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[Webinar] Mexico’s Evolving AML/CFT Environment: FATF Review and FTO Designations - May 14th, 12:30 pm ET

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U.S. and Mexican companies and financial institutions are seeking to navigate AML/CFT, sanctions, export control, and tariff and supply chain concerns as their governments’ make rapid changes around trade and tariffs and ramp...more

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Enhancing Trade-Based Money Laundering Detection: Retrieval-Augmented Generation and Semantic Search Technologies

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This article explores the application of retrieval-augmented generation combined with semantic search technologies in the detection of trade-based money laundering (TBML). Retrieval-augmented generation combined with semantic...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Recent FDIC Consent Orders Reflect Ongoing Scrutiny of Bank Relationships with Fintechs

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In February 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) entered into consent orders with two banks who partner with fintechs to offer “banking as a service” (BaaS) related to safety and soundness concerns relating...more

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FATF Re-Rates United States as “Largely Compliant” with Beneficial Ownership Recommendation

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The Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) has re-rated the U.S. as “largely compliant” with FATF’s Recommendation 24, which pertains to transparency related to beneficial ownership of legal persons. Specifically, FATF...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Investment Advisers and Generative AI

Start Planning Now to Reduce Your Increased Money Laundering, Sanctions, and Conflicts of Interest Risks The introduction and use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and predictive data analytics (PDAs) by...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

FinCEN Proposes New Rule to Subject Advisers to AML Requirements

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Who may be interested: Investment Advisers; Closed-End Funds; and Directors of Closed-End Funds - Quick Take: The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued a notice of...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 8th Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems - April 9th - 10th, New York, NY

ACI’s 8th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Fintech & Emerging Payment Systems will provide in-depth guidance on the latest regulatory developments at the Federal and State Level that you need to be aware of....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FinCEN Proposes Significant Expansion of AML/CFT Obligations to Cover Registered Investment Advisers, Venture Capital Advisers,...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has proposed a sweeping expansion of the Bank Secrecy Act’s (BSA) affirmative anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of...more

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Hamas, Terrorist Financing, and Cryptocurrency

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The October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas have re-focused U.S. government efforts to identify and counter funding streams for Hamas and terrorist activity in general – including, in particular, through the use of...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Attention Mortgage Lenders: The Proceeds Of Crime (Money Laundering) And Terrorist Financing Act May

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Non-bank mortgage lending entities would become subject to the anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing (AML/ATF) obligations under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (the PCMLTFA)...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

New Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Law Makes Economic Sanctions Violations Reportable

To more effectively counter transnational corruption and economic sanctions evasion, recent changes to the U.S. anti-money laundering (“AML”) whistleblower regime expand and reinforce whistleblower protections and rewards in...more

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Factors to Be Considered by Financial Organizations for an Effective Transactional Monitoring System

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The rising incidence of financial crime continues to haunt financial institutions globally. As per a recent industry report, more SARs (suspicious activity reports) were filed by ~80% of the firms in 2021. COVID-19 pandemic...more

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AML-CFT Guidance

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On 1 August 2022, the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (the "CBUAE") issued "Guidance for Licensed Financial Institutions ("LFIs") on the risks relating to payments" (the "Guidance")....more

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US Treasury Highlights Anti-Money Laundering Priorities in 2022 Illicit Finance Strategy

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), on May 13, 2022, published its 2022 National Illicit Finance Strategy (the 2022 Strategy)—a comprehensive statement of the agency’s key priorities, goals, and plans for...more

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Mexico: New defense procedure against inclusion in Blocked Persons List

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On March 11, 2022, a reform to the Mexican Banking Law (Ley de Instituciones de Crédito) was published in the Federal Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación) in order to provide a new procedure for the defense of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Treasury’s Study Discusses Financial Crimes and NFTs

On February 4, the Department of the Treasury published a study on the facilitation of money laundering and terrorist financing through the art trade. Among other considerations, the report discussed the risks of financial...more

Perkins Coie

AMLA 2020 Series Part 3: FinCEN Issues Notice of Proposed AML Rules for Antiquities Dealers

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On New Year’s Day 2021, Congress passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA 2020). As we reported last April, the AMLA 2020 included sweeping reforms aimed at strengthening protections against money laundering,...more

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BSA, OFAC, KYC, and CIP – What do they mean to me? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 29]

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The Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and parts of the U.S. Patriot Act’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) requirements have seemingly similar goals: to prevent money laundering and the funding of terrorist activities. Yet a...more

K2 Integrity

[Webinar] 9/11 Twenty Years Later: Terrorist Financing, Illicit Financing & the Continuing Risks to National Security and...

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Join us for a round-table discussion moderated by Dr. Michele Malvesti with Juan Zarate, Chip Poncy, and Danny McGlynn, part of the team that spearheaded the post-9/11 counter-illicit finance regime. The group will share...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FinCEN Sets Out Anti-Money Laundering Priorities, With Implementing Regulations To Follow

On June 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued its first government-wide priorities (Priorities) for combatting money laundering and the financing of terrorism.1...more

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Scared Of Your Clients’ Involvement With Cryptocurrency?

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Cryptocurrency, and its most-noted asset Bitcoin, has been breaking into the mainstream press. While most lawyers have heard terms like “blockchain” and probably even know a few people who have been deeply interested in the...more

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AML Information Sharing in a Technology-Enabled and Privacy-Conscious World

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Financial firms play an integral role in preventing, identifying, investigating and reporting criminal activity, including terrorist financing, money laundering, and many other finance-related crimes. It is a critical role...more

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Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing with a Distributed Ledger

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Despite the staggering $8 billion figure estimated to be spent on global compliance in 2017, U.S.-based rules regarding Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (“CFT”) remain anchored in their...more

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