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Provision of Banking Services to Money Services Businesses 31 CFR Part 103
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Provision of Banking Services to Money Services Businesses 31 CFR Part 103
Commercial Bank of Syria (Includes Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank)
Treasury News Release Treasury Issues Final Rule Against Commercial Bank of Syria
FinCEN Continues Efforts to Assist MSBs with Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comments from both the money services business industry and the banking industry on the issue of money services businesses obtaining appropriate access to banking services. Today's…

Secretary Snow Names Robert W. Werner as the New Director of FinCEN

U.S. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow today named Robert W. Werner as the new Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. Werner currently serves as the Director of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

"OFAC and…

Proposed Collection: Suspicious Activity Report by Depository Institutions
Suspicious Activity Report by Depository Institutions
Proposed Collection - Suspicious Activity Report by Depository Institutions (71 FR 8640 - 8648)
Frequently Asked Question regarding Customer Identification Programs for Futures Commission Merchants and Introducing Brokers (31 CFR 103.123)

Q. Futures commission merchants engage in transactions through omnibus accounts and sub-accounts established by financial intermediaries. In these situations, (1) the omnibus account or relationship is established by or on behalf of a financial intermediary for the purpose of…