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| Federal Register Notice
Federal Register Notice: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: Amendment Regarding Financial Institutions Exempt from Establishing Anti-Money Laundering Programs
| Administrative Ruling
Whether a Business that Cashes Checks Payable to Customers to Apply Proceeds to the Repayment of Customers’ Obligations is a Money Services Business
Dear [ ]: This letter responds to your request for an administrative ruling, dated June 16, 2007, regarding whether your client, [ ], should be registered as a money services business (MSB). For the reasons set forth below, we have determined that your client's business is not an MSB, and…
| Administrative Ruling
Whether a Publicly Traded Company that Cashes its own Checks Issued to Loan Customers is a Money Services Business
Dear [ ]: I am responding to your letter, dated July 5, 2007, to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. You have asked us to determine whether [ ] (the "Company") is a money services business, specifically a check casher as that term is defined in our regulations. As you described, [ ] is a…
| Speech
PREPARED REMARKS OF JAMES H. FREIS, JR. DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to be here with all of you today at this important conference. Before I begin my remarks, I would like to first thank the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Committee of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants for inviting me here today…
| News
FinCEN E-Mail Service Attracts Growing Number of Users Enhanced Outreach and Feedback Tool Exceeds 18,000 Subscribers
VIENNA, Va. – Since its launch exactly one year ago today, more than 18,000 people have subscribed to FinCEN Updates – the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN’s) free e-mail subscription management service. As of today, 18,071 members of the financial industry, the media and the public…
| Guidance
Application of the Definition of Money Services Business to Certain Owner-Operators of Automated Teller Machines Offering Limited Services
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is issuing this interpretive guidance to clarify whether a non-bank owner and operator of an automated teller machine (ATM) would be a money services business (MSB) as that term is defined under the Bank Secrecy Act and its implementing regulations.…
| Guidance
Whether a Publicly Traded Company that Cashes its own Checks Issued to Loan Customers is a Money Services Business
Dear [ ]: I am responding to your letter, dated July 5, 2007, to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. You have asked us to determine whether [ ] (the "Company") is a money services business, specifically a check casher as that term is defined in our regulations. As you described, [ ] is a…
| Guidance
Whether a Business that Cashes Checks Payable to Customers to Apply Proceeds to the Repayment of Customers' Obligations is a Money Services Business
Dear [ ]: This letter responds to your request for an administrative ruling, dated June 16, 2007, regarding whether your client, [ ], should be registered as a money services business (MSB). For the reasons set forth below, we have determined that your client's business is not an MSB, and…
| Guidance
Frequently Asked Questions Casino Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Compliance Program Requirements
Purpose This document provides guidance interpreting the requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act ("BSA") regulations1 as they apply to the casino and card club industries in the United States. Section A: 31 C.F.R. § 103.11 Casino and Card Club Definitions2   Question 1: What gaming…
| News
FinCEN Releases "Frequently Asked Questions" for Casinos
Las Vegas, NV - Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James H. Freis, Jr. today announced the publication of a detailed set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) developed to assist the casino and gaming industry in complying with its responsibilities under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA…