U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

News

Members of the media may email inquiries or interview requests to press@fincen.gov.

If you are not a member of the media, please visit the FinCEN contact page.

Definition of Futures Commission Merchants and Introducing Brokers in Commodities as Financial Institutions; Requirement that Futures Commission Merchants and Introducing Brokers in Commodities Report Suspicious Transactions
Definition of Money Transmitter (Merchant Payment Processor)

Dear [ ]:
This letter responds to your letter dated February 5, 2003, requesting an administrative ruling with respect to whether [ ] is required to register with FinCEN as a Money Services Business in accordance with 31 CFR 103.41 by virtue of operating [ ]. Based on the representations…

Treasury Department Issues 2003 National Money Laundering Strategy
Information Sharing Provides Valuable Leads for Law Enforcement

A system allowing law enforcement officials investigating terrorist financing and major money laundering cases to relay targets of investigation to thousands of financial institutions has resulted in a large number of financial leads for investigators, reports the Financial Crimes Enforcement…

Treasury Department Names William Fox As Director Of The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
SAR Narrative Guidance Package

PowerPoint Presentation Downloading and Viewing Instructions

FinCEN, in consultation with the federal regulatory authorities, has issued a guidance package designed to assist financial institutions in the preparation of Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) forms and to improve the quality of…

SAR Activity Review Issue 6
Definition of Money Transmitter (Armored Car Companies)

Dear [ ]:
This letter responds to your letter dated July 8, 2003, requesting an administrative ruling with respect to whether your client, [ ], is required to register with FinCEN as a Money Services Business in accordance with 31 CFR 103.41. FinCEN had previously declined to provide [ ]…

Definition of Check Casher

Dear [ ]:
This letter responds to your July 14, 2003 letter on behalf of [ ] and [ ], requesting an administrative ruling with respect to whether either party, [ ] or [ ], is a Money Services Business (“MSB”) as defined in 31 CFR 103.11(uu), and therefore subject to the MSB registration…

Statement by U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow on the Departure of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James Sloan