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| Federal Register Notice
Definitions and Other Regulations Relating to Money Services Businesses – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comments (RIN 1506–AA97)
| Administrative Ruling
Whether a Non-Listed Insurance Company May Be Exempted from Currency Transaction Reporting

Dear [ ]:

This letter responds to your May 27, 2008 request to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") for an administrative ruling on whether a "non-listed"1 insurance company "serves as a financial institution" and is therefore an "ineligible business" pursuant…

| Testimony
Statement of James H. Freis, Jr, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, United States Department of the Treasury

Chairwoman Waters, Ranking Member Capito, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I am Jim Freis, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss FinCEN's work in combating mortgage loan fraud and our…

| Federal Register Notice
Defining Mutual Funds as Financial Institutions – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comments (RIN 1506–AA93)
| SAR Technical Bulletin
SAR Activity Review Issue 15
| News
FinCEN Releases CTR Exemption Supporting Information Guidance

VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the publication of guidance designed to enable depository institutions to more easily determine and document certain business customers' eligibility for…

| Guidance
Guidance on Supporting Information Suitable for Determining the Portion of a Business Customer's Annual Gross Revenues that is Derived from Activities Ineligible for Exemption from Currency Transaction Reporting Requirements

Background

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing this guidance to assist banks1 in determining the appropriateness of exempting from currency transaction reporting requirements non-listed business customers that derive some portion of their annual gross…

| News
FinCEN and OCC Assess Civil Money Penalties Against the New York Branch of Doha Bank

WASHINGTON - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced the assessment of concurrent civil money penalties, each $5 million, against the New York Branch of Doha Bank, Doha, Qatar ("the Branch"), for past violations of…

| Enforcement Action
In the Matter of Doha Bank, New York Branch
| News
Important Notice

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has transferred all resources for money services businesses (MSBs) to the “financial institutions” section of its Web site. MSBs now will find all Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) information related to their industry in one place on www.fincen…