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Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuer Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Sanctions Compliance Program Requirements
Treasury Proposes Rule to Implement the GENIUS Act’s Requirements to Counter Illicit Finance

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a joint proposed rule to implement provisions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). The proposed…

Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Programs
FinCEN Proposes Rule to Fundamentally Reform Financial Institution Programs Designed to Fight Illicit Finance

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a proposed rule intended to fundamentally reform financial institutions’ anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) programs…

Whistleblower Incentives and Protections
FinCEN Proposes Rule to Pay Whistleblowers

Major Milestone in Implementing Whistleblower Program to Fight Illicit Finance

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) submitted to the Federal Register a…

FinCEN Issues Advisory on Health Care Fraud Schemes Targeting Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Federal and State Health Care Benefit Programs

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Advisory urging financial institutions to be vigilant about health care fraud schemes targeting government health care benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. FinCEN’s Advisory provides…

FinCEN Issues Expanded Southwest Border Geographic Targeting Order

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued

Geographic Targeting Order Imposing Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements on Certain Money Services Businesses Along the Southwest Border
FinCEN Assesses Historic $80 Million Penalty Against Canaccord Genuity LLC for Securities Fraud-Related Bank Secrecy Act Violations

WASHINGTON—Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed an $80,000,000 civil money penalty against Canaccord Genuity LLC (Canaccord) for willful…