Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Supplemental Information Regarding the Final Rule Imposing the Fifth Special Measure Against FBME Bank, Ltd.
Document Number: 2016-28752
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-12-01
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
In its September 20, 2016 order, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia remanded to FinCEN the final rule imposing a prohibition on covered financial institutions from opening or maintaining correspondent accounts for, or on behalf of, FBME Bank, Ltd. In its memorandum opinion accompanying that order, the Court stated that the agency had not responded meaningfully to FBME's comments regarding the agency's treatment of aggregate Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) data. The Court found that those comments challenged FinCEN's interpretation of SAR data on at least four distinct grounds. In this supplement to the final rule, FinCEN provides further explanation addressing FBME's comments.
Imposition of Special Measure Against North Korea as a Jurisdiction of Primary Money Laundering Concern
Document Number: 2016-27049
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-11-09
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN is issuing this final rule to prohibit U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining a correspondent account for, or on behalf of, North Korean banking institutions. The rule further prohibits U.S. financial institutions from processing transactions for the correspondent account of a foreign bank in the United States if such a transaction involves a North Korean financial institution, and requires institutions to apply special due diligence to guard against such use by North Korean financial institutions.
Technical Amendments to Various Bank Secrecy Act Regulations
Document Number: 2016-26557
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-11-04
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN is issuing this final rule to make a number of technical amendments. This final rule updates various sections of the regulations implementing the Bank Secrecy Act (``BSA'') by removing or replacing outdated references to obsolete BSA forms, removing references to outdated recordkeeping storage media, and replacing several other outdated terms and references.
Conditional Exception to Bank Secrecy Act Regulations Relating to the Burma Section 311 Final Rule
Document Number: 2016-25249
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-10-19
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
This document contains a conditional exception, pursuant to authority under the Bank Secrecy Act, which would permit certain U.S. financial institutions to maintain correspondent accounts for Burmese banks under certain conditions.
Customer Identification Programs, Anti-Money Laundering Programs, and Beneficial Ownership Requirements for Banks Lacking a Federal Functional Regulator
Document Number: 2016-20219
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2016-08-25
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN is issuing this proposed rule to implement section 326 of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 and to remove the anti-money laundering program exemption for banks that lack a Federal functional regulator, including, but not limited to, private banks, non-federally insured credit unions, and certain trust companies. The proposed rule would prescribe minimum standards for anti-money laundering programs for banks without a Federal functional regulator to ensure that all banks, regardless of whether they are subject to Federal regulation and oversight, are required to establish and implement anti-money laundering programs, and would extend customer identification program requirements and beneficial ownership requirements to those banks not already subject to these requirements.
Proposed Renewal Without Change; Comment Request; Imposition of Special Measure Against Commercial Bank of Syria, Including Its Subsidiary Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern
Document Number: 2016-20240
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-08-24
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, FinCEN invites comment on a renewal, without change, to information collection requirements finalized on March 15, 2006 (71 FR 13260, RIN 1506-AA64), imposing a special measure against the Commercial Bank of Syria, including its subsidiary Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank, as a financial institution of primary money laundering concern. This request for comments is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (``PRA''), Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustment and Table
Document Number: 2016-15653
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN is amending the regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act to adjust the maximum amount or range, as set by statute, of certain civil monetary penalties within its jurisdiction to account for inflation. This action is being taken to implement the requirements of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as further amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.
Imposition of Special Measure Against North Korea as a Jurisdiction of Primary Money Laundering Concern
Document Number: 2016-13037
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2016-06-03
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
In a finding, notice of which was published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register (``Notice of Finding''), the Director of FinCEN found that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (``North Korea'') is a jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern. FinCEN is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (``NPRM'') to propose to prohibit covered financial institutions from opening or maintaining a correspondent account in the United States for or on behalf of a North Korean banking institution and to prohibit the use of foreign banking institutions' correspondent accounts at covered U.S. financial institutions to process transactions involving North Korean financial institutions.
Finding That the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Is a Jurisdiction of Primary Money Laundering Concern
Document Number: 2016-13038
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-02
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
This document provides notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in the USA PATRIOT Act, the Director of FinCEN found on May 27, 2016 that reasonable grounds exist for concluding that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (``DPRK'' or ``North Korea'') is a jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern.
Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions
Document Number: 2016-10567
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-05-11
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN is issuing final rules under the Bank Secrecy Act to clarify and strengthen customer due diligence requirements for: Banks; brokers or dealers in securities; mutual funds; and futures commission merchants and introducing brokers in commodities. The rules contain explicit customer due diligence requirements and include a new requirement to identify and verify the identity of beneficial owners of legal entity customers, subject to certain exclusions and exemptions.
Amendments to the Definition of Broker or Dealer in Securities
Document Number: 2016-07345
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2016-04-04
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN, a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, is proposing amendments to the definitions of ``broker or dealer in securities'' and ``broker-dealer'' under the regulations implementing the Bank Secrecy Act. This rulemaking would amend those definitions explicitly to include funding portals that are involved in the offering or selling of crowdfunding securities pursuant to section 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act of 1933. The consequence of those amendments would be that funding portals would be required to implement policies and procedures reasonably designed to achieve compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act requirements currently applicable to brokers or dealers in securities. The proposal to specifically require funding portals to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act regulations is intended to help prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes.
