American financial institutions face an escalating challenge: criminals are systematically weaponizing US bank accounts to move, disguise and launder illicit funds. Over the past five years, evidence ...

With this proposed change, Treasury wants to ensure that regulators focus on key parts of banks’ anti-money laundering efforts, rather than on technical compliance, the Wall Street Journal reported ...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Final Rule, effective August 14, 2026, adopting FinCEN’s 2025 Interim Final Rule, which narrowed the beneficial ownership information (BOI) ...

The alert said that while the “vast majority” of remittances from people in the U.S. to foreign residents are legitimate, fraudsters have used low-dollar cross-border funds transfers to facilitate or ...

Treasury’s financial-crimes unit says the data reveal how suspected smuggling networks may move money through routine financial channels. The sharp decline after Donald Trump’s election is notable, ...

The title insurance industry faced heightened regulatory complexity in 2025, led by sweeping FinCEN anti-money laundering rules to expand nationwide reporting, lower thresholds and new obligations for ...

On May 28, 2026, Consensys submitted a formal comment to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regarding proposed updates to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism ...

Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements form the foundation of the United States’ framework for preventing money laundering, terrorist financing and other forms of ...

For most domestic businesses, there is nothing to file or update right now while the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) finalizes its rulemaking and courts resolve remaining cases. The ...

Small check-cashing counters, grocery stores and money-wiring shops along the U.S.-Mexico border have generated 700,000 currency transaction reports for the federal government since Washington ...