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Anti-Money Laundering Program and Suspicious Activity Report Filing Requirements for Residential Mortgage Lenders and Originators (RIN 1506–AB02)
FinCEN Proposes AML Plan for Non-Bank Mortgage Lenders Mortgage Brokers and More Mortgage Bankers to File SARs

VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today proposed a requirement that non-bank residential mortgage lenders and originators, like other types of financial institutions, establish anti-money laundering (AML) programs and comply with suspicious activity report (SAR)…

Confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Reports
Sharing Suspicious Activity Reports by Depository Institutions with Certain U.S. Affiliates

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), after consulting with the staffs of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“FRB”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”), the Office of the Comptroller of the…

Confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Reports
FinCEN Rule Strengthens SAR Confidentiality

VIENNA, Va. – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today released a final rule – Confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Report as well as an advisory, and two guidance documents, and a Notice…

Sharing Suspicious Activity Reports by Securities Broker-Dealers, Mutual Funds, Futures Commission Merchants, and Introducing Brokers in Commodities with Certain U.S. Affiliates

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN"), after consulting with staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), is issuing this guidance to confirm that under the Bank Secrecy Act ("BSA") and its implementing…

Funds “Travel” Regulations: Questions & Answers

The following is revised guidance to financial institutions on the transmittal of funds "Travel" rule. This guidance updates the document “Funds ‘Travel’ Regulations: Questions & Answers” issued in 1997. It includes a parenthetical at the end of each answer indicating the date the answer was…

Transfer and Reorganization of Bank Secrecy Act Regulations
FinCEN Study Examines Rise in Identity Theft SARs

VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today released a new study analyzing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) citing identity theft that shows while suspected cases of identity theft are on the rise, vigilant financial…