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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... more +
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 -
Alston & Bird

FinCEN Delays Enforcement of Investment Adviser AML/CFT Rule

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Our Financial Services and Investment Funds Teams examine the delay by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the effective date for the Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)...more

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FINCEN Postpones AML/CFT Rules for Investment Advisers Until 2028 and Revisits Scope of Such Rules

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FinCEN’s announcement clearly reflected its sensitivity to industry concerns. It acknowledged that AML/CFT Rules “must be effectively tailored to the diverse business models and risk profiles of the investment adviser...more

Alston & Bird

Financial Institutions Permitted to Use Third Parties to Collect Customers’ Taxpayer Identification Numbers for Identity...

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Our Financial Services and White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Teams examine the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s new customer identification program (CIP) exemption that allows banks and credit unions to...more

King & Spalding

FinCEN Announces It Will Provide Two-Year Extension of the AML Rule Compliance Date for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt...

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Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) and Exempt Reporting Advisers (ERAs) were less than six months away from the requirement to implement an anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) program...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FinCEN Postpones New AML Rule for Investment Advisers

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On July 21, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it intends to postpone the effective date of the final rule concerning the Anti-Money Laundering/Countering...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

FinCEN Postpones Investment Adviser AML Requirements, Buying Time for Revisions

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On July 21, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that it was delaying the effective date of its final rule establishing Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Investment adviser anti-money laundering rule postponed and reopened for further review

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On July 21, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced its intention to delay the effective date for certain investment advisers to implement anti-money...more

K&L Gates LLP

United States: AML Reprieve for Investment Advisers

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On July 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it is delaying the effective date of the investment adviser anti-money laundering rule (IA AML Rule) for two years from 1 January 2026 to 1...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Treasury to Delay Investment Adviser AML Rule to 2028, Announces Intent to Reconsider AML and CIP Rules

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On July 21, 2025, the Department of the Treasury announced a two-year postponement of the much-anticipated anti-money laundering (AML) rule, adopted by Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in 2024,...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Bank Secrecy Act Postponed for Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers

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On July 21, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced its intent to postpone compliance with new regulatory requirements imposing certain anti-money laundering...more

Ankura

Five Reasons Experience is Essential to Obtain Money Transmission Licenses

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In the fast-paced world of business consulting, when it comes to choosing a consultant to secure money transmission licenses, experience offers significant advantages...more

Ankura

Exam Time: Understanding Exam Ratings

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It is inevitable that your Money Service Business (MSB) will eventually receive a much-anticipated (or in some instances, much-dreaded) Exam Engagement letter from one or more states. MSBs licensed in 40 or more states meet...more

Dickinson Wright

FinCEN Narrows CTA Reporting Requirements

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released an Interim Final Rule (the Interim Rule), which served to “narrow” the existing beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements of...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

New Interim Rule Removes CTA Reporting Requirements for U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons

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On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule to the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) that eliminates beneficial ownership...more

DLA Piper

CTA Update: FinCEN Revises Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements and Extends Deadlines

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule (IFR) significantly revising the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency...more

Whiteford

Client Alert: FinCEN Narrows CTA Scope - Key Updates

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, issued an interim final rule (the “Interim Rule”) under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) whereby...more

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CTA Reporting Rule Narrowed to Foreign Companies Only

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released its anticipated interim final rule for the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)...more

Polsinelli

CTA 2.0 – FinCEN Limits CTA’s Reporting Requirements to Certain Non-U.S. Entities and Non-U.S. Individuals

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule on March 21, 2025, that eliminates the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting requirements for U.S. entities and U.S. individuals. The rule is...more

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Corporate Transparency Act – FinCEN Announces Domestic Reporting Companies Exempt From Filing

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As promised, in order to reduce the burdens on placed on legitimate businesses, while still working to detect, prevent, and prosecute financial crimes, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)...more

Cole Schotz

CTA is No Longer Applicable to U.S. Entities and U.S. Persons; Foreign Entities Face New Rules

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On Friday, March 21, 2025, FinCEN announced an interim rule that removed Beneficial Ownership (“BOI”) reporting requirements for U.S. companies and U.S. persons under the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). FinCEN’s new...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

FinCEN’s Weekend Present: No More CTA for U.S. Companies

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As discussed in our March 4 Client Alert, following its February 27 and March 2 announcements suspending enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and promising additional CTA compliance guidance, on the evening of...more

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FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Reporting No Longer Required for all U.S. Companies

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After months of uncertainty regarding enforcement of beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued new rules...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Corporate Transparency Act 2.0 – Narrowing Reporting Requirements

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule that significantly changes the reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”).  This alert summarizes...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

FinCEN Issues Revised Corporate Transparency Act Rule; Domestic Companies Exempt

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule under the Corporate Transparency Act. The revised rule changes the definition of “reporting company” to mean any entity that...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

FinCEN Significantly Narrows Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Requirements

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On March 21, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) published an interim final rule (the “March 21 Rule”) that: Narrows (significantly) the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”)...more

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