Imposition of Special Measure Against FBME Bank Ltd., Formerly Known as the Federal Bank of the Middle East Ltd., as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern
Document Number: 2016-07210
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-03-31
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
In a Notice of Finding (NOF) published in the Federal Register on July 22, 2014, FinCEN found that reasonable grounds exist for concluding that FBME Bank Ltd. (FBME), formerly known as the Federal Bank of the Middle East Ltd., is a financial institution of primary money laundering concern pursuant to Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Section 311). On the same date, FinCEN also published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to propose the imposition of a special measure authorized by Section 311 against FBME and opened a comment period that closed on September 22, 2014. On July 29, 2015, FinCEN published in the Federal Register a final rule imposing the fifth special measure, which the United States District Court for the District of Columbia subsequently enjoined before the rule's effective date of August 28, 2015. FinCEN is issuing this final rule imposing a prohibition on U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining a correspondent account for, or on behalf of, FBME in place of the rule published on July 29, 2015.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Withdrawal of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding JSC CredexBank
Document Number: 2016-04413
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2016-03-17
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
This document withdraws FinCEN's proposed rulemaking to impose the first and fifth special measure regarding JSC CredexBank (``Credex''), renamed JSC InterPayBank (``InterPay''), as a financial institution of primary money laundering concern, pursuant to Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act (``Section 311''). Because of material subsequent developments that have mitigated the money laundering risks associated with Credex, FinCEN has determined that Credex is no longer a primary money laundering concern that warrants the implementation of a special measure under Section 311. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FinCEN is publishing a withdrawal of the related finding regarding Credex.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Withdrawal of Finding Regarding JSC CredexBank
Document Number: 2016-04412
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-03-17
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
This document withdraws FinCEN's finding that JSC CredexBank (``Credex''), renamed JSC InterPayBank (``InterPay''), is a financial institution of primary money laundering concern, pursuant to Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act (``Section 311''). Because of material subsequent developments that have mitigated the money laundering risks associated with Credex, FinCEN has determined that Credex is no longer a primary money laundering concern that warrants the implementation of a special measure under Section 311. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FinCEN is publishing a withdrawal of the related notice of proposed rulemaking that would have imposed two special measures against Credex.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations-Reports of Foreign Financial Accounts
Document Number: 2016-04880
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2016-03-10
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN, a bureau of the Department of the Treasury (``Treasury''), is proposing to revise the regulations implementing the Bank Secrecy Act (``BSA'') regarding Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (``FBAR''). The proposed rule would expand and clarify the exemptions for certain U.S. persons with signature or other authority over foreign financial accounts. In addition, the proposed rule would remove the special rules permitting limited account information to be reported when a U.S. person has financial interest in or signature authority over 25 or more foreign financial accounts. The proposed rule would also make several other changes, including a change to the filing date for FBAR reports due in 2017 and a revision to reflect electronic filing of FBARs.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Withdrawal of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Banca Privada d'Andorra
Document Number: 2016-04768
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2016-03-04
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
This document withdraws FinCEN's notice of proposed rulemaking seeking to impose the fifth special measure regarding Banca Privada d'Andorra (``BPA''), pursuant to Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act (``Section 311''), codified at 31 U.S.C. 5318A. Because of material subsequent developments that have mitigated the money laundering risks associated with BPA, FinCEN has determined that BPA is no longer a primary money laundering concern that warrants the implementation of a special measure under Section 311. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FinCEN is publishing a withdrawal of the related finding regarding BPA.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Withdrawal of Finding Regarding Banca Privada d'Andorra
Document Number: 2016-04767
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-03-04
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
This document withdraws FinCEN's finding that Banca Privada d'Andorra (``BPA'') is a financial institution of primary money laundering concern, pursuant to Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act (``Section 311''), codified at 31 U.S.C. 5318A. Because of material subsequent developments that have mitigated the money laundering risks associated with BPA, FinCEN has determined that BPA is no longer a primary money laundering concern that warrants the implementation of a special measure under Section 311. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FinCEN is publishing a withdrawal of the related notice of proposed rulemaking that would have imposed a special measure against BPA.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Renewal Without Change of the Requirement for Information Sharing Between Government Agencies and Financial Institutions
Document Number: 2016-04275
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-02-29
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, FinCEN is soliciting comments concerning the renewal without change of the ``Information sharing between government agencies and financial institutions'' under 31 CFR 1010.520, generally referred to as the 314(a) program.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Withdrawal of Finding and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Liberty Reserve S.A.
Document Number: 2016-03830
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2016-02-24
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
This document withdraws FinCEN's finding that Liberty Reserve S.A. (``Liberty Reserve'') is a financial institution of primary money laundering concern and the related notice of proposed rulemaking seeking to impose the fifth special measure regarding Liberty Reserve, pursuant to section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act (``Section 311''). Because of material subsequent developments that have mitigated the money laundering risks associated with Liberty Reserve, FinCEN has determined that Liberty Reserve is no longer a primary money laundering concern that warrants the implementation of a special measure under Section 311.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Bank Secrecy Act Currency Transaction Report (BCTR) Revised Layout and Proposed Additional Data Fields
Document Number: 2016-01825
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-02-02
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN published the revised Bank Secrecy Act Currency Transaction Report (``BCTR'') in March 2011. The BCTR was designed to facilitate financial institutions reporting the most frequently encountered transaction scenarios. Since that time, FinCEN has become aware that the current report is not configured to allow for alternative reporting models that have developed in the last few years, such as reports filed by a parent company on behalf of its subsidiary. To remedy some of the limitations of the current BCTR, FinCEN now proposes an amended report. This notice does not propose any new regulatory requirements or changes to the requirements related to currency transaction reporting, but rather seeks input on technical matters designed to improve the layout and reporting of the BCTR. This request for comments covers 31 CFR 1010.310. This request for comments is made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
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