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McDermott Will & Emery

Von Zahlungsdienstleistern bis zu Profifußballvereinen: Neue EU-Vorschriften zur Bekämpfung von Geldwäsche verabschiedet

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Das Europäische Parlament hat am 24. April 2024 ein neues Gesetzespaket zur Geldwäschebekämpfung verabschiedet, welches das Instrumentarium der EU zur Bekämpfung von Geldwäsche und Terrorismusfinanzierung stärken soll....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 8th Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems - April 9th - 10th, New York, NY

ACI’s 8th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Fintech & Emerging Payment Systems will provide in-depth guidance on the latest regulatory developments at the Federal and State Level that you need to be aware of....more

Walkers

What can we learn from recent enforcement actions in the Cayman Islands?

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Walkers' regulatory partners Lucy Frew and Ian Mason consider the learning points for financial services providers (FSPs) from recent enforcement actions by Cayman regulatory bodies. While financial services and related...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

FinCEN Is Seeking Feedback On The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)

The CTA is a recent reporting requirement that is expected to enhance U.S. national security through increasing the difficulty involved for harmful actors to exploit opaque legal structures for laundering money, financing...more

Williams Mullen

Congress Imposes Sweeping Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Requirements in the Corporate Transparency Act

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With the stated goal of “counter[ing] money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and other illicit activity,” the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”), adopted on January 1, 2021, imposes novel beneficial ownership...more

Morgan Lewis - All Things FinReg

FinCEN Expands AML, Customer Identification Programs, and Beneficial Ownership Requirements to Banks Lacking a Federal Functional...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule that requires minimum standards for anti-money laundering (AML) programs for banks lacking a federal functional regulator (the Federal Reserve Board, OCC,...more

Dechert LLP

Luxembourg Register of Beneficial Owners Has Arrived

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The scope of the New Law is quite broad, and applies to all forms and types of entities.4 This encompasses companies and partnerships, whether or not regulated, including Luxembourg investment funds such as UCITS, Part II...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Top Ten Key Points from FinCEN’s Recent Guidance Regarding the CDD Rule

Mere weeks before the mandatory compliance deadline of May 11, 2018, FinCEN answered 37 of the most frequently asked questions by covered financial institutions regarding the implementation of its Customer Due Diligence...more

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FinCEN Releases Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Customer Due Diligence and Beneficial Ownership Requirements

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Last week the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued much-anticipated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) that provide additional guidance to financial institutions relating to the implementation of the new...more

BakerHostetler

Banks, Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Institutions Face May 11 Deadline To Comply with FinCEN’s Customer Due Diligence Rule

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Six years after the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) originally proposed its Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Rule, the deadline for financial institutions to comply draws near. Banks, broker-dealers, mutual funds...more

K2 Integrity

FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Rule and Increased AML Burden

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Compliance officers at financial institutions have made great strides in improving Know Your Customer (KYC) programs to focus on knowing their customers as a critical function in combating money laundering. As regulators...more

K&L Gates LLP

FinCEN Adopts New Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions

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The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has adopted new anti-money laundering (“AML”) regulations that impose additional customer due diligence requirements on certain financial institutions...more

Morgan Lewis

FinCEN Requires Financial Institutions to Obtain Beneficial Ownership

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FinCEN’s new CIP beneficial owner rules may hinder the ability of shell and nominee companies to directly access the US financial system without disclosing the natural persons who own 25% or more of the company. Pooled...more

Goodwin

FinCEN Issues Final Customer Due Diligence Rule

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The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has expanded the due diligence obligations of certain financial institutions that are subject to a customer identification program requirement under...more

The Volkov Law Group

FinCEN Proposes to Apply AML/BSA Requirements to Investment Advisers

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FinCEN is an active law enforcement agency. They have taken on more responsibility over the last five years for AML enforcement, and they show no signs of letting up. FinCEN’s proposal to expand beneficial ownership...more

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