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Prepared Remarks of FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco at Chainalysis Blockchain Symposium

Kenneth A. Blanco, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), spoke at the Chainalysis Blockchain Symposium on Friday, November 15. He addressed the issue of "regulatory clarity"; the value of Bank Secrecy Act data; FinCEN’s…

FinCEN Reissues Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders for 12 Metropolitan Areas

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the renewal of its Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) that require U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind shell companies used in all-cash purchases of…

FinCEN Officials Visit Morehouse and Spelman Colleges

This week, FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco and staff representing several FinCEN technical professions travelled to Atlanta to speak with administrators, professors, and college students at Morehouse and Spelman, both prominent Historically Black Colleges and…

Imposition of Fifth Special Measure against the Islamic Republic of Iran as a Jurisdiction of Primary Money Laundering Concern
Imposition of Fifth Special Measure against the Islamic Republic of Iran as a Jurisdiction of Primary Money Laundering Concern
Treasury and State Announce New Humanitarian Mechanism to Increase Transparency of Permissible Trade Supporting the Iranian People; FinCEN identifies Iran as jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern

WASHINGTON--Today, the U.S. Departments of the Treasury and State announced a new humanitarian mechanism to ensure unprecedented transparency into humanitarian trade with Iran.  This mechanism will help the international community perform enhanced due diligence on humanitarian trade to…

FinCEN to Host Innovation Hours in New York City

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced today that it will host "Innovation Hours" in New York on November 13-14, 2019. Financial technology (FinTech), and Regulatory technology (RegTech) companies, and financial institutions, will have the…

Prepared Remarks of FinCEN Deputy Director Jamal El-Hindi, delivered at the US-MENA Private Sector Dialogue

 

 

 

On behalf of FinCEN Director Kenneth Blanco and the other 290 men and women at FinCEN, I want to thank the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Union of Arab Banks (UAB) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for making…

Leaders of CFTC, FinCEN, and SEC Issue Joint Statement on Activities Involving Digital Assets
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; 2019 Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties- October 10, 2019