<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Members of the media may email inquiries or interview requests to press@fincen.gov.If you are not a member of the media, please visit the FinCEN contact page.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news</link><image><url>https://www.fincen.gov/themes/custom/fincen/favicon.ico</url><title>FinCEN.gov</title><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news</link></image><generator>https://rss.app</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:34:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://rss.app/feeds/te3FZLWjrl5evcef.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—Since President Trump resumed office, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) Rapid Response Program (RRP) has facilitated the interdiction of over $268 million in stolen funds on behalf of U.S. victims, bringing the total to more than $1.8 billion since the program’s inception. The RRP is a partnership between FinCEN, U.S. law enforcement, and foreign partners, working together to help cyber-enabled fraud victims and their financial institutions recover stolen funds sent abroad.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincens-rapid-response-program-interdicts-nearly-2-billion-behalf-us-cyber</link><guid isPermaLink="false">bf2c5ffd6ceb1328fdd10fa8243cd493</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><link>https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutes-regulations/federal-register-notices/imposition-special-measure-prohibiting-Amendment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c66ed7c08b99a27db3179effcdba9158</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><link>https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutes-regulations/federal-register-notices/permitted-payment-stablecoin-issuer-anti</link><guid isPermaLink="false">34a16a091c0260a3a641de050a4d5da4</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a joint proposed rule to implement provisions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). The proposed rule, which implements the GENIUS Act’s anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance program requirements, encourages innovation in payment stablecoins while providing an appropriately tailored regime to mitigate potential illicit finance risks.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/treasury-proposes-rule-implement-genius-acts-requirements-counter-illicit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">71f85d843ddd464840259238232611c6</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><link>https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutes-regulations/federal-register-notices/anti-money-laundering</link><guid isPermaLink="false">43546da52c08cf12b6f2a931557a1e33</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a proposed rule intended to fundamentally reform financial institutions’ anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) programs under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). The proposed rule supports Treasury’s efforts to modernize the U.S. AML/CFT regulatory and supervisory framework, and to ultimately reduce compliance burden.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-proposes-rule-fundamentally-reform-financial-institution-programs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e810736e256c22f8e83998602b67d2aa</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><link>https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutes-regulations/federal-register-notices/whistleblower-incentives-and-protections</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3cfbe39ea36cd835754ef6a9625d462c</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Advisory urging financial institutions to be vigilant about health care fraud schemes targeting government health care benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. FinCEN’s Advisory provides financial institutions with an overview of how fraudsters, organized crime groups, and, increasingly, transnational criminal organizations are targeting government health care benefit programs.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-advisory-health-care-fraud-schemes-targeting-medicare-medicaid-and</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a1a0f4247031c87f2edade0a494a657b</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Major Milestone in Implementing Whistleblower Program to Fight Illicit Finance]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-proposes-rule-pay-whistleblowers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">52435df40bf63f56636a93a391354b71</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued an expanded Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) to help law enforcement combat the illicit activities and money laundering of Mexico-based cartels and other criminal actors along the southwest border of the United States.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-expanded-southwest-border-geographic-targeting-order</link><guid isPermaLink="false">52b8aaee6c9efd6b21b7ca58c2daf487</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><link>https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutes-regulations/federal-register-notices/geographic-targeting-order-imposing-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e7cea80a90c39c408916df823bc6ef37</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is informing U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/financial-action-task-force-identifies-jurisdictions-anti-money-laundering-5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">570c7f89fc7e0fca7f6c65558589ff82</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/enforcement-actions/matter-canaccord-genuity-llc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">05fa2f63492f0589abd9f0c10e652232</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed an $80,000,000 civil money penalty against Canaccord Genuity LLC (Canaccord) for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the primary U.S. anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism law that safeguards the financial system from illicit use. This is the largest penalty ever imposed against a broker-dealer for violating the BSA.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-assesses-historic-80-million-penalty-against-canaccord-genuity-llc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">dcc99c36664cee91e92206d35aa755cc</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), 31 U.S.C. 5311 et seq., and its implementing regulations at 31 C.F.R. Chapter X (formerly 31 C.F.R. Part 103), FinCEN may bring an enforcement action for violations of the reporting, recordkeeping, or other requirements of the BSA. FinCEN's Office of Enforcement evaluates enforcement matters that may result in a variety of remedies, including the assessment of civil money penalties. For example, civil money penalties may be assessed for recordkeeping violations under 31 C.F.R §1010.415 (formerly 31 C.F.R.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/enforcement-actions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3bd4539925d5775d5d60dd64c89a9956</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a rule that, if finalized, would sever MBaer Merchant Bank AG (MBaer’s) access to the U.S. financial system as a result of its financial support to illicit actors linked to Russia and Iran. If finalized, the proposed rule would prohibit covered U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining a correspondent account for, or on behalf of, MBaer.Treasury Press Release]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/treasury-proposes-rule-sever-swiss-bank-mbaers-access-us-financial-system</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fe5a9ea050cf64375ef62f26cd8b698e</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[In support of the annual, multiagency #DatingorDefrauding campaign, led by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of Customer Education and Outreach, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is once again reminding financial institutions to remain vigilant to potential relationship investment scams.