Financial Institutions, AML/CFT, Currency Transaction Reports (CTR)

FinCEN Delays And Intends To Revisit Investment Adviser Final Rule

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/25/2025

We blogged last year about the Final Rule issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) extending Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)...more

TD Bank gets $1.3 Billion Penalty from FinCEN

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 11/5/2024

On 10/10/24, FinCEN assessed a record $1.3 billion penalty against TD Bank for BSA violations. This unprecedented penalty should function as a cautionary message and a warning to all financial institutions. All financial...more

Implementing FinCEN Final Rule Imposing Anti-Money Laundering Requirements On Investment Advisers

K2 Integrity on 10/24/2024

On 28 August 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued its Final Rulemaking to include certain investment advisers in the definition of a “financial institution” under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). The...more

Q&A on FinCEN’s New AML Requirements for Certain Investment Advisers

Seward & Kissel LLP on 9/11/2024

On August 28, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) that subjects certain registered investment advisers (“RIAs”) and exempt reporting advisers (“ERAs”) to anti-money...more

Treasury Report Targets Money Laundering Risks in Real Estate and Gatekeeper Professions

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/5/2020

In its 2020 National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing (“2020 Strategy”), the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) has laid out its AML and money laundering enforcement priorities. Last week, we...more

De-Risking 101

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 10/14/2016

Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 - Requires U.S. financial institutions to assist U.S. government agencies to detect and prevent money laundering by keeping records of cash purchases of negotiable instruments, and file reports...more