PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

A shocking new report reveals an underworld of corruption in the world’s banks and how governments allow it to thrive, BuzzFeed News reported. FinCEN, a division of the U.S. Between 1999 and 2017, FinCEN flagged more than $2 trillion in suspicious transactions. FinCEN received more than 2 million SARs last year.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) show that several of the largest global banks moved money on behalf of scores of individuals and enterprises involved in criminal financial activity. As Standard Chartered noted to BuzzFeed in the wake of the FinCEN files report: "In 2019 we monitored more than 1.2

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

Cooperation in an environment that is rapidly advancing on many technological fronts was the theme when FinCEN Director Kenneth A. FinCEN expects that your casino or card club is monitoring your sports betting programs for potentially suspicious activity. and around the world.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2016

are accustomed to submitting suspicious activity reports (SARs) to the government when fraud cases involving at least $5,000 take place. The details that have to be included in these confidential reports are determined by the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has fined Michael LaFontaine, former chief operational risk officer at U.S. Bank , with a $450,000 civil penalty for his negligence in failing to intercept breaches of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), FinCEN announced on Wednesday (March 4). . Department of Justice (DOJ) to penalize U.S.

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FICO

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Both banking regulators and policy leaders on Capitol Hill have this topic high on their priority list. Among the key provisions is addressing the increasing burden on financial institutions required to file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and the enormous amount of data flowing to Treasury’s Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

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