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FinCEN Renews and Expands Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the renewal and expansion of its Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) that require U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind companies used in non-financed purchases of residential real estate…

FinCEN Proposes New Regulation to Enhance Transparency in Convertible Virtual Currency Mixing and Combat Terrorist Financing

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that identifies international Convertible Virtual Currency Mixing (CVC mixing) as a class of transactions of primary money…

Proposal of Special Measure Regarding Convertible Virtual Currency Mixing, as a Class of Transactions of Primary Money Laundering Concern
READOUT: FinCEN holds meeting with Israel’s Financial Intelligence Unit

WASHINGTON—Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Andrea Gacki hosted a virtual meeting today with Ilit Ostrovitch-Levi, the Director-General of the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority (IMPA), which serves as Israel’s financial intelligence unit (…

Prepared Remarks of FinCEN Director Andrea Gacki During ACAMS: The Assembly (delivered virtually)

 

 

 

Andrea Gacki, Director
FinCEN

October 3, 2023
ACAMS: The Assembly
Prepared…

FinCEN Announces $15 Million Civil Money Penalty Against Shinhan Bank America for Violations of the Bank Secrecy Act

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed a $15 million civil money penalty against Shinhan Bank America (SHBA) for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and its implementing…

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Individual FinCEN Identifier Application
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Beneficial Ownership Information Reports
In the Matter of Shinhan Bank America
FinCEN to Issue Notices Requesting Comment on Beneficial Ownership Forms: 30-Day Paperwork Reduction Act Notices for the Beneficial Ownership Information Report and the FinCEN Identifier Application