All posts tagged "FinCEN"
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152Fintech / RegtechUS Regulators Call for Responsible Stablecoin Design, Operation
Stablecoin participants and arrangements should register with FinCEN and comply with AML, sanctions, recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
December 31, 2020 -
229AML / KYCFinCEN Proposes Reporting, Recordkeeping Rules for Crypto
Under the proposed rule, FIs will have to keep records of customers' crypto transactions and counterparties, and whether they are using unhosted wallets.
December 24, 2020 -
328AML / KYCUS Congress Includes Corporate Transparency in Defence Bill
The legislation will establish reporting requirements on beneficial ownership information, which could effectively end anonymous shell companies in the US.
December 8, 2020 -
1.1KAML / KYCLessons from Cryptoassets in the Fight Against Financial Crime
Elliptic’s David Carlisle and Onchain Custodian’s El Lee discuss opportunities for the banking and cryptoasset industries to learn from one another in the fight against financial crime.
December 1, 2020 -
1.3KAML / KYCUS Agencies Target Cross-border Transfers in Proposed Rule Change
Financial institutions will have to collect, retain, and transmit information related to any international transaction over $250, including those involving crypto assets.
October 26, 2020 -
2.0KAML / KYC
Ransomware Payments May Breach OFAC Regulations
OFAC makes clear in a new advisory that it may impose civil penalties if ransomware payments are made to sanctioned individuals or entities.
October 4, 2020 -
736AML / KYCFinCEN Files: Philippine Money Remitters Named in SARs
Philrem and Werquick used local banks to wire funds for unidentified customers without identifying source of funds, the true beneficiary, or the purpose of the transactions.
September 24, 2020 -
820AML / KYCAustralian Banks Flagged in SARs from FinCEN Files
Among the potentially suspicious transactions were more than $174mn of possibly illicit funds that flowed through Australian banks.
September 22, 2020 -
1.2KAML / KYCMAS ‘Closely Studying’ Singapore Mentions in FinCEN Files
The SARs contained in the FinCEN Files flagged 1,781 transactions that flowed through Singapore as potentially suspicious.
September 22, 2020 -
504AML / KYC
FinCEN Files Reveal AML Failures at Global Banks
The trove of documents shows that the banks allowed $2tr to flow through the financial system despite having flagged the transactions as suspicious.
September 22, 2020
