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| Guidance
Application of the Customer Identification Program Rule to Future Commission Merchants Operating as Executing and Clearing Brokers in Give-Up Arrangements
Q. It is an established practice in the futures industry that futures commission merchants engage in transactions through give-up arrangements, whereby a futures commission merchant, acting as an executing broker1, executes an order on an exchange for a commodity customer,2 or an option customer,3…
| News
FinCEN and CFTC Staff Issue Guidance on Application of CIP Rules to Give-Up Arrangements
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that they are jointly issuing guidance on the application of the customer identification program (CIP) regulation to give-up arrangements in the futures industry. Today's…
| Federal Register Notice
Proposed Renewal Without Change Imposition of 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
Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations Imposition of Special Measure Against Banco Delta Asia, Including its subsidiaries Delta Asia Credit Limited and Delta Asia Insurance Limited, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern
| News
Treasury Finalizes Rule Against Banco Delta Asia
| Special Measure
Banco Delta Asia
| News
Secretary Paulson Names James H. Freis, Jr. as the New Director of FinCEN
| Speech
REMARKS OF WILLIAM F. BAITY ACTING DIRECTOR FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. While I know many of you, let me introduce myself to others. I am Bill Baity the Acting Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or as we are called, FinCEN. As you know, FinCEN serves as the financial intelligence unit for the United States and we…
| News
NCUA and FinCEN Host First-Ever Joint Seminar on Bank Secrecy Act Compliance Programs
More than 2,000 members of the credit union industry participated Tuesday in the first-ever web-based seminar hosted jointly by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Entitled "BSA: A Year in Review and Setting the Table for 2007," the…
| News
FinCEN and IRS to Provide Outreach Sessions for Nevada Casinos on Bank Secrecy Act Regulatory Requirements
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) announced today that FinCEN and the IRS will offer a series of one-day Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) educational outreach sessions in March 2007. The outreach will be hosted by…