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| Guidance
Questions And Answers Regarding The Customer Identification Program Rule For Futures Commission Merchants And Introducing Brokers (31 CFR 103.123)
The staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), and the United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) are issuing these questions and answers (“Q&As”) regarding the application of 31 C.F.R. § 103.123. This joint rule…
| Testimony
Statement of William J. Fox, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, United States Department of the Treasury
Chairman Shelby, Senator Sarbanes, and members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the role that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) can and should play in Bank Secrecy Act compliance and enforcement matters. As I noted the last time I…
| News
Special Alert
| News
Treasury Announces Release Of Report On ``Phishing`` At Identity Theft Forum In Kansas City
| Guidance
Federal Court Reaffirms Protections For Financial Institutions Filing Suspicious Activity Reports
Banks, thrift institutions, bank holding companies and non-bank subsidiaries, credit unions, the U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks, and certain other financial institutions are required to file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) pursuant to regulations issued by the five federal financial…
| Federal Register Notice
Imposition of a Special Measure Against Commercial Bank of Syria, Including Its Subsidiary, Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern (Proposed Ru
| Federal Register Notice
Imposition of a Special Measure Against Commercial Bank of Syria, Including Its Subsidiary, Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern
| Federal Register Notice
Imposition of a Special Measure Against Commercial Bank of Syria, Including Its Subsidiary, Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern (Proposed Ru (69 FR 28098)
| Special Measure
Commercial Bank of Syria (Includes Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank)
| News
FinCEN Assesses $25 million Civil Money Penalty Against Riggs Bank N.A.
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced today that Riggs Bank N.A. consented to the assessment of the largest civil monetary penalty ever brought against a U.S. financial institution for violations under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the statute requiring financial institutions to…