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On August 23, 2002, FinCEN launched a survey of a statistically valid sample of banks, savings and loans and credit unions to gather information on the costs of filing CTRs and SARs, as well as the use of the exemption process for CTR filings. Sampled institutions were notified via email and…
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued today its fourth SARActivity Review – Trends, Tips and Issues. This issue of The Review contains information related topotential terrorist financing activity as well as an analysis of SAR filings since September 11, 2001that referred…
In a continuing effort to expand the coverage of suspicious activity reporting to all potentiallyvulnerable sectors of the financial services industry, today the Financial Crimes EnforcementNetwork (FinCEN) announced a new rule requiring brokers and dealers in securities to reportsuspicious…
A seminar to discuss issues surrounding informal value transfer systems, to include hawala, washeld yesterday at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The seminar wasattended by over 50 representatives from the law enforcement community.Hawala is a method of monetary value…
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced today that it has begun itspilot testing of the Patriot Act Communications System (PACS). PACS is designed to allowparticipating financial institutions to quickly and securely file Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reportsover the Internet. Phase…
The Treasury Department today issued and sent to the Federal Register for publication a proposed rule implementing Section 312 of the USA PATRIOT Act.
Section 312 requires certain U.S. financial institutions to take prescribed anti-money laundering measures with respect to correspondent…
Re: Effective Date for the Suspicious Activity Reporting Requirement for Money Services BusinessesRemains January 1, 2002
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is announcing that the January 1, 2002 date on which certain money services businesses (MSBs) becomesubject to the suspicious…