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Prepared Remarks of FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco, delivered at the Federal Identity (FedID) Forum and Exposition

 

 

Introduction

Good morning, everyone—it is great to be back in my home state of Florida.  Carole, thank you for that…

Notice: FinCEN Encourages Communication from Financial Institutions Affected by Hurricane Dorian

WASHINGTON – FinCEN announced today that financial institutions affected by Hurricane Dorian should contact FinCEN and their functional regulator as soon as practicable to discuss any delays in their ability to file required Bank Secrecy Act reports. Institutions seeking to…

Prepared Remarks of FinCEN Deputy Director Jamal El-Hindi, delivered at the 2019 Money Transmitter Regulators Association Annual Conference

 

 

 

 

Thank you, Rick, for the introduction, and on behalf of FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco and the other 290 staff at FinCEN, I want to thank you again for making FinCEN a part of MTRA’s…

FinCEN Welcomes AnnaLou Tirol, Former Acting Chief of DOJ’s Public Corruption Section, to Lead Its Liaison Division

WASHINGTON—FinCEN welcomed AnnaLou Tirol today as its new Associate Director to lead its Liaison Division.  This division designs and implements strategic partnerships across the financial industry, with partners in the U.S. government, and with foreign counterparts.  It…

New FinCEN Division Focuses on Identifying Primary Foreign Money Laundering Threats

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has launched its Global Investigations Division (GID), which will be responsible for implementing targeted investigation strategies rooted in FinCEN’s unique authorities under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) to combat illicit…

FinCEN Advisory Alerts Financial Sector to Fentanyl Trafficking Schemes

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory today to alert financial institutions to financial schemes related to the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. Information in the advisory will assist them in detecting and reporting…

Prepared Remarks of FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco, delivered at the 12th Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference

 

 

12th Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference

Las Vegas, Nevada…

Guidance on the Application of the Customer Identification Program Rule and the Beneficial Ownership Rule to Certain Introducing Brokers
Joint Statement on Risk-Focused Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Supervision
Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies and FinCEN Improve Transparency of Risk-Focused BSA/AML Supervision

WASHINGTON – As a result of a working group established by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and the Federal depository institutions regulators, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and its regulatory partners today issued a joint…