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New Federal Regulatory Regime Provides Foundation for Financial Institutions to be Stablecoin Issuers and Accept Cryptocurrency...

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There has been a flurry of activity in Congress and the White House to liberalize and encourage the development of cryptocurrency as a payment method, including creating a legal regime for depository and non-depository...more

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The GENIUS Act Ushers in a New Era for Stablecoin Regulation

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On July 17, 2025, Congress passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S Stablecoins Act (“GENIUS Act” or “Act”) – a landmark piece of legislation that received bipartisan support and was signed into law by...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FinCEN Uses the FEND Off Fentanyl Act for First Time to Prohibit Funds Transfers with Three Mexican Financial Institutions

On June 25, 2025, FinCEN announced its first orders under the 2024 FEND Off Fentanyl Act, finding that three Mexican financial institutions—CIBanco S.A. Institución De Banca Multiple (“CIBanco"), Intercam Banco S.A.,...more

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FinCEN Invokes New 2313a Authority Against Three Mexican Financial Institutions

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On June 25, 2025, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued unprecedented orders under the newly enacted 21 U.S.C. § 2313a authority, targeting three Mexico-based financial institutions:...more

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Three Banks Targeted by FinCEN in FEND Off Fentanyl Act Actions: What to Know

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On June 25, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued its first orders under the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, targeting three Mexican financial institutions: CIBanco S.A. (CIBanco),...more

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Massachusetts Revamps Its Money Transmission Law

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On 2 January 2025, Massachusetts went from being one of the least regulated states for money transmission to becoming one of the more highly regulated states. Formerly, only entities engaging in foreign money transmission...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), included as an amendment to the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, was passed by Congress this year as an effort to make it more difficult to commit “shell company” money laundering, tax...more

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Corporate Transparency Act – Your Beneficial Entity Ownership Disclosure Is Now Required

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Executive Summary - The U.S. Congress recently passed the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) as part of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. The CTA requires certain corporations, limited liability companies and...more

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A “Clean” Start to 2021: Changes to Federal Anti-Money Laundering Laws

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In a surprise bout of bipartisanship, and overriding a presidential veto, both chambers of Congress signaled a new priority for 2021—the strengthening of federal anti-money laundering provisions, albeit by an unexpected...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Congress Passes Corporate Transparency Act Requiring Certain Companies to Report Beneficial Ownership Information

On December 11, 2020, the U.S. Congress passed legislation requiring certain privately held companies in the U.S. to report ownership information to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

Pulling Back the Curtain: Congress Establishes a Beneficial Ownership Registry for U.S. and Foreign Businesses

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On January 1, 2021, Congress overrode President Trump’s veto, passing into law the annual National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (“NDAA”). ...more

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Piercing the Corporate Shell: New Legislation Will Force Anonymous Shell Companies to Disclose Their True Owners

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Three months after a leak and investigation into over $2 trillion in suspect transactions at the world’s largest banks and financial institutions, known as the “FinCEN Files,” Congress passed legislation that would require...more

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Federal Reserve Proposes Rules To Modernize Regulations That Implement CRA

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In the News. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) proposed rules to modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); the Conference of State Bank Supervisors...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Legislation Introduced in 2017 Signals the Beginning of a Strong Push for AML Reform

There is universal acknowledgement that anti-money laundering (“AML”) monitoring has become progressively costlier (both in terms of time and money) since the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) was passed nearly five decades ago, and...more

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Blockchain Week in Review – April 2017 #3

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Below is a summary of some of the significant legal and regulatory actions that occurred over the past week. This alert is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all such developments, but rather a selection of...more

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