The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act of 2025 (the “GENIUS Act” and the “Act”) establishes a regulatory infrastructure for defining, managing, custodying and issuing a specific kind of...more
6/24/2025
/ Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
FDIC ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Investment ,
OCC ,
Payment Systems ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Service Professionals ,
Stablecoins ,
U.S. Treasury
On June 28, 2024, The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) that would amend FinCEN’s anti-money laundering (“AML”) program rules for...more
On February 15, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), published a proposed rule that would define specified investment advisers as “financial institutions” required to implement anti-money...more
2/26/2024
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
BSA/AML ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Customer Identification Program (CIP) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Investment Adviser ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
White Collar Crimes
On March 2, the Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, and Department of the Treasury issued a Tri-Seal Compliance Note warning companies to be vigilant for Russia-related sanctions evasion. The Note sets forth a...more
3/14/2023
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Military Conflict ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Ukraine
U.S. regulators are signaling heightened expectations for anti-money laundering compliance within the crypto industry. Although FinCEN issued guidance in 2013 interpreting virtual currency “administrators” and “exchanges” as...more
1/20/2023
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
BSA/AML ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Money Services Business ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda
On July 6, five federal agencies − the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“FRB”), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), National Credit Union...more
President Biden issued an executive order (“EO”) recently on “Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets.” The EO calls for an aligned, all-of-government approach to digital assets, which the EO defines to include,...more
3/14/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Bitcoin ,
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Transactions ,
Investment Contract ,
Investor Protection ,
Regulatory Agenda