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Department of Justice News Release: Former Treasurer of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Pleads Guilty to $1.9 Billion Fraud Scheme That Contributed to the Failure of Colonial Bank

 

FinCEN Issues Final Rule on Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts Report (FBAR) Responsibilities

VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued a rule that amends the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) implementing regulations regarding the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR). The FBAR…

FinCEN Releases Outreach Report on Depository Institutions with Assets under $5 Billion

VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in a new report, Outreach to Depository Institutions with Assets Under $5 Billion, released today, announced the findings of its Outreach Initiative to smaller…

FinCEN Advisory Warns of Elder Financial Exploitation

VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network today released a new advisory to help financial institutions spot and report on activities involving elder financial exploitation. The advisory, Advisory to Financial…

PREPARED REMARKS OF JAMES H. FREIS, JR. DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Let me begin today the same way that my colleagues at FinCEN and I have begun many discussions over the past year as we sat down with individual depository institutions around the country: "Please tell me about your institution and how you seek to serve your customers." Followed perhaps by, "…

Civil Money Penalty Assessed Against Zions First National Bank

VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the assessment of a civil money penalty against Zions First National Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). Zions, without…

In the Matter of Zions First National Bank
Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL
Finding that Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL is a financial institution of primary money laundering concern.
Treasury News Release: Treasury Identifies Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL as a “Primary Money Laundering Concern”