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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has an obligation to ensure that data collected under the Bank Secrecy Act are properly collected, securely maintained and appropriately disseminated. Following the unauthorized and unlawful disclosures of certain Suspicious Activity Reports to the press…
FinCEN is issuing this Notice to provide administrative relief to sellers and providers of prepaid access that would otherwise be subject to certain Bank Secrecy Act ("BSA") requirements imposed by a final rule published on July 29, 2011 (the "Final Rule").1 As a result of this…
My money services business understands that Bank Secrecy Act regulations (31 C.F.R. Part 103) require, among other things, implementing a written anti-money laundering program and maintaining records of certain transactions. Because of the nature of my business, I would prefer to…
FinCEN has extended for another two years a conditional exception to the strict operation of the "Travel Rule" (31 CFR 103.33(g)). The Travel Rule requires a financial institution to include certain information in transmittal orders relating to transmittals of funds of 3,000 or more. This…
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) receives numerous questions concerning compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) recordkeeping requirement found in 31 C.F.R. §103.29. This section requires financial institutions to verify a customer’s identity and retain…