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/dating-or-defrauding-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8cd44c556a2ae6e124d393750fc31113</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fincen.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[In support of the annual, multiagency #DatingorDefrauding campaign, led by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of Customer Education and Outreach, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is once again reminding financial institutions to remain vigilant to potential relationship investment scams.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-reminds-financial-institutions-its-resources-identifying-potential</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1b56871774edab4d08511fdd1c52e301</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today launched a new dedicated webpage to confidentially accept whistleblower tips on fraud, money laundering, and sanctions violations.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-launches-webpage-whistleblower-tips-fraud-money-laundering-sanctions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f5362a609083155ab6a7507682c1b746</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Relief Reduces Burdensome and Duplicative Regulatory Requirement]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-exceptive-relief-streamline-customer-due-diligence-requirements</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6b2b6e29613b3ab31ba3aedb61894652</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—On January 12 and 13, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) hosted the first meeting of the Transnational Organized Crime Working Group (TOC-WG). The TOC-WG includes representatives from 16 financial intelligence units across the world that are committed to working together to enhance their collective ability to identify and disrupt transnational organized crime. The TOC-WG is co-hosted by FinCEN, the financial intelligence unit of the United States, and Mexico’s Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/readout-financial-intelligence-units-commit-counter-transnational-organized</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3bf13c14ba6dc3b563c1f49e1339c8e4</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Minnesota, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced several initiatives to combat rampant government benefits fraud in Minnesota, which has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars. These initiatives are designed to strengthen and safeguard the financial system and protect Minnesota taxpayers. Secretary Bessent announced several actions taken by the U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/secretary-bessent-announces-initiatives-combat-rampant-fraud-minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aa670c1be5a0f8a952529a90ced726b8</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, the U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-final-rule-postpone-effective-date-investment-adviser-rule-2028</link><guid isPermaLink="false">123ad91324ae1bdb318955a794b4c98e</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Operation Enabled by Secretary Bessent’s Push for Technology Modernization]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-announces-data-driven-border-operation-address-potential-money-laundering</link><guid isPermaLink="false">027a303246770476068917f38d5a460b</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) held a FinCEN Exchange, a public-private partnership event aimed at countering illicit finance. The event—which convened global financial institutions, federal law enforcement agencies, and Treasury officials—focused on denying individual Chinese money launders access to the U.S. and global financial systems. The Treasury Department will continue working with the People's Republic of China to combat illicit activity.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/treasury-convenes-financial-institutions-and-law-enforcement-identify-and</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e8605e215ca0e3ba423c2cc3d6ecfcc</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/enforcement-actions/paxful-inc-and-paxful-usa-inc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e8cbdd1d5b69d6393139b92724af8594</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has assessed a $3,500,000 civil money penalty against Paxful, Inc. and Paxful USA, Inc. (collectively, Paxful) for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the primary U.S. anti-money laundering law that safeguards the financial system from illicit use. Paxful, a convertible virtual currency (CVC), peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform, facilitated more than $500 million in suspicious activity involving a host of illicit actors.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-assesses-35-million-penalty-against-paxful-facilitating-suspicious</link><guid isPermaLink="false">38a1f72a93868afa363742d2809f6943</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing a Financial Trend Analysis on ransomware incidents in Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data between 2022 and 2024, which totaled more than $2.1 billion in ransomware payments.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-financial-trend-analysis-ransomware</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b2c9b264090eca3e08d1bbea1a781e88</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON —Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing an Alert as part of Treasury’s effort to prevent the exploitation of the U.S. financial system by illegal aliens in the United States seeking to move illicitly obtained funds.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-alert-cross-border-funds-transfers-involving-illegal-aliens</link><guid isPermaLink="false">350881fd67b35c2087750d32ae197044</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is informing U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/financial-action-task-force-identifies-jurisdictions-anti-money-laundering-4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7953130106e188a909093a10d48cffdb</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a finding and notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that identifies transactions involving ten identified Mexico-based gambling establishments as a class of transactions to be of primary money laundering concern.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-combats-financial-support-sinaloa-cartel-finding-transactions-involving</link><guid isPermaLink="false">af5307ced7bb14325d668d269912fcbd</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Financial Trend Analysis (FTA) identifying approximately $9 billion of potential Iranian shadow banking activity that occurred through U.S. correspondent accounts in 2024, based on reporting from U.S. financial institutions.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-identifies-9-billion-iranian-shadow-banking-activity-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3af97647a10ef9c9ba5a41c82911f0a2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule that severs Cambodia-based Huione Group from the U.S. financial system. Huione Group serves as a critical node for laundering proceeds of cyber heists carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and for transnational criminal organizations in Southeast Asia perpetrating virtual currency investment scams, commonly known as “pig butchering” scams, among others.