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Regulatory monitoring - July 2024

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1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) International - BCBS: Consultation on report regarding various technical amendments and FAQs - Status: Consultation - Deadline for the submission of...more

Conyers

Bermuda Regulatory Outlook 2024

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As we enter 2024 the myriad of regulatory changes can appear overwhelming. We are here to help and have set out below some key changes and issues that can impact Bermuda entities. Bermuda has introduced a corporate income tax...more

Carlton Fields

AML Whistleblowers Now Have More Appetizing Options

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act. The law contains important enhancements to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, which created a whistleblower program...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

New Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Law Makes Economic Sanctions Violations Reportable

To more effectively counter transnational corruption and economic sanctions evasion, recent changes to the U.S. anti-money laundering (“AML”) whistleblower regime expand and reinforce whistleblower protections and rewards in...more

Walkers

Virtual asset services in the British Virgin Islands

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The BVI Virtual Asset Service Providers Act (VASP Act) came into force on 1 February, providing clarity and certainty on the regulatory landscape for virtual asset services (VASPs) operating in or from within the BVI. ...more

Littler

New Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act Expands Coverage and Strengthens Incentives for Whistleblowers

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed a new whistleblower law that significantly increases the risk and cost of whistleblower claims for domestic and overseas financial services institutions that must be cognizant of...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

What You Need to Know About the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act

Practical Issues for Entity Management - The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is new legislation passed by Congress as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020. This legislation sets forth uniform beneficial ownership...more

Butler Snow LLP

Cash, Card, or Crypto? – Florida’s License Requirement for Crypto Currency

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Since what feels like the beginning of time, cash currency has dominated the business of monetary compensation. Beginning in the 1950’s, cash met one of its toughest competitors: the credit card. Piggybacking off the idea of...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 Receives Royal Assent

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New legislation introduces further sanctions powers and aims to tackle financial crime by revealing identities of overseas beneficial owners of UK property. Following the UK government’s successive sanctions packages,...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

The Corporate Transparency Act

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), included as an amendment to the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, was passed by Congress this year as an effort to make it more difficult to commit “shell company” money laundering, tax...more

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Spain enacts first legislation to regulate cryptocurrencies

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On 21 October this year, the Bank of Spain created the registry where service providers for both the exchange of virtual currency for fiat currency and the custody of electronic wallets must register, as a result of the...more

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Corporate Transparency Act – Your Beneficial Entity Ownership Disclosure Is Now Required

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Executive Summary - The U.S. Congress recently passed the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) as part of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. The CTA requires certain corporations, limited liability companies and...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

The Corporate Transparency Act - New Beneficial Owner Reporting Requirements

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was passed by Congress on January 1, 2021, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021. The CTA is the most significant update to the U.S. anti-money laundering laws since...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

¿Se verá comprometido los Estados Unidos en el Futuro Como un Paraíso Fiscal Preferido?

Los cambios a la Ley de Secreto Bancario bajo la Ley de Autorización de Defensa Nacional (“NDAA – “National Defense Authorization Act”) contienen requisitos para que las entidades legales cubiertas informen sobre sus...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Will The Perception Of The USA As A Preferred Tax Haven Be Jeopardized Going Forward?

Changes to the Bank Secrecy Act incorporated into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) contain requirements for beneficial ownership disclosure by covered legal entities at the time of their creation for inclusion in...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

How will the AML Act of 2020 (the “Act”) Required Examiner Training Impact your Financial Institution?

Section 6307 of the Act requires annual Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism training for Examiners.  The training is to be done in consultation with FinCEN and all levels of law enforcement,...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

La Ley Contra el Lavado de Dinero del 2020 Puede Cambiar las Reglas del Juego para los Profesionales del Cumplimiento

El 2 de diciembre del 2020, la Cámara de Representantes de los EE. UU. aprobó la “Ley de Autorización de Defensa Nacional William M. (Mac) Thornberry para el año fiscal 2021“. La Ley incluye la DIVISIÓN F (ANTI-LAVADO DE...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

“Attachés” de la Tesorería, Enlaces de Unidades de Inteligencia Financiera Extranjera e Instituciones Financieras Extranjeras

La Ley ALD del 2020 (“AML Act of 2020”) incluye la creación de los “Attachés del Tesoro” (SEC. 6106, designados por el Departamento del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos) y los “Enlaces de la Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Treasury Attachés, Foreign Financial Intelligence Unit Liaisons and Foreign Financial Institutions

The AML Act of 2020 includes the creation of  “Treasury Attachés” (SEC. 6106, appointed by the US Treasury Department) and the “Foreign Financial Intelligence Unit Liaisons” (SEC. 6108, appointed by FinCEN) to be stationed...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Bancos Extranjeros y el Nuevo Alcance de Brazo Largo del Tesoro de los EE. UU y el “DOJ”

Antes de la aprobación de la LEY AML del 2020 (“AML ACT of 2020”), el Departamento del Tesoro de los EE. UU. y el Departamento de Justicia de los EE. UU. (“DOJ”) tenían la autoridad para citar (“subpoena”) a los bancos...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Foreign Bank and the New Longer Arm of the US Treasury and DOJ

Before passage of the AML ACT of 2020 (the “ACT”), The US Department of the Treasury, and the US Justice Department (DOJ) had US legal authority to subpoena foreign banks with US correspondent accounts for related US records...more

Dechert LLP

Congress Enacts Significant Changes to the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Regime

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The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act), enacted on January 1, 2021 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year of 2021 (NDAA), makes several significant changes to U.S. anti-money laundering...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act: New Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements

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On January 1, 2021, US Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Found within the NDAA (as Division F – Anti-Money Laundering) is the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), which will require corporations,...more

Burr & Forman

A “Clean” Start to 2021: Changes to Federal Anti-Money Laundering Laws

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In a surprise bout of bipartisanship, and overriding a presidential veto, both chambers of Congress signaled a new priority for 2021—the strengthening of federal anti-money laundering provisions, albeit by an unexpected...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Bouncing Back - January 2021 | Issue No. 20, You Can Run But You Can’t Hide: The Corporate Transparency Act

In December 2020, as part of the larger National Defense Authorization Act, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”) was enacted. The Act requires that anonymous shell companies, most notably limited liability companies and...more

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