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Fact Sheet: Anti-Money Laundering Program and Suspicious Activity Report Filing Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

The U.S. investment adviser industry provides an important service to investors in the United States and across the world in driving investment opportunities and supporting innovation, growth, and prosperity in the United States. But investment advisers, in their role as gatekeepers to the U.S.…

FinCEN Proposes Rule to Combat Illicit Finance and National Security Threats in Investment Adviser Sector

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to keep criminals and foreign…

READOUT: Treasury Officials Visit Mexico to Further Collaboration on Illicit Finance
FinCEN Proposes Rule to Combat Money Laundering and Promote Transparency in Residential Real Estate

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

FinCEN Exchange in Los Angeles Brings Together Public and Private Sectors to Share Information on Combating Fentanyl Trafficking

LOS ANGELES—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) convened a FinCEN Exchange—a voluntary public-private partnership—to share strategic and operational information to combat illicit financial networks that enable fentanyl trafficking. In…

FinCEN Issues Alert on Israeli Extremist Settler Violence Against Palestinians in the West Bank

UPDATE [1/29/2025]: This Alert has been rescinded.

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

FinCEN Assesses $100,000 Civil Money Penalty against Gyanendra Kumar Asre for Violations of the Bank Secrecy Act

WASHINGTON—Today, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed a $100,000 civil money penalty on Gyanendra Kumar Asre (Asre) for willful…

FinCEN Finds Iraq-based Al-Huda Bank to be of Primary Money Laundering Concern and Proposes a Rule to Combat Terrorist Financing

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

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FinCEN Issues Analysis of Identity-Related Suspicious Activity

Report examines suspicious activity tied to the exploitation of identity processes during account creation, account access, and transaction processing

WASHINGTON—Today, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a…

U.S. Beneficial Ownership Information Registry Now Accepting Reports

Existing Companies Have One Year to File; New Companies Must File Within 90 Days of Creation or Registration

WASHINGTON -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) began accepting…

Fact Sheet: Beneficial Ownership Information Access and Safeguards Final Rule
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All entities created in the United States — including those previously known as “domestic reporting companies” — and their beneficial owners are now exempt from the requirement to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) to the…

FinCEN Issues Final Rule Regarding Access to Beneficial Ownership Information

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) took another major step in support of U.S. Government efforts to crack down on illicit finance and enhance corporate transparency by issuing a…

Invitation to U.S. Treasury Briefing on Beneficial Ownership Information Access Rule Scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 21 at 11 a.m.

Please join U.S. Treasury Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Under Secretary Brian Nelson and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Andrea Gacki for a briefing on the final rule that establishes parameters for access to and…

FinCEN Names Jimmy Kirby as Deputy Director

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has named Jimmy Kirby as its Deputy Director. Mr. Kirby previously served as FinCEN’s Acting Deputy Director. Prior to that, he served as Associate Director of FinCEN’s Research and Analysis Division (…