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Confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Reports
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Interpretive Guidance – Sharing Suspicious Activity Reports by Depository Institutions with Certain U.S. Affiliates
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Sharing Suspicious Activity Reports by Depository Institutions with Certain U.S. Affiliates – Proposed Guidance
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Sharing Suspicious Activity Reports by Securities Broker-Dealers, Mutual Funds, Futures Commission Merchants, and Introducing Brokers in Commodities with Certain U.S. Affiliates – Proposed Guidance
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FinCEN to Expand Financial Institutions' Ability to Share Information Internally on Suspicious Activity
VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has proposed revised rules and new guidance that permit certain affiliates of depository institutions as well as broker-dealers in securities, mutual funds, futures commission merchants, and introducing brokers in commodities, to share…
| Federal Register Notice
Confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Reports – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (RIN 1506–AA99)
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Proposed Renewal Without Change; Comment Request; Anti-Money Laundering Programs for Various Financial Institutions
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FinCEN Mortgage Fraud Report
VIENNA, Va. – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today released its latest mortgage fraud analysis - titled Filing Trends in Mortgage Loan Fraud - that shows suspicious activity reports (SARs) filed on suspected mortgage fraud increased 44 percent in the 12 months ending in June 2008…
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FinCEN Educational Pamphlet on the Currency Transaction Reporting Requirement
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is providing an educational pamphlet, "Notice to Customers: A CTR Reference Guide," for financial institutions and their customers containing information on the currency transaction reporting (CTR) requirement.1 FinCEN is providing this pamphlet as…
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FinCEN Issues Ruling (FIN-2008-R011) on Whether a Company that Engages in Microfinance is a Money Services Business
FIN-2008-R011Issued: December 11, 2008Subject: Whether a Company that Engages in Microfinance is a Money Services BusinessDear [ ]:I am responding to your letter, dated May 12, 2008, to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), in which you seek an administrative ruling as to whether…