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Regulators Detail Banking Rules For Hemp Firms

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Banks no longer have to submit a suspicious activity report (SAR) just because a business is growing or cultivating hemp. Financial institutions should follow standard SAR procedures and submit a report only if there is questionable behavior.

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FinCEN Files Show Banks’ ‘Whack-a-Mole’ Battle Against KYC/AML

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The documents, officially known as suspicious activity reports (SARs for short) show that the banks had filed more than 2,000 reports across the past 17 years.

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Top 5 Customer Development Posts of 2019: AI and Additional Data

FICO

We began to see a resurgence in small-dollar lending in 2018 with new regulatory guidance from the OCC and FDIC encouraging banks to compete with payday lenders.”. Recently introduced models monitor transactions to detect anomalies, as well as transaction streams that indicate previous SAR filings by the institution.”. .

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Public Policy Predictions 2019: Regulatory Reforms Ahead

FICO

This month, a group of federal agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a joint statement which encourages banks to consider, evaluate, and responsibly implement innovative solutions to BSA/AML compliance. Where is BSA/AML reform headed in 2019?

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