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| Federal Register Notice
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Provision of Banking Services to Money Services Businesses 31 CFR Part 103 Extension of Comment Period
| Federal Register Notice
Provision of Banking Services to Money Services Businesses 31 CFR Part 103
| News
OFHEO and FinCEN Sign Agreement to Share Mortgage Fraud Data
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) have reached an agreement to facilitate the sharing of information by OFHEO of its examination findings regarding actual or suspected mortgage fraud with FinCEN.…
| Guidance
Application of the Regulations Requiring Special Due Diligence Programs for Certain Foreign Accounts to the Securities and Futures Industries
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is issuing this guidance to clarify the due diligence obligations of broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, and introducing brokers in commodities (collectively, “securities and futures firms”) under the final rules implementing section 312 of the USA…
| News
FinCEN Assesses $10,000 in Civil Money Penalty Against Tampa-based MSB
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced today that Frosty Food Mart consented to the assessment of a civil money penalty in the amount of $10,000. Frosty Food Mart is a money services business located in Tampa, Florida.FinCEN determined that Frosty Food Mart failed to develop…
| Enforcement Action
In the Matter of Frosty Food Mart
| News
FinCEN Names Patrick Conlon Associate Director for Analysis and Liaison
Robert W. Werner, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), announced today the selection of Patrick Conlon as Associate Director for Analysis and Liaison. Mr. Conlon will oversee FinCEN's analysis of BSA data in support of its law enforcement, intelligence, regulatory and…
| News
FinCEN Extends Comment Period of Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for MSBs
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced it is extending the comment period of its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks input from both the money services business industry and the banking industry on the issue of money services businesses obtaining access to…
| Federal Register Notice
Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations Requirement that Mutual Funds Report Suspicious Transactions 31 CFR Part 103
| Guidance
Application of the Regulations regarding Special Due Diligence Programs for Certain Foreign Accounts to NSCC Fund/SERV Accounts
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is issuing this guidance to clarify the due diligence obligations of mutual funds under the regulations implementing section 312 of the USA PATRIOT Act (“section 312”).1 Specifically, this guidance addresses the issue of for whom a mutual fund establishes,…