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FinCEN Withdraws Dated AML Rule Proposals for Unregistered Investment Companies, Commodity Trading Advisors, and Investment Advisers

VIENNA, Va. – As part of its overall effort to increase its efficiency and effectiveness in administering the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has withdrawn its proposed anti-money laundering (AML) program rules for unregistered…

Withdrawal of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Anti-Money Laundering Programs for Investment Advisers
Paulson Statement on the BSAAG Plenary
FinCEN Proposes Regulatory Simplification

VIENNA, Va. – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), as part of its efforts to make the administration of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) more efficient and effective, today announced the publication of a proposal to simplify its rules and regulations by centralizing them…

Transfer and Reorganization of Bank Secrecy Act Regulations
Transfer and Reorganization of Bank Secrecy Act Regulations – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comments (RIN 1506–0092)
Paulson Statement on the BSAAG Plenary

The Treasury Department today released the following statement from Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. following his meeting with the semi-annual plenary of the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group (BSAAG).

"I appreciate the hard work by the advisory group in helping to make the…

PREPARED REMARKS OF JAMES H. FREIS, JR. DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Good afternoon. A year ago, I addressed the 2007 ABA/ABA Money Laundering Enforcement Conference for the first time as the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.1I discussed a series of initiatives undertaken by FinCEN as part of the Department of the Treasury’s effort…

PREPARED REMARKS OF JAMES H. FREIS, JR. DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

Good morning. It is a pleasure to join you all today for the Mexico Bankers Association’s 10th Anti-Money Laundering and Financing Terrorism International Seminar. It is an honor to be back in Mexico following my visit in February of this year when the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (…

SAR Activity Review Issue 14