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FinCEN Proposes Reporting Requirement of International Transport of Prepaid Access Products at U.S. Borders
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 access devices to the list of monetary instruments to be reported when…
| Guidance
Reports of Foreign Financial Accounts (“FBARs”) Requirements for Former Employees that had Signature or Other Authority over a Foreign Financial Account of a Former Employer
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) is issuing this guidance in response to questions related to the reporting requirements under 31 C.F.R. § 1010.350, Reports of Foreign Financial Accounts, with respect to a former employee who had signature or other authority over, but no…
| Federal Register Notice
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 Reporting Requirements Under Section 104(e)
| Federal Register Notice
Renewal With Changes to a Currently approved Collection; The Registration of Money Services Business, FinCEN Report 107, to Incorporate Changes to the MSB Definitions and Add Provisions for Prepaid Access
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Notice Concerning RMSB Form
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 107. The form will be used by dealers in foreign exchange; check cashers; issuers…
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Fact Sheet: FinCEN Implements Provision of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010
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, and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA) to complement Treasury's ongoing efforts to…
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Important Notice
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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REMARKS OF JAMES H. FREIS, JR. DIRECTOR FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
This past year has been a busy one in the money services business (MSB) area. As you may recall when we last met, I provided an overview of what FinCEN was trying to do with our efforts to bring a more comprehensive Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) regime to the prepaid access…
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SAR Activity Review Issue 20
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PREPARED REMARKS OF JAMES H. FREIS, JR. DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
  Introduction Thank you for inviting me back to participate for the third time in the past four years in this important seminar of the Association of Mexican Banks. The theme of my first speech in Acapulco three years ago was the importance of promoting greater information sharing in our…