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Whether a Business that Cashes Checks Payable to Customers to Apply Proceeds to the Repayment of Customers’ Obligations is a Money Services Business

Dear [ ]:

This letter responds to your request for an administrative ruling, dated June 16, 2007, regarding whether your client, [ ], should be registered as a money services business (MSB). For the reasons set forth below, we have determined that your client’s business is not an MSB,…

Whether a Publicly Traded Company that Cashes its own Checks Issued to Loan Customers is a Money Services Business

Dear [ ]:

I am responding to your letter, dated July 5, 2007, to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. You have asked us to determine whether [ ] (the "Company") is a money services business, specifically a check casher as that term is defined in our regulations.

As you…

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group Solicitation of Application for Membership
Frequently Asked Questions Casino Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Compliance Program Requirements

Purpose

This document provides guidance interpreting the requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act ("BSA") regulations1 as they apply to the casino and card club industries in the United States.

Section A: 31 C.F.R. § 103.11 Casino and Card…

FinCEN Releases "Frequently Asked Questions" for Casinos

Las Vegas, NV - Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James H. Freis, Jr. today announced the publication of a detailed set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) developed to assist the casino and gaming industry in complying with its responsibilities under the Bank Secrecy Act (…

PREPARED REMARKS OF JAMES H. FREIS, JR. DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to be here with all of you today at this important conference. Before I begin my remarks, I would like to first thank Gordon Greenberg for that kind introduction. I am delighted to be speaking at such an event and in the company of such a distinguished group of…

FinCEN Offers Compliance Tips for MSBs and Other SAR Filers

Charlotte, N.C. - In a speech today to the Money Transmitter Regulators Association Annual Conference, James H. Freis, Jr., Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), announced the availability of a new reference on common errors seen in Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).…

Suggestions for Addressing Common Errors Noted in Suspicious Activity Reporting

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") has noticed common errors in the filing of Suspicious Activity Reports ("SARs"). Although these errors were noted primarily through studying Suspicious Activity Reports by Money Services Business (Form 109) filings, we believe that publishing…

SAR Activity Review Issue 12
U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral to Visit FinCEN to Launch MSB

U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral will visit the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to announce the launch of outreach materials for Money Services Businesses (MSBs) in seven (7) foreign languages. The outreach materials, which are already available in English, will be available in…