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FinCEN Issues Advisory on Elder Financial Exploitation

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing an advisory to alert financial institutions to the rising trend of elder financial exploitation (EFE…

FinCEN Acting Director’s Statement Regarding U.S., U.K. Collaboration on Prize Challenges to Accelerate Development and Adoption of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies

Today, the U.S. and U.K. governments announced the development of prize challenges focused on advancing the maturity of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to combat financial crime.

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FinCEN Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for No-Action Letter Process

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit public comment on questions relating to the implementation of a no…

Prepared Remarks of Alessio Evangelista, Associate Director, Enforcement and Compliance Division, During Chainalysis Links Conference

 

 

The Intersection of Cryptocurrencies and National Security

Chainalysis Links Conference…

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 shell companies used in all-cash purchases of residential real…

Statement of FinCEN Acting Director Himamauli Das before the House Committee on Financial Services

FinCEN Acting Director Himamauli Das provided the following statement today before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/BA/BA00/20220428/…

FinCEN Issues Advisory on Kleptocracy and Foreign Public Corruption

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued an advisory on kleptocracy and foreign public corruption, urging financial institutions to focus their efforts on detecting the proceeds of foreign public…

Prepared Remarks of FinCEN Acting Director Himamauli Das During the FDIC-FinCEN Digital Identity Tech Sprint Demonstration Day

 

 

 

Prepared Remarks

FDIC and FinCEN Highlight Three Teams in Digital Identity Tech Sprint

WASHINGTON – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today highlighted three teams of experts in a Tech Sprint to help measure the effectiveness of digital identity proofing—the process used to collect, validate,…