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| Guidance
Sharing Suspicious Activity Reports by Securities Broker-Dealers, Mutual Funds, Futures Commission Merchants, and Introducing Brokers in Commodities with Certain U.S. Affiliates
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN"), after consulting with staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), is issuing this guidance to confirm that under the Bank Secrecy Act ("BSA") and its implementing regulations…
| Guidance
Sharing Suspicious Activity Reports by Depository Institutions with Certain U.S. Affiliates
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), after consulting with the staffs of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“FRB”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency…
| Guidance
Funds “Travel” Regulations: Questions & Answers
The following is revised guidance to financial institutions on the transmittal of funds "Travel" rule. This guidance updates the document “Funds ‘Travel’ Regulations: Questions & Answers” issued in 1997. It includes a parenthetical at the end of each answer indicating the date the answer was…
| Federal Register Notice
Transfer and Reorganization of Bank Secrecy Act Regulations
| News
FinCEN Study Examines Rise in Identity Theft SARs
VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today released a new study analyzing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) citing identity theft that shows while suspected cases of identity theft are on the rise, vigilant financial institution employees are reportedly rejecting over…
| News
FinCEN Simplifies Structure of its Rules and Regulations; Makes Rules Easier to Find and Follow
VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the pending publication of the reorganization of its rules and regulations by centralizing them in their own new Chapter X of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The rule streamlines the Bank Secrecy Act…
| Speech
PREPARED REMARKS OF JAMES H. FREIS, JR. DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
I welcome and applaud that the ABA/ABA Money Laundering Enforcement Conference expanded this year to include the important roles fraud professionals play within their financial institutions to identify and root out fraud. There is no greater advocate on the importance of focusing on the nexus…
| Federal Register Notice
Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations; Defining Mutual Funds as Financial Institutions; Extension of Compliance Date.
| Federal Register Notice
Comment Request; Bank Secrecy Act Suspicious Activity Report Database Proposed Data Fields.
| News
FinCEN Seeks Comments on Future Suspicious Activity Report Modernization
VIENNA, Va. - In support of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's information technology modernization efforts, FinCEN has submitted a notice to the Federal Register that requests comments from law enforcement, the financial industry, and the public concerning the future constituent parts of…