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-final-rule-severing-huione-group-us-financial-system</link><guid isPermaLink="false">09884b6e55f2f37e76675d9e1e4130df</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON —Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued answers to four Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to clarify certain requirements related to suspicious activity reports (SARs). By issuing these FAQs, FinCEN is ensuring financial institutions are not needlessly expending resources on efforts that do not provide law enforcement and national security agencies with the critical information they need to detect, combat, and deter criminal activity.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-frequently-asked-questions-clarify-suspicious-activity-reporting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e36f4a790562c65778a2eebf7521126</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced the renewal of its Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) that require U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind shell companies used in non-financed purchases of residential real estate. The GTOs are effective beginning October 10, 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-renews-residential-real-estate-geographic-targeting-orders-0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f1a07657cb7223e8454c0dec955f4960</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON––To reduce business burden and ensure effective regulation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced that it will postpone reporting requirements of the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers Rule (RRE Rule) until March 1, 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-announces-postponement-residential-real-estate-reporting-until-march-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">48dd494c24ffc521a67eef1fafd35725</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/testimony/statement-fincen-director-andrea-m-gacki-house-committee-financial-services</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4c244760ae064af52a4cbf460179d134</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is reissuing a modified Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) to combat illicit cartel and other criminal activity, including money laundering, along the southwest border of the United States. As modified, the GTO requires certain money services businesses to file Currency Transaction Reports with FinCEN for cash transactions between $1,000 and $10,000 occurring in specific counties and ZIP codes.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-modified-southwest-border-geographic-targeting-order</link><guid isPermaLink="false">010a5601dc0cec3d625d5065e54ad5e1</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing a Notice to help financial institutions detect and disrupt financially motivated sextortion, a disturbing and increasingly common typology that can devastate the lives and families of its victims.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-notice-financially-motivated-sextortion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f314db6bbbc71c33dce1bee015ad9214</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing guidance to encourage and promote appropriate, voluntary cross-border sharing of information between and among financial institutions, including appropriate foreign financial institutions. The guidance aims to help combat the threats posed by money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit finance activity, including from drug trafficking organizations, foreign terrorist organizations, and fraudsters.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-guidance-financial-institutions-cross-border-information-sharing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">27febf7d4ae7f1f1bbeb74f15757779a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has unveiled a new, modernized layout of its website, FinCEN.gov. Information on the homepage has been reorganized to provide a more user-friendly communication format.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-unveils-user-friendly-changes-fincengov</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a6a9f5dfaaed0ae5771dbd7eb7dc768</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is raising the alarm on Chinese money laundering networks (CMLNs), which pose a significant threat to the U.S. financial system.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-advisory-and-financial-trend-analysis-chinese-money-laundering</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fa1094643364dc06a242dfa3f01dee7a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) extended the effective dates for orders issued on June 25, 2025, prohibiting certain transmittal of funds involving three Mexico-based financial institutions.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/treasury-extends-effective-dates-orders-issued-under-new-authority-counter-0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ebc67be91e73e356b72a184e8a7f0f66</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON--The U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/treasury-issues-request-comment-related-guiding-and-establishing-national</link><guid isPermaLink="false">2a5e37cd7d9a02757eb297b169eac2fc</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — On July 15, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) brought together Treasury components, law enforcement agencies, financial institutions, regulatory technology companies, and trade groups to share insights on driving innovation in the digital assets ecosystem while protecting consumers from emerging fraud and scam threats.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/readout-fincen-convenes-public-private-partnership-promote-innovation-and</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6e99600f4d310b91f16ed661fae60ccd</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice urging financial institutions to be vigilant in identifying and reporting suspicious activity involving convertible virtual currency (CVC) kiosks. While CVC kiosks can be a simple and convenient way for consumers to access CVC, they are also exploited by illicit actors, including scammers.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-notice-use-convertible-virtual-currency-kiosks-scam-payments-and</link><guid isPermaLink="false">860995d77fdcbc73b2aa20f1b423be5e</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Financial data, collected from financial institutions by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), has proven to be of considerable value in money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes investigations by law enforcement.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/resources/law-enforcement/case-examples</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f1ea8057d8f387f655131d7bacd22f51</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[On March 1, 2011, FinCEN transferred its regulations from 31 CFR Part 103 to 31 CFR Chapter X as part of an ongoing effort to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of its regulatory oversight. 31 CFR Chapter X is organized by generally applicable regulations and by industry-specific regulations. There have been no substantive changes made to the underlying regulations as a result of this transfer and reorganization. Please note that documents published prior to March 1, 2011 will continue to contain citations to 31 CFR Part 103.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutes-regulations/chapter-x</link><guid isPermaLink="false">176ee924a64a8dd2b9b04dd8a12e1e95</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/press-releases</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a957ec60f25b01642a77843c6c4a0260</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAR Stats (formerly By the Numbers) is a compilation of numerical data gathered from the FinCEN Suspicious Activity Reports (Form 111) filed by financial institutions. SAR Stats is published as a full report once a year.]]></description><link>https://www.fincen.gov/news/sar-technical-bulletins</link><guid isPermaLink="false">092b0bf7b1b50a3e67ca3c4b58b141c6</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FinCEN.gov]]></dc:creator></item></channel></rss>