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Alston & Bird

FinCEN Issues Geographic Targeting Order for U.S. Southwestern Border

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Our Financial Services and White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Groups unpack the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s new geographic targeting order aimed at combatting money laundering and other illegal...more

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FinCEN Lowers Reporting Threshold for MSBs Near U.S.-Mexico Border to Combat Money Laundering

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On March 11, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) requiring all money services businesses (MSBs) operating within 30 specified ZIP codes near the U.S.-Mexico border...more

ArentFox Schiff

Investigations Newsletter: Binance to Pay Historic $4 Billion Fine

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Binance to Pay Historic $4 Billion Fine - Binance Holdings Limited, the operator of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, agreed to pay $4.3 billion to resolve allegations that it violated the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)...more

Shipkevich PLLC

Coinbase Agrees To Settlement With New York Regulator

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On January 4, 2023, the New York State Department of Financial Services issued a consent order against Coinbase, a virtual currency company. Pursuant to the consent order, Coinbase will be paying a $50 million penalty to the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Application of FinCEN’s regulations to certain business models involving convertible virtual currencies

On May 9, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued interpretive guidance1 summarizing the application of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) rules to business models “involving money transmission denominated in...more

The Volkov Law Group

2019 Cryptocurrency Regulations – A Primer and What to Expect Throughout the Year

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You’ve heard this before, but it still holds true – cryptocurrency regulations are coming. Everyone knows they’re inevitable, and there has been some trepidation amongst investors that regulations will disrupt innovation and...more

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