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Article of the Week

 

Speech by Robert Warner to the American Bankers Association regarding FinCEN and the Bank Secrecy Act.

 

Speech by Robert Warner to the American Bankers Association regarding FinCEN and the Bank Secrecy Act.



Government Websites

 

Department of the Treasury
www.treas.gov

 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
www.fincen.gov

division of the Treasury that adminsters money laundering regulations

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
www.irs.gov/irm/part4/ch26s08.html

Title 31 (Bank Secrecy Act) examinations

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/

responsible for administering economic and trade sanctions against targeted people, countried, and entities;  Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list updated regularly

FinCEN's Money Services Business (MSB)
www.msb.gov

tools to assist MSBs with compliance responsibilities; registered MSBs list updated regularly

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
www.ftc.gov/privacy/privacyinitiatives/glbact.html

privacy initiatives (Gramm Leach Bliley Act)


Organizations' Websites

 

Financial Service Centers of America (FiSCA)
www.www.fisca.org

national check cashers association; regional check cashers associations list also available

Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA)
www.cfsa.net

national small lenders association

Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)
www.acams.org

 

Money Laundering Alert
www.moneylaunderingalert.com

 

Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA)
www.icba.org

understanding banks that service MSBs; regional bankers associations list also available