Useful Information for Filing
REMINDER: As of April 1, 2013, financial institutions must use the new FinCEN reports, which are available only electronically through the BSA E-Filing System . FinCEN is no longer accepting legacy reports. For more information, click here.
- Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) Advisory Key Terms (Last Updated, October 2022)
- Legal References to the Code of Federal Regulations
- Address and Zip Code Lookups:
- United States, Territories, or Military Addresses
(https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction_input ). - US State or Territory ZIP Code
(http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp ). - Canadian Provinces and Territories
(http://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/PGaddress-e.asp#1380608 ). - Mexican States and Territories
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:MX) - All Countries
(http://www.iso.org/iso/country_names_and_code_elements ).
Note, do not use the ISO 3166-1 country list entries for U.S. territories.
- United States, Territories, or Military Addresses
- Informational Webinar on the new FinCEN CTR and DOEP (10/05/2012) HTML |PDF
- Informational Webinar on the new FinCEN SAR (09/28/2012) HTML | PDF
- FinCEN Announces Electronic Filing for Form 8300 (09/19/2012) HTML | PDF
- Slides from FinCEN's Webinar on the Updated BSA E-Filing Technical PDF
- Mandatory E-Filing FAQs
- Guidance (FIN-2012-G002) – Filing FinCEN’s new Currency Transaction Report and Suspicious Activity Report (03/29/2012) HTML | PDF
- FinCEN Releases the New Registration of Money Services Businesses, FinCEN Report 107 (03/14/2012) HTML | PDF
- FinCEN Announces Electronic Filing for MSB Registrations (07/18/2011) HTML |PDF
- FinCEN's BSA E-filing Brochure
- FinCEN Offers Optional Electronic Filing for FBAR Forms (07/18/2011) HTML | PDF