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Provision of Banking Services to Money Services Businesses 31 CFR Part 103
FinCEN seeks industry input on feasibility of collection of cross-border wire transfer data

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network today announced it is issuing a survey to banking and financial services industry trade groups seeking information about the feasibility and impact of implementing a cross-border wire transfer reporting requirement under the Bank Secrecy Act. The survey,…

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…

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)
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…