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FinCEN Analysis: Bank Secrecy Act Reports Filed by Financial Institutions Help Protect Elders from Fraud and Theft of Their Assets

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today released a new strategic analysis of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reporting, indicating that elders face an increased…

Agencies Clarify Requirements for Providing Financial Services to Hemp-Related Businesses
FinCEN Realigns Division to Increase Strategic Capabilities

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has announced the realignment of its Liaison Division as the Strategic Operations Division (Strategic Ops), effective November 24, 2019.  Strategic Ops will be responsible for designing and implementing FinCEN’s strategic…

Prepared Remarks of FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco at Chainalysis Blockchain Symposium

Kenneth A. Blanco, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), spoke at the Chainalysis Blockchain Symposium on Friday, November 15. He addressed the issue of "regulatory clarity"; the value of Bank Secrecy Act data; FinCEN’s…

FinCEN Reissues Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders for 12 Metropolitan Areas

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…

FinCEN Officials Visit Morehouse and Spelman Colleges

This week, FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco and staff representing several FinCEN technical professions travelled to Atlanta to speak with administrators, professors, and college students at Morehouse and Spelman, both prominent Historically Black Colleges and…

Treasury and State Announce New Humanitarian Mechanism to Increase Transparency of Permissible Trade Supporting the Iranian People; FinCEN identifies Iran as jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern

WASHINGTON--Today, the U.S. Departments of the Treasury and State announced a new humanitarian mechanism to ensure unprecedented transparency into humanitarian trade with Iran.  This mechanism will help the international community perform enhanced due diligence on humanitarian trade to…

Imposition of Fifth Special Measure against the Islamic Republic of Iran as a Jurisdiction of Primary Money Laundering Concern
FinCEN to Host Innovation Hours in New York City

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced today that it will host "Innovation Hours" in New York on November 13-14, 2019. Financial technology (FinTech), and Regulatory technology (RegTech) companies, and financial institutions, will have the…

Leaders of CFTC, FinCEN, and SEC Issue Joint Statement on Activities Involving Digital Assets
Notice: FinCEN Encourages Communication from Financial Institutions Affected by Hurricane Dorian

WASHINGTON – FinCEN announced today that financial institutions affected by Hurricane Dorian should contact FinCEN and their functional regulator as soon as practicable to discuss any delays in their ability to file required Bank Secrecy Act reports. Institutions seeking to…

FinCEN Welcomes AnnaLou Tirol, Former Acting Chief of DOJ’s Public Corruption Section, to Lead Its Liaison Division

WASHINGTON—FinCEN welcomed AnnaLou Tirol today as its new Associate Director to lead its Liaison Division.  This division designs and implements strategic partnerships across the financial industry, with partners in the U.S. government, and with foreign counterparts.  It…

New FinCEN Division Focuses on Identifying Primary Foreign Money Laundering Threats

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has launched its Global Investigations Division (GID), which will be responsible for implementing targeted investigation strategies rooted in FinCEN’s unique authorities under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) to combat illicit…

FinCEN Advisory Alerts Financial Sector to Fentanyl Trafficking Schemes

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory today to alert financial institutions to financial schemes related to the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. Information in the advisory will assist them in detecting and reporting…

Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies and FinCEN Improve Transparency of Risk-Focused BSA/AML Supervision

WASHINGTON – As a result of a working group established by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and the Federal depository institutions regulators, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and its regulatory partners today issued a joint…