Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 76 - The Digital Future: The US GENIUS Act and Hong Kong Stablecoins Ordinance / The Hong Kong Web3 Blueprint: Building a Web 3 International Financial Hub Report
Compliance Tip of the Day: Citibank and Continuous Monitoring
Compliance into the Weeds: Sanctions Compliance Failures: Lessons from Harman International and Interactive Brokers
Episode 377 -- Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartels and TCOs
Upping Your Game: Continuous Monitoring with AI
Daily Compliance News: May 19, 2025, The Definition of Corruption Edition
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 51 – The Compliance Week at 20 Edition
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending April 12, 2025
Daily Compliance News: April 7, 2025, The Whistleblowers Awarded Edition
Strengthening Compliance: Lessons From the OCC's Consent Order With Patriot Bank — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Great Women in Compliance: Roundtable on The Future of Financial Crime Prevention
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 50 - Hidden in Plain Sight: How Kleptocrats Exploit U.S. Financial Systems
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: TD Bank Agrees to Pay Over $3 Billion for Systemic Violations of Bank Secrecy Act and Money Laundering Violations
Episode 343 -- TD Bank Agrees to Pay Over $3 Billion for Systemic Violations of Bank Secrecy Act and Money Laundering Violations
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau vs. the Video Game Industry
Business Better Podcast Episode: FinCEN’s Notice of Proposed Regulations to Strengthen and Modernize AML/CFT Compliance Programs
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: Cannabis Companies and the Corporate Transparency Act
Examining FinCEN FAQs, Proposed Legislation and Other CTA Developments
Practical Lessons Learned Regarding the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering for Financial Institutions - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Stay tuned – another shoe is likely to drop from Washington D.C. on the CTA (“Corporate Transparency Act”) in the next three weeks. As we previously reported on February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is back on. A federal judge in Texas has lifted the preliminary injunction issued in Smith v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, 6:24-cv-00336 (E.D. Tex.), which had previously prevented the...more
On February 19, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that beneficial ownership information reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) are back in effect with a new...more
Reporting obligations related to the Corporate Transparency Act (“the CTA”) are set to return. As we previously reported, on December 3, 2024, a federal judge in Texas (Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Bessent) issued a...more
Key Takeaway: Following a court decision on February 18, 2025, the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) beneficial ownership reporting requirements are once again in effect. Most companies will have until Friday, March 21,...more
Medical practices across the United States are grappling with new compliance obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). This article addresses the CTA’s applicability to medical practices, its current legal...more
FinCEN has confirmed that, since December 7, 2024, reporting companies have not been, and will continue to not be, required to file beneficial ownership reports for as long as an injunction of the CTA remains in effect....more
The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA” or the “Act”) became effective as of January 1, 2024. It is the latest effort by the federal government to combat money laundering, tax fraud, and other illegal activity by bad actors. ...more
On August 28, 2024, FinCEN Final New Rules were published that address vulnerabilities in the U.S. financial system and are part of an on going effort to combat illicit finance and protect U.S. national security, as well as...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) was enacted by The U.S. Congress in January 2021 as a way to protect the United States financial system from being used for money laundering and other illicit activities....more
Beginning January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will require most entities formed or registered to do business in the United States to disclose detailed information regarding their owners, officers, and...more
Beginning on January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) will require all “Reporting Companies” to report to the federal Financial Claims Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) information about their “beneficial...more
Starting January 1, 2024, many companies operating in the U.S. will be required to gather and report ownership and control information to the Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)....more
In 2024, U.S. Businesses Will Face Heightened Reporting Requirements. On January 1, 2021, the federal government enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) – which will impact nearly all U.S. businesses within the...more
U.S. companies will soon face new reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The new law will require entities identified as reporting companies to provide information about their beneficial owners....more
Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) in 2020, which aims to prevent U.S. companies from engaging in certain illegal activities, including money laundering and tax fraud, by implementing federal...more
2021 was a busy year for corporate governance matters, with new legislation passed early in the year and new enforcement priorities emerging under the Biden administration. Kramer Levin lawyers published numerous articles...more
FINCEN has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, or ANPRM to solicit public comment on a wide range of questions related to the implementation of the beneficial ownership information reporting provisions of the...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is within the AML Act of 2020. It establishes Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements to facilitate important national security, intelligence, and law enforcement...more
La Ley de Transparencia Corporativa (“Corporate Transparency Act” – “CTA”) se encuentra dentro de la Ley ALD del 2020. Establece requisitos para la presentación de informes de información sobre los titulares reales para...more
With the stated goal of “counter[ing] money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and other illicit activity,” the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”), adopted on January 1, 2021, imposes novel beneficial ownership...more
On January 2, 2021, the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) became law following Congressional override of President Trump’s veto. A significant part of the NDAA is the inclusion of the Corporate Transparency Act...more
In the government’s continuing effort to combat money-laundering, Congress recently passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) to require private companies to disclose their “beneficial owners” to the U.S. Department of the...more
Section 314(b) of the USA PATRIOT Act (Sec 314) was drafted by Congress in 2001 to allow financial institutions to work with law enforcement agencies and with each other to support the common goal of deterring money...more
The Commission periodically has filed enforcement actions against broker-dealers for failing to file SARs - suspicious activity reports - typically centered on a failure to file reports regarding microcap issuers. Those...more