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Special Information Sharing Procedures To Deter Money Laundering and Terrorist Activity
Treasury News Release Treasury Announces USA PATRIOT ACT Regulations To Improve Information Sharing
Definition of Check Casher (Payday Lenders)

Dear [ ]:This letter responds to your letter to Judith R. Starr, Chief Counsel of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) dated December 14, 2001, in which you seek, on behalf of [ ], interpretive guidance regarding application of the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”), 31 U.S.C. 5311-5331,…

Notice of Alterations to two Privacy Act systems of Record
Guidance on Using "Gross Revenue" to Determine CTR Exemption Eligibility

Dear [ ]:

This responds to your letter of September 26, 2001, on behalf of [ ] (the ’Bank’), to the Internal Revenue Service-Enterprise Computing Center-Detroit (IRS), regarding the requirement to file Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) in accordance with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), 31…

Amendment to Bank Secrecy Act Regulations -- Requirement that Nonfinancial Trades or Businesses Report Certain Currency Transactions
Amendment to Bank Secrecy Act Regulations -- Requirement that Nonfinancial Trades or Businesses Report Certain Currency Transactions
Proposed Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act -- Requirement of Brokers or Dealers in Securities to Report Suspicious Transactions
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Announcement

Re: Effective Date for the Suspicious Activity Reporting Requirement for Money Services BusinessesRemains January 1, 2002

The U.S. Department of the Treasury is announcing that the January 1, 2002 date on which certain money services businesses (MSBs) becomesubject to the suspicious…

Treasury News Release –Treasury Department Issues Regulations on Compliance with USA PATRIOT Act