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FinCEN Director Freis Receives Treasury Medal

In a ceremony held at the Treasury Department on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, James H. Freis, Jr., Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), was presented with the U.S. Department of the Treasury Medal. Several Federal, State, and international officials participated in the…

Message from Director Freis: OAS/CICAD Adopts Principles and Best Practices for the Use and Protection of FIU Information when Shared with Third Parties

On September 18, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) finalized and formally approved two statements that FinCEN, the financial intelligence unit (FIU) for the United States, and our close partner, the Mexican FIU, had worked hard to put forward. Under CICAD, we joined a…

FinCEN Announces Electronic Filing for Form 8300

VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced that a wide variety of businesses are now able to electronically file their Reports of Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business (Form 8300) using the…

Notice of Meeting

FinCEN Announces a Roundtable Discussion on September 28th in Chicago, Illinois, regarding the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will host a roundtable…

Administrative Ruling Regarding the Participation of Associations of Financial Institutions in the 314(b) Program (Rescinded by FIN-2020-R002)

 

Dear []:

This letter responds to your [] request to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") for an administrative ruling on the definition of "association of financial institutions." Specifically, you requested a determination of whether [the Company] would be…

SUMMARY OF ROUNDTABLE MEETING:

Washington DC

September 13, 2012

 

On July 31, 2012, FinCEN held the first of an intended series of public hearings to continue gathering information on its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (…

FinCEN Announces Outreach to Institutions Continuing to File Reports in Paper Format

On July 1, 2012, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) mandated that all financial institutions begin to file most FinCEN reports electronically. We realize that a combination of increased volume of new E-Filing registrations, as well as the normal volume of E-Filing resulted in…

Informational Webinar: BSA E-Filing Process and Filing Instructions for FinCEN’s New CTR and DOEP

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A recorded version of this informational Webinar, discussing the BSA E-Filing Process and Filing Instructions for FinCEN's new CTR and…

Informational Webinar: BSA E-Filing Process and Filing Instructions for FinCEN’s New Suspicious Activity Report

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A recorded version of this informational Webinar, discussing the BSA E-Filing Process and Filing Instructions for FinCEN's new SAR, will…
Definition of Motor Vehicles of Any Kind, Motor Vehicles, Vessels, Aircraft, and Farm Equipment as it Relates to Potential CTR Exemption for a Non-Listed Business

Dear [ ]:

I am responding to your letter, dated October 21, 2010, for an administrative ruling defining motor vehicles, vessels, aircraft, and farm equipment as it relates to exempting the cash transactions of a customer from the requirement to file a currency transaction report ("CTR…