News & Analysis as of September 9, 2025

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged with detecting and combatting illegal activity within the financial system. FinCEN detects evidence of money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes by collecting, monitoring, and analyzing financial transaction data. Such data is disseminated to both domestic and international law enforcement agencies. less -

FinCEN’s Focus on Cryptocurrency Kiosks and Financial Crime

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/26/2025

On August 4, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued Notice FIN-2025-NTC1 (the “Notice”) to address mounting concerns over regulatory risks related to convertible virtual currency (“CVC”) kiosks, also...more

Off‐Shore Crypto Exchange to Pay Up to $100 Million to Resolve Enforcement Action with U.S. Regulators

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/20/2021

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reached one of the largest-ever resolutions with a cryptocurrency exchange on August 10, 2021. BitMEX is virtual currency...more

Nutter Bank Report: December 2020

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 12/23/2020

FDIC Modernizes Brokered Deposit Rule and Amends Interest Rate Restrictions - The FDIC has adopted a final rule that establishes new standards for determining whether deposits made through certain kinds of arrangements...more

Bank Report: December 2019

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 12/23/2019

FDIC and OCC Propose CRA Modernization Rule with Opt-Out for Small Banks The FDIC and the OCC have jointly proposed amendments to modernize the agencies’ Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations, which are intended...more

Blockchain Week in Review - October 2019

Perkins Coie on 10/18/2019

U.S. Developments - U.S. Federal Regulatory Developments - CFTC, FinCEN, and SEC Leaders Release a Join Statement on Digital Assets - On October 11, 2019, the heads of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”),...more

Review of Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Policy and Enforcement

White & Case LLP on 1/22/2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Executive Summary - Developments and Trends in Policy and Enforcement - US Department of the Treasury - The Office of Foreign Assets Control - Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network -...more

Financial Regulatory Developments Focus - November 2016

A&O Shearman on 11/21/2016

In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset managers and...more

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