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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 -

Anti-Money Laundering Aspects of the GENIUS Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/31/2025

On March 13, 2025, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, which aims to establish a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, passed the United States Committee on Banking,...more

MHH Condo/Co-op Digest, Vol. V - March 2024

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP on 3/8/2024

This newsletter explores the emerging legal topics and issues affecting the condominium and cooperative services industry. Thought-leading attorneys from Moritt Hock & Hamroff’s Condominium and Cooperative Services Practice...more

FinCEN Proposes New Rule to Subject Advisers to AML Requirements

Seward & Kissel LLP on 3/4/2024

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

Bipartisan group of Senators re-introduce Digital Asset Money Laundering Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/14/2023

On July 28th, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), reintroduced the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act (the “Act”), legislation aimed at closing...more

Bipartisan Group of Senators Re-Introduce the Digital Asset Money Laundering Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/11/2023

Legislation Targets Unhosted Wallets, Validators and Digital Asset ATMs - On July 28th, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), reintroduced the...more

New Bipartisan Bill Takes Aim at Digital Asset Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 12/20/2022

On December 14, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) introduced in the U.S. Senate a new bipartisan bill, titled "Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2022" (the “Bill”), intended to curb the...more

SAFE Has Been Re-introduced with Bipartisan Support

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law on 3/31/2021

The SAFE Banking Act is back. First introduced in 2019, the Secure and Fair Enforcement Act (“SAFE”) passed in the House but died in the Republican-controlled Senate. Now, the bill has been reintroduced in both the House and...more

SAFE Banking Act, Protecting Financial Partners of Cannabis Businesses, Likely to Become Law

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 3/26/2021

A bill to protect financial institutions that offer services to state-legal marijuana-related businesses was recently reintroduced by a bipartisan group of over 100 members of the House. The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE)...more

Credit Unions Ask Senate Banking Committee to Make Cannabis Banking Safe

Carlton Fields on 2/14/2020

In the latest chapter of the ongoing saga of the U.S. Senate’s consideration and hopeful passage of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, on February 7, 2020, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) sent a...more

The House Passes Cannabis Banking Legislation: Implications for the Financial Services Industry

White & Case LLP on 10/9/2019

On September 25, 2019, the US House of Representatives ("House") passed, by a vote of 321 to 103, the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act ("SAFE Banking Act"), bipartisan legislation designed to secure and regulate...more

U.S. Senate Considering Update to Federal Anti-Money Laundering System

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &... on 9/30/2019

A bipartisan group of Senators, with the support of the American Bankers Association, recently introduced bill S.2563, known as the ILLICIT Cash Act. The acronym “ILLICIT” stands for “Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing...more

Proposed AML Reforms Aim to Enhance and Modernize AML/CFT Enforcement

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/28/2019

Second Post in a Two-Post Series on the ILLICIT CASH Act - A discussion draft of legislation recently introduced in the Senate, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal...more

FinCEN, OCC and FBI Offer Diverging Views on AML Reform in U.S. Senate Testimony

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/5/2018

First Post in a Two-Part Series - Late last week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (the “Banking Committee”) met in open session to conduct a hearing on “Combating Money Laundering and Other...more

Will Congress Clarify Regulation of Marijuana-Related Business?

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 8/16/2018

President Trump piqued the interest of participants in and observers of the marijuana industry when he stated in early June that he would “probably” support recently proposed bipartisan legislation aimed at removing the...more

Beneficial Ownership Provision Stripped from Latest Draft of Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/21/2018

Critics Bemoan Removal of Potential Weapon Against Shell Companies - Last week, and on the eve of a scheduled markup of the original bill in the House Financial Services Committee, a new draft of the Counter Terrorism and...more

Is Your AML Program Up to the Task?

K2 Integrity on 3/19/2018

Fulfilling today’s requirements for anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing/sanctions compliance is no easy task for financial institutions. ...more

Registration of Beneficial Owners: COMING TO YOU SOON?

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 3/5/2018

There is a new Bill drafted on November 14, 2017 called the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act (CTIFA). The Bill is currently in a committee in the Senate and it proposes a substantial overhaul to the Bank Secrecy Act...more

Expanded Beneficial Ownership Reporting and AML Duties Under the Corporate Transparency Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/22/2017

Second of a Two-Part Blog: Anti-Money Laundering Programs Coming to the Legal Profession? Earlier this week, we began our discussion of the proposed Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 (the “Act”), and observed that, if...more

Proposed Changes to Cross-Border Reporting

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/20/2017

Part III of the Analysis of the Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 - As we recently blogged, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Diane Feinstein (D-California) introduced on...more

FinCEN issues Marijuana Banking Update Report

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 6/13/2017

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (FinCEN), issued a Marijuana Banking Update Report for the period ending March 31, 2017. Back in January, I wrote about a bi-partisan group of...more

Senators Propose the Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/12/2017

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Diane Feinstein (D-California) introduced on May 25, 2017 a bill, S. 1241, entitled the “Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017.” Although it is...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/15/2016

Senators Introduce SAFE Lending Act - On April 7, 2016, several Democratic Senators introduced the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act, SAFE 2016, which is designed to change the manner in which...more

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