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Application of New Anti-Money Laundering Regulations to Advisers to Private Funds

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On Sept. 4, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a final rule imposing new anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) requirements on...more

Hogan Lovells

UPDATE #2: Effective date of FinCEN’s Section 2313a orders against three Mexican financial institutions delayed until September 4

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U.S. financial institutions that conduct funds transfers with the designated Mexican institutions have until 4 September to implement compliance procedures. Transfers of funds involving these designated Mexican institutions...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A New Rule Embraces Modernity in the Customer Identification Process

Financial institutions across the United States have grappled with compliance requirements under the Customer Identification Program (CIP) Rule for more than two decades. A new exemption, approved in June 2025, promises...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

No Full TIN, No Problem: FinCEN Approves of TIN Verification Through a Third Party

On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an order (Order) allowing banks,[1] and their subsidiaries, subject to the jurisdiction of the Office of the Comptroller...more

Perkins Coie

FinCEN Uses “Special Measures” To Combat Fentanyl Money Laundering, Raising Concerns Around Targeted Mexican Financial...

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) took a historic step in combating the fentanyl crisis on June 25, 2025, by exercising, for the first time, the expansive authorities granted...more

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UPDATE: Effective date regarding FinCEN’s new Section 2313a Orders against three Mexican financial institutions

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U.S. based financial institutions that conduct funds transfers with the designated Mexican institutions have until 21 July to implement compliance procedures. Transfers of funds involving these designated Mexican...more

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FinCEN invokes new Section 2313a authority against three Mexican financial institutions: The who, what, when, where, why, and...

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The orders represent the first use of new authorities by FinCEN. U.S. based financial institutions that conduct funds transfers with the designated Mexican institutions will be subject to significant compliance obligations,...more

Cozen O'Connor

Stablecoins: Navigating the Money Transmitter Minefield & Forthcoming Federal Regulatory Frameworks

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As digital assets gain traction across financial markets, stablecoins—cryptocurrencies pegged to fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar—are emerging as a practical medium for capital contributions, settlements, and liquidity...more

Morgan Lewis

The Future of Payments: US Stablecoin Legislation Takes Shape

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The US Congress is advancing legislation to establish a regulatory framework for stablecoins, with the US Senate’s GENIUS Act of 2025 at the forefront. The bill outlines requirements for permitted issuers, redemption...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Senators oppose FinCEN’s Interim Final Rule on the Corporate Transparency Act

On May 27, 2025, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) submitted a comment to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressing strong opposition to the Financial Crime Enforcement Network’s Interim...more

K&L Gates LLP

FinCEN's New Reporting Requirements for Nonfinanced Residential Real Estate Transactions

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Effective 1 December 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will implement comprehensive nationwide regulations aimed at increasing transparency and combating money laundering in the United States residential...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Ironic Impact of FinCEN’s New CTA Regulations on New York’s LLC Transparency Act

The NYS LLC Transparency Act (the “New York Act”) became law in January 2024 and takes effect on January 1, 2026. When in effect, it would require limited liability companies formed or qualified to do business in New York to...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

New Reporting Requirement for Certain Residential Real Estate Transfers

Effective December 1, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will implement new rules for non-financed residential real estate transfers. The purpose of the rule is to increase...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New Regulatory Priorities Spring Into Focus, April 2025 - FinCEN Releases New Corporate Transparency Act Rule Exempting U.S....

On March 21st 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) released a new interim final rule that exempts U.S. entities and U.S. beneficial owners from the reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Removes Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements for U.S. Companies...

On March 26, 2025, FinCEN announced that “All entities created in the United States – including those previously known as ‘domestic reporting companies’ – and their beneficial owners are now exempt from the requirement to...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

FinCEN Releases New Interim Final Rule

On Friday, March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) adopted an interim final rule that severely narrows the scope of the requirements to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) under the...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

FinCEN Issues Interim Final Rule – BOI Reporting Obligations Narrowed to Foreign Reporting Companies and New Deadlines Issued

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As we previously discussed and in alignment with the U.S. Treasury Department’s previous announcement, on March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule that dramatically...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 10, December 2024

Happy Holidays and welcome to our year-end issue of Decoded. We hope you enjoyed reading our technology law insights e-newsletter this year. We are already planning for 2025. ...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

The Corporate Transparency Act: What you Need to Know to Comply with the New Requirements

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) went into effect on January 1, 2024, and will impact millions of U.S. businesses by imposing requirements to file corporate transparency reports with beneficial ownership information...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Corporate Transparency Act: Reporting Deadline Approaching

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) imposes far-reaching new reporting obligations on many U.S. businesses, and the penalties for non-compliance are substantial. With only a few months left before the January 1, 2025,...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

Regulatory Roundup for May 2024

SEC DROPS NEW REQUIREMENT FOR INCIDENT RESPONSE PROGRAMS, PROPOSAL FOR RIAS TO ADOPT CIP, SEC EXAMS SHARES MARKETING RULE FAILURES, RIA SLAMMED FOR FAILING TO RETAIN TEXTS, AND SEC WINS ON SHADOW TRADING THEORY - Welcome to...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Investment Advisors Face Added Regulation That Could Potentially Impact Litigation

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On February 13, 2024, FinCEN issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to deter criminals and foreign adversaries who seek to potentially compromise the U.S. financial system and assets through investment advisors. If...more

ArentFox Schiff

What Private Companies Need To Consider in 2024: Top 10 Legal Issues

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Private companies and their owners face ever-evolving challenges as the market sees new regulations, new deal trends, and new risks in 2024. Below are 10 issues that the owners and leaders of privately held companies should...more

Bilzin Sumberg

The Corporate Transparency Act: Ready, Set, Go!

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It’s official: the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”) has gone into effect January 1, 2024. On December 21, 2023, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued its second final rule establishing the framework...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Introduce Competing Crypto Regulation Bills

On July 12, 2023,  U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) proposed a revised version of their previously introduced crypto regulation bill to create better safeguards for the crypto industry...more

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