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| Administrative Ruling
Currency Transaction Reporting: Guidance on Completing CTR Section A "Person(s) on Whose Behalf Transaction(s) is Conducted
Dear [ ]: You have asked how [ ](the "Bank") should properly report certain currency transactionson Form 4789 (a "CTR") in the circumstances described below. Your question was originallyraised in a letter dated August 16, 2000, which was forwarded to the Financial CrimesEnforcement Network (“FinCEN…
| Guidance
CTR Exemption Regulation Amended to Include MMDAs
On July 28, 2000, FinCEN published an Interim Rule in the Federal Register (65 FR 46356-46361) amending the CTR exemption regulation at 31 CFR Section 103.22(d). Provisions of this Interim Rule became effective on July 31, 2000. The Interim Rule addresses several issues brought to FinCEN's…
| Federal Register Notice
Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations—Exemptions From the Requirement to Report Transactions in Currency
| Advisory
FinCEN Advisory - Issue 21
FinCEN Advisory Banks and other financial institutions operating in the United Statesare advised to give enhanced scrutiny to all financial transactions originatingin or routed to or through the Republic of Nauru, or involving entitiesorganized or domiciled, or persons maintaining accounts, in…
| Advisory
FinCEN Advisory - Issue 13
FinCEN Advisory This Advisory is being issued to inform banks and other financial institutions operating in the United States of serious deficiencies in the counter-money laundering systems of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The impact of such deficiencies on the scrutiny that should be given to…
| Advisory
FinCEN Advisory - Issue 14
FinCEN Advisory This Advisory is being issued to inform banks and other financial institutions operating in the United States of serious deficiencies in the counter-money laundering systems of the Cayman Islands. The impact of such deficiencies on the scrutiny that should be given to certain…
| Advisory
FinCEN Advisory - Issue 15
FinCEN Advisory Banks and other financial institutions operating in the United States are advised to give enhanced scrutiny to all financial transactions originating in or routed to or through the Cook Islands or involving entities organized or domiciled, or persons maintaining accounts, in the…
| Advisory
FinCEN Advisory - Issue 16
FinCEN Advisory Banks and other financial institutions operating in the United States are advised to give enhanced scrutiny to all financial transactions originating in or routed to or through the Commonwealth of Dominica, or involving entities organized or domiciled, or persons maintaining…
| Advisory
FinCEN Advisory - Issue 17
FinCEN Advisory This Advisory is being issued to inform banks and other financial institutions operating in the United States of serious deficiencies in the counter-money laundering systems of the State of Israel. The impact of such deficiencies on the scrutiny that should be given to certain…
| Advisory
FinCEN Advisory - Issue 18
FinCEN Advisory Banks and other financial institutions operating in the United States are advised to give enhanced scrutiny to all financial transactions originating in or routed to or through Lebanon, or involving entities organized or domiciled, or persons maintaining accounts, in Lebanon. The…