Financial Crimes, Patriot Act, Financial Institutions

FinCEN Order Allows Banks to Collect Taxpayer Information from Third Parties

McGlinchey Stafford on 7/10/2025

In a significant move, on June 27, 2025 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an order granting banks and their subsidiaries an exemption from the Customer Identification...more

No Full TIN, No Problem: FinCEN Approves of TIN Verification Through a Third Party

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/8/2025

On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an order (Order) allowing banks,[1] and their subsidiaries, subject to the jurisdiction of the Office of the Comptroller...more

Enforcement News: SEC Charges Bank With Misleading Investors About The Strength Of Its BSA/AML Compliance Program And Its...

Freiberger Haber LLP on 7/16/2024

The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, also known as the “BSA,” enacted in 1970, established requirements for record-keeping and reporting by banks and other financial institutions. The BSA is designed to, among...more

FinCEN highlights use of BSA reporting data

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/3/2023

On April 25, FinCEN released its year-in-review for FY 2022. The annual summary provided insights into the agency’s efforts to support law enforcement and national security agencies, as well as statistics from Bank Secrecy...more

Sanctions Against Russia: Understanding the Evolving Picture and How to Respond

K2 Integrity on 5/9/2022

...Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces on February 24, the United States (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK), and the European Union (EU) have led a global sanctions campaign against Russia that has been...more

FinCEN Warns Institutions of Sanctions Evasion Risks

Jones Day on 3/14/2022

As the U.S. government's economic sanctions against Russia continue to grow, regulators are calling on financial institutions to help detect and prevent attempts to evade these measures through the use of convertible virtual...more

FinCEN Fines Texas Bank $2M for Alleged Failure to Vet and Monitor Mexican Correspondent Banking Relationship – But Touts Bank’s...

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/8/2017

FinCEN recentlty announced entry of a $2 million assessment against Lone Star National Bank, a private bank operating out of Texas, for the bank’s allegedly willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) and inadequate...more

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