On March 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) in the Federal Register that will impose new obligations on many money services...more
3/20/2025
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The saga of the CTA continues. Adopted in January 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is intended to assist in identifying beneficial ownership and control of entities operating in the United States in order to...more
1/28/2025
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OCC grants national banks the authority to provide cryptocurrency custody services for customers.
On July 22, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued an interpretive letter (the letter) granting...more
South Carolina Anti-Money Laundering Act becomes effective May 25, 2018. Applications must be filed by June 29, 2018.
Implementing regulations become effective May 25, 2018. ...more