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FinCEN Issues Proposed Rule to Postpone Effective Date of Investment Adviser Rule

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

Treasury Seeks Public Comment on Implementation of the GENIUS Act

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), seeking public comment related to Treasury’s implementation of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. The GENIUS Act tasks Treasury with issuing…

READOUT: Second Annual FINTRAC-FinCEN Symposium in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON—On September 15 and 16, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Canada’s Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC)—the financial intelligence units of the United States and Canada—convened the Second Annual FINTRAC–…

Geographic Targeting Order Imposing Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements on Certain Money Services Businesses Along the Southwest Border
Statement by FinCEN Director Andrea M. Gacki before the House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions

Introduction

Chairman Davidson, Ranking Member Beatty, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning on behalf of the U.S.…

FinCEN Notice
FinCEN Issues Notice on Financially Motivated Sextortion

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing a Notice to help financial institutions detect and disrupt financially motivated sextortion, a…

FinCEN Issues Modified Southwest Border Geographic Targeting Order

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is reissuing a modified Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) to combat illicit cartel and other criminal activity, including money laundering, along the southwest border of the…

Cross-Border Information Sharing by Financial Institutions and SAR Confidentiality
FinCEN Issues Guidance to Financial Institutions on Cross-Border Information Sharing

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing guidance to encourage and promote appropriate, voluntary cross-border sharing of information between and among financial institutions, including appropriate foreign financial institutions. The…

FinCEN Unveils User-Friendly Changes to FinCEN.gov

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has unveiled a new, modernized layout of its website, FinCEN.gov. Information on the homepage has been reorganized to provide a more user-friendly communication…