Money Service Business
It’s that time again! Or is it? Renewing your Money Service Business (MSB) registration is required every two years. While it sounds simple, errors in the MSB registration form is a common flaw I see in my compliance work with MSBs. Besides confusion on when to renew, errors include improperly designating the reason for the […]
Contact Office of Strategic Communications, press@fincen.gov Immediate Release October 29, 2021 WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the renewal of its Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) that require U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind shell companies used in all-cash purchases of residential real estate. The purchase amount threshold remains $300,000 […]
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), jointly with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, the Federal banking agencies), and in consultation with the staff of certain other […]
WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced that Capital One, National Association (Capital One) has been assessed a $390,000,000 civil money penalty for engaging in both willful and negligent violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and its implementing regulations. Specifically, FinCEN determined and Capital One admitted to willfully failing to implement and maintain […]
December 28, 2020 The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice this week to alert financial institutions about the potential for fraud, ransomware attacks, or similar types of criminal activity related to COVID-19 vaccines and their distribution. This Notice also provides specific instructions for filing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) regarding such suspicious activity related […]
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit public comment on a wide range of questions pertaining to potential regulatory amendments under the Bank Secrecy Act. The proposals under consideration are intended to provide financial institutions greater flexibility in the allocation of resources and greater alignment of […]
Contact Office of Strategic Communications 703-905-3770 Immediate Release August 18, 2020 WASHINGTON—As the primary regulator and administrator of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued a statement that sets forth its approach to enforcing the rules and regulations within the BSA. Through this statement, FinCEN aims to provide clarity […]
FinCEN has issued an advisory to alert all financial institutions to rising medical scams related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This advisory contains red flags, descriptions of COVID-19 related medical scams, and information on reporting suspicious activity. This is the first of several advisories FinCEN intends to issue concerning financial crimes related to the COVID-19 pandemic. FinCEN has […]
Citing Lack of business-ownership information creates a ‘dangerous and widening gap’ in the national security apparatus By Dylan Tokar Dec. 10, 2019 7:53 pm ET print Text WASHINGTON—A lack of information about who owns and controls businesses incorporated in the U.S. is creating a “dangerous and widening gap” in the country’s national security apparatus, the […]
NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — DailyPay, the leading provider of the daily pay benefit — a benefit offered through employers that allows employees to receive instant access to their earned wages, today announced its partnership with InfoSync, a leading accounting, reporting and human resources outsourcing solution that principally serves restaurants and other multi-unit businesses. […]
By Leonid Bershidsky and Mark Whitehouse | Bloomberg Oct. 27, 2019 3 AM Modern finance requires a lot of trust, and its digital future will demand still more. If, for example, electronic payments are to replace cash, people must be willing to believe that the bits of data traveling among phones, cards, terminals and blockchains actually […]