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FinCEN Issues Final Rule to Postpone Effective Date of Investment Adviser Rule to 2028

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule to extend the effective date of the rule establishing…

Delaying the Effective Date of the Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Suspicious Activity Report Filing Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers
FinCEN Announces Data-Driven Border Operation to Address Potential Money Laundering

Operation Enabled by Secretary Bessent’s Push for Technology Modernization

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a multi-tiered operation targeting more than 100 U.S. money services…

Treasury Convenes Financial Institutions and Law Enforcement to Identify and Dismantle Money Laundering Networks

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) held a FinCEN Exchange, a public-private partnership event aimed at countering illicit finance.  The event—which convened global financial institutions, federal law enforcement…

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal: Comment Request: Renewal Without Change on Information Collection Requirements in Connection with the Imposition of Special Measures
FinCEN Assesses $3.5 Million Penalty Against Paxful for Facilitating Suspicious Activity Involving Illicit Actors

WASHINGTON—The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has assessed a $3,500,000 civil money penalty against Paxful, Inc. and Paxful USA, Inc. (collectively, Paxful) for willful violations of the Bank…

Paxful, Inc. and Paxful USA, Inc.
FinCEN Issues Financial Trend Analysis on Ransomware

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing a Financial Trend Analysis on ransomware incidents in Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data between 2022 and 2024, which…

FinCEN Issues Alert on Cross-Border Funds Transfers Involving Illegal Aliens

WASHINGTON —Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing an Alert as part of Treasury’s effort to prevent the exploitation of the U.S. financial system by…

Financial Action Task Force Identifies Jurisdictions with Anti-Money Laundering, Combating the Financing of Terrorism, and Counter-Proliferation Finance Deficiencies

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is informing U.S. financial institutions that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental body that establishes international standards for anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism, and countering…