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Extension of Limited Exception from Beneficial Ownership Requirements for Legal Entity Customers of Certain Financial Products and Services with Rollovers and Renewals
On May 16, 2018, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a 90-day limited exceptive relief to covered financial institutions from the obligations of the Beneficial Ownership Rule for Legal Entity Customers (Beneficial Ownership Rule)1 for certain financial products and services (i.…
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Statement by FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco in Support of Recent Anti-Terrorism Financing Actions by Argentina’s Financial Intelligence Unit
“This week, Argentina’s  Unidad de Informaciὀn Financiera de la República Argentina (UIF-AR)  took decisive action to freeze assets belonging to a transnational criminal organization linked to  Hezbollah and its global terror network.  I congratulate the UIF-AR, and its director…
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Testimony of Thomas P. Ott, Associate Director, Enforcement Division, before the House Committee on Financial Services
Introduction Chairman Pearce, Ranking Member Perlmutter, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to appear before the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance on behalf of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). FinCEN’s mission is to safeguard the financial…
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FinCEN Issues Advisory on Human Rights Abuses Enabled by Corrupt Senior Foreign Political Figures and Their Financial Facilitators
WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory today to U.S. financial institutions to highlight the connection between corrupt senior foreign political figures and their enabling of human rights abuses. The use of financial facilitators is one way that corrupt…
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Beneficial Ownership Requirements for Legal Entity Customers of Certain Financial Products and Services with Automatic Rollovers or Renewals
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Beneficial Ownership Requirements for Legal Entity Customers of Certain Financial Products and Services with Automatic Rollovers or Renewals
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Testimony of FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco before the House Committee on Financial Services
Introduction Chairman Pearce, Ranking Member Perlmutter, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to appear before the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance on behalf of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”). FinCEN’s mission is to safeguard the financial…
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Premium Finance Cash Refunds and Beneficial Ownership Requirements for Legal Entity Customers
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing this ruling to provide exceptive relief to covered financial institutions with respect to the application of the Beneficial Ownership Requirements for Legal Entity Customers (31 CFR § 1010.230) (Beneficial Ownership Rule) to premium…
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FinCEN Reminds Financial Institutions that the CDD Rule Becomes Effective Today
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) reminds financial institutions and their customers that the final rule, “Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions” (the CDD Rule) becomes effective today. FinCEN issued the CDD Rule, which amends Bank Secrecy Act regulations…
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FinCEN Director’s Law Enforcement Awards Program Recognizes Significance of BSA Reporting by Financial Institutions
WASHINGTON— In a ceremony held at the U.S. Department of the Treasury today, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recognized the outstanding efforts of law enforcement agencies that successfully used Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reporting in their criminal investigations. The BSA’s…