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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is posting this notice to remind financial institutions and others subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and its implementing regulations of the compliance requirement to file the most current version of a BSA report. Filers that still file paper…

VIENNA, Va. - In an effort to improve efficiency, reduce government and industry costs, and enhance the ability of investigators, analysts, and examiners to gain better and more timely access to important financial information, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today re-affirmed its…

On February 23, 2012, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) submitted to the Federal Register, “Electronic Filing of Bank Secrecy Act Reports; Final Notice,” hereinafter “the Federal Register Notice.” As detailed in the Federal Register Notice, financial institutions must electronically…

It is a pleasure to be back for the third time speaking at this FIBA conference. When I first spoke here four years ago, I discussed the important partnership between the government and the financial industry in fighting illicit financial activity, and in particular the many ways FinCEN provides…

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has updated the BSA E-Filing System’s User Test System Web site to allow for testing submissions of batch and computer-to-computer filings of FinCEN’s new Currency Transaction Report (CTR) and Suspicious Activity Report (SAR). Additionally, the site…

VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James H. Freis, Jr. this week named Peter S. Alvarado as FinCEN's new Deputy Director. Alvarado comes to FinCEN from the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations Division (IRS-CI) where he served for 27 years, most…

Recognizing the need for further study of related questions and concerns, FinCEN today issued FinCEN Notice 2012-1 which further extends the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) filing deadline for a small subset of individuals with only signature authority over certain foreign…