government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks to develop anti-money laundering (AML) programs and file suspicious activity reports (SARs…
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced that it will hold an informational webinar on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. EST that will highlight the new regulatory requirements of the Prepaid Access Final Rule, its intent and purpose, and the regulatory…
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Due to business process changes resulting from FinCEN's BSA IT Modernization, paper form instructions that pertain to filing corrections or amendments have changed. When correcting or amending a previously filed paper report, filers must check the appropriate amendment or correction box and…
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VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released the following statement marking the start of National Protect Your Identity Week from October 16 - 22, 2011:
"National Protect Your Identity Week offers and excellent opportunity for individuals to better understand…
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VIENNA, Va. - Furthering the U.S. Department of the Treasury's efforts to address the potential misuse of prepaid access products, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today proposed adding certain tangible prepaid…
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, FinCEN invites comment on a proposed information collection contained in a revised form, Registration of Money Services Business, FinCEN Form…
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announces today, October 5, 2011, its interest in holding a town hall style meeting in its Vienna, Virginia offices with representatives from the prepaid access industry that may potentially fit within the newly defined term "Provider of prepaid…
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Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) delivered to the Federal Register a final rule to implement section 104(e) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability,…
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VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today reported in its Second Quarter 2011 Analysis of mortgage loan fraud suspicious activity reports (MLF SARs) that financial institutions filed 29,558 MLF SARs…