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READOUT: FinCEN Director’s Travel to Philadelphia Area for Beneficial Ownership Outreach Event

PHILADELPHIA—Today, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Andrea Gacki participated in a beneficial ownership reporting outreach event in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area, held in partnership with Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA). During the event, FinCEN…

FinCEN Issues In-Depth Analysis of Check Fraud Related to Mail Theft

Financial Institutions Reported More Than $688 Million in Suspicious Activity in the Six Months Following FinCEN’s Alert on Mail Theft-Related Check Fraud

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a…

August 2024 Beneficial Ownership Reporting Outreach Activities and Preview of Upcoming Events

August 2024 Beneficial Ownership Reporting Outreach Activities

As part of our efforts to educate small businesses and other key stakeholders about new beneficial ownership reporting requirements, FinCEN participated in the following…

Treasury Convenes Public and Private Sectors in New York City to Discuss Combating Illicit Fentanyl

NEW YORK—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in partnership with Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (CI), held the sixth of ten planned events in 2024 as part of its Promoting Regional Outreach to Educate Communities…

READOUT: FinCEN Director’s Travel to Chicago for Beneficial Ownership Outreach Events with Members of Congress

CHICAGO—On August 27 and 28, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Andrea Gacki participated in two beneficial ownership reporting outreach events in the Chicago, Illinois area. The August 27 event was held in partnership with Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL), and the…

FinCEN Issues Final Rules to Safeguard Residential Real Estate, Investment Adviser Sectors from Illicit Finance

Rules Address Critical Vulnerabilities in the U.S. Financial System, Protect National Security

Today, as part of ongoing efforts to combat illicit finance and protect U.S. national security, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued…

FinCEN Reminds Financial Institutions to Remain Vigilant to Suspicious Transactions Associated with Synthetic Opioids

WASHINGTON—During Overdose Awareness Week as the nation honors and remembers loved ones lost to the drug overdose epidemic, the Financial Crimes Enforcement…

Monthly Roundup of Beneficial Ownership Reporting Outreach Activities and Preview of Upcoming Events

July 2024 Beneficial Ownership Reporting Outreach Activities

As part of our efforts to educate small businesses and other key stakeholders about new beneficial ownership reporting requirements, FinCEN participated in the…

READOUT: FinCEN Deputy Director’s Travel to Houston, TX Area for Beneficial Ownership Outreach Events with Members of Congress

WASHINGTON—On August 14 and 15, Deputy Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Jimmy Kirby participated in two…

Treasury News Release: Treasury’s FinCEN Launches Nationwide Public Service Announcements to Inform Business Owners about Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements
READOUT: FinCEN Deputy Director Jimmy Kirby’s Travel to Queens, New York for Beneficial Ownership Outreach Event

QUEENS, New York—On August 2, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Deputy Director Jimmy Kirby participated in a beneficial ownership reporting outreach event in Queens, New York with U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee Ranking Member Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY).…

FinCEN Issues Notice to Financial Institution Customers on Beneficial Ownership Information Requirements

Today, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a notice to customers of financial institutions about reporting beneficial ownership information.

The Corporate Transparency Act requires certain…

Webinar: Understanding Beneficial Ownership Information and How to Report

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will host a virtual information session on beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements on Wednesday, July 24 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).

FinCEN Seeks Comments on the Information to be Collected from Authorized Recipients Requesting Beneficial Ownership Information

The Department of the Treasury, on behalf of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), will publish in the Federal Register a 30-day notice pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) for beneficial ownership information requests (BOI…

Interagency Statement on the Issuance of the AML/CFT Program Notices of Proposed Rulemaking

Today, FinCEN joined the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (together, the “Agencies”) in issuing a joint statement on the notices of…