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FinCEN Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) NPRM

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged with detecting and combatting illegal activity within the financial system. FinCEN detects evidence of... more +
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged with detecting and combatting illegal activity within the financial system. FinCEN detects evidence of money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes by collecting, monitoring, and analyzing financial transaction data. Such data is disseminated to both domestic and international law enforcement agencies. less -
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FinCEN Issues Final Rule on AML/CFT Requirements for Investment Adviser Sector

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Aug. 28, 2024, issued a final rule to help safeguard the investment adviser sector from illicit finance activity (Final Rule). The Final...more

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FinCEN’s Proposed AML/CFT Program Rule Potentially Heralds a Change in Approach

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On June 28, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced long-anticipated proposed rules on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism program effectiveness;...more

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FinCEN Issues Proposed Rulemaking Aimed at Strengthening and Modernizing AML Programs Across Multiple Industries

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On July 3, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) as part of a broader initiative to “strengthen, modernize, and improve” financial institutions’ anti-money...more

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SEC, FinCEN Propose Customer Identification Program Requirements for RIAs and ERAs

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On May 13, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a joint notice of proposed rulemaking (proposed rule) that would impact how investment advisers handle...more

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Client Alert: A Second Wave: FinCEN and SEC Further Extend Investment Advisers’ AML Obligations with New CIP Requirements

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In a sequel to FinCEN’s proposal earlier this year to extend anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act regulations to investment advisers (AML/BSA Proposal), on May 13, 2024, FinCEN and the SEC jointly issued a new Notice of...more

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Directora Gacki De FinCEN Fomenta La Transparencia En El Sistema Financiero De EE. UU

Durante la Conferencia Anual contra el Lavado de Dinero de FIBA (“Financial and International Business Association”) celebrada el 18 al 21 de marzo de 2024 en Miami, Florida, la Directora Gacki de FinCEN discutió las...more

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Director Gacki From FinCEN Encourages Transparency In The U.S. Financial System

During the FIBA’s (Financial and International Business Association’s) annual anti-money laundering conference held from March 18, 2024, to March 21, 2024 in Miami, Florida, Director Gacki from FinCEN discussed regulatory...more

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FinCEN Seeks to Make Investment Advisers Subject to Bank Secrecy Act

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Years in the making, on February 13, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) to include “investment adviser” (“IA”) within the definition of “financial institution”...more

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ALD/FT Viene A Los “Investment Advisers”

El 15 de febrero de 2024, FinCEN publicó un Aviso de Reglamentación Propuesta (NPRM) que requeriría que ciertos asesores de inversiones (Investment Advisers) apliquen requisitos de ALD/FT conforme con la Ley de Secreto...more

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AML/CFT Coming To Investment Advisers

On 2/15/24, FinCEN published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would require certain investment advisers to apply AML/CFT requirements pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act, including implementing risk-based AML/CFT...more

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Reporte Real Estate De FinCEN

El 7 de febrero de 2024, FinCEN emitió un Aviso de Reglamentación Propuesta (NPRM) para combatir y disuadir el lavado de dinero en el sector inmobiliario residencial de EE. UU. mediante el aumento de la transparencia. FinCEN...more

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Real Estate Report From FinCEN

On February 07, 2024, FinCEN issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to combat and deter money laundering in the U.S. residential real estate sector by increasing transparency. FinCEN is seeking to require certain...more

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FinCEN Proposal for Nonfinanced Purchases of Residential Real Estate and Gratuitous Transfers

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Feb. 7, 2024, issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing a new nationwide reporting obligation to be imposed on settlement...more

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FinCEN Proposes AML/CFT Rules for Investment Advisers

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On February 13, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding a new proposed rule that would require certain investment advisers to apply anti-money...more

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FinCEN Proposes BSA Reporting Requirements for Residential Real Estate

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On February 16, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Center (“FinCEN”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) regarding residential real estate. The final version of the NPRM published in the Federal Register is 47...more

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FinCEN Proposes Expanding AML Rules to Investment Advisers

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On February 13, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) issued a "Notice of proposed rulemaking" (proposed rule) that would require Securities Exchange Commission...more

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FinCEN Proposal Potentially Impacts Registered Investment, Exempt Reporting Advisers

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a new notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), referred to herein as the "Proposed Rule," that would subject SEC-registered...more

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FinCEN Proposes Extending AML/CFT Requirements to Certain Investment Advisors

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at keeping bad actors from exploiting the U.S. financial system and assets...more

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Investment Advisers Beware: The BSA is Coming (Maybe)

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The United States Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would subject registered investment advisers (RIAs) and exempt reporting...more

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Enhancing Transparency in Real Estate: FinCEN's New Reporting Requirements for Non-Financed Transfers

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On February 7, 2024Real Estate Contract FinCEN issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would require certain professionals involved in real estate closings and settlements to report information to FinCEN about...more

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FinCEN Provides Key Updates on Rulemaking Agenda Timeline

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Without much fanfare, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published in June its Spring 2023 Rulemaking Agenda, which provides proposed timelines for upcoming key rulemakings projected throughout the rest of...more

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FinCEN Proposes Anti-Money Laundering Regulation for Investment Advisers

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on August 25, 2015,1 pertaining to all investment advisers registered or required to be registered...more

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FinCEN Seeks to Add Investment Advisers to BSA/AML Regulation

Why it matters - More than 12 years after initially proposing to extend the Bank Secrecy Act's anti-money laundering compliance programs and recordkeeping and reporting requirements to investment advisers, the Financial...more

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"A Long Time Coming: FinCEN Proposes AML Program and SAR Requirements for Investment Advisers"

On August 25, 2015, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) that would impose certain anti-money laundering (“AML”) requirements on...more

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FinCEN Proposes New Anti-Money Laundering Rule For Investment Advisers

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On August 25, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which would impose anti-money laundering (AML), suspicious activity reporting,...more

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