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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 Postpones New AML Rule for Investment Advisers

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/25/2025

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

Bank Secrecy Act Postponed for Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 7/23/2025

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

Agencies Ease Crypto Scrutiny as White House Advances its Digital Assets Policy

DLA Piper on 3/13/2025

Actions come as Trump Administration hosts digital asset summit, creates bitcoin reserve, and pushes stablecoin legislation - Recent actions by federal agencies and the White House could herald a sea change in US policy...more

Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – February 2025

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/5/2025

To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more

Trump Administration’s Early Actions on Digital Assets

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 2/5/2025

In the early days of the second Trump administration, the federal government has signaled a full-scale change in approach to digital assets. Gary Gensler is no longer the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

What’s in Your (Crypto) Wallet? Trump’s Executive Order on Digital Financial Technology

Perkins Coie on 2/3/2025

Last week, President Trump issued an executive order, titled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology” (EO), establishing the administration’s policy to promote digital asset technologies and the...more

Crypto Executive Order: A New Era for Digital Assets

Paul Hastings LLP on 1/31/2025

President Trump’s crypto executive order (the Crypto Executive Order) was a first step in the Trump Administration’s articulation of a policy on promoting the lawful use of blockchain technology. It remains to be seen whether...more

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Tuesday November 26

Paul Hastings LLP on 11/26/2024

November 25, 2024 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a new report summarizing data from the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) for the first two years of the program, from the first transaction on...more

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Thursday November 14

Paul Hastings LLP on 11/14/2024

November 13, 2024 - Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy Eric Van Nostrand gave remarks on U.S. business investment in the post-COVID expansion. November 13, 2024 - The Office of Financial Research published a brief...more

Deadline Approaches: FinCEN’s Rules for Beneficial Ownership Reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act

Proskauer Rose LLP on 11/1/2024

The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) requires a range of entities, primarily smaller, otherwise unregulated companies, to file a report with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...more

Weekly Blockchain Blog - September 2024 #4

BakerHostetler on 9/30/2024

Payments Firms Launch Crypto Products, New Crypto Adoption Data Published - According to a recent press release, a well-known U.S. payments and financial technology company announced that it will allow its United States...more

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Friday September 27

Paul Hastings LLP on 9/30/2024

September 26, 2024 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury is undertaking actions as part of a coordinated international effort to disrupt Russian cybercrime services. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)...more

Department of the Treasury Releases New AML/CFT Rule for Investment Advisers

Seward & Kissel LLP on 9/13/2024

Who may be interested: Investment Advisers - Quick Take: The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule subjecting certain registered investment advisers (RIAs) and...more

Enforcement News: SEC Charges Bank With Misleading Investors About The Strength Of Its BSA/AML Compliance Program And Its...

Freiberger Haber LLP on 7/16/2024

The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, also known as the “BSA,” enacted in 1970, established requirements for record-keeping and reporting by banks and other financial institutions. The BSA is designed to, among...more

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Tuesday July 9, 2024

Paul Hastings LLP on 7/10/2024

July 8, 2024 - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has updated its Beneficial Ownership Information Frequently Asked Questions to include responses to questions about entities that have ceased to exist....more

FinCEN & the SEC: Will the Real RIA and ERA Customers Please Stand Up?

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/8/2024

On May 13, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (“Treasury”) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would...more

SEC and FinCEN Propose New Rule: Mandatory Customer Verification for Investment Advisers in 2024

ArentFox Schiff on 6/13/2024

On May 13, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Department of the Treasury’s (USDT) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) jointly released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) which, if...more

SEC and FinCEN Propose Customer Identification Program Requirements for Certain Investment Advisers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/17/2024

In February 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued its 2024 Investment Adviser Risk Assessment, which explains that there are “several illicit finance threats involving investment advisers,” including that...more

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Thursday April 18, 2024

Paul Hastings LLP on 4/19/2024

April 17, 2024- The U.S. Department of the Treasury released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2024. April 17, 2024- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a Liberty Street Economics blog...more

Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - March 2024

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/28/2024

Editor's Note: The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more

Investment Advisers To Be Subject to Strengthened AML Regulations Under FinCEN’s Proposed Rule

ArentFox Schiff on 3/7/2024

On February 13, the US Department of the Treasury’s (USDT) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) which, if adopted, would sweep Security and Exchange Commission-Registered...more

FinCEN Proposes AML/CFT Rules for Investment Advisers

BCLP on 2/26/2024

On February 13, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding a new proposed rule that would require certain investment advisers to apply anti-money...more

FinCEN Proposes Expanding AML Rules to Investment Advisers

Stinson LLP on 2/23/2024

On February 13, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) issued a "Notice of proposed rulemaking" (proposed rule) that would require Securities Exchange Commission...more

FinCEN Again Proposes Sweeping AML Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers & ERAs

White & Case LLP on 2/22/2024

On February 13, 2024, FinCEN proposed a long-awaited rule to combat illicit finance and national security threats in the asset management industry. The new rule would impose similar requirements on investment advisers that...more

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Thursday, February 15, 2024

Paul Hastings LLP on 2/16/2024

February 14, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)." The...more

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