Legislation

FDIC seeking comments on proposed AML/CFT burden survey meant for use by all federal bank, CU regulators

September 11, 2025 0

The costs to depository institutions of complying with Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements are sought in an agency information collection proposed for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval, according to [...]
Banking agencies slate Oct. 30 outreach meeting on EGRPRA reg review

September 10, 2025 0

Those interested in airing their views on federal banking regulators’ work considering what regulations might be deemed “outdated” or otherwise “unnecessary” can do so during an Oct. 30 outreach meeting in Kansas City, Mo., the agencies said. The agencies’ release [...]
OCC names two to new positions – one aimed at ‘elevating’ chartering function

September 9, 2025 0

A new principal deputy chief counsel and a new top executive for chartering – a move that “elevates” the chartering function – were announced Tuesday by the national bank regulator. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said [...]
Disrupting, detecting ‘financially motivated sextortion’ is target of notice

September 9, 2025 0

Helping financial institutions detect and disrupt financially motivated sextortion is the aim of a notice issued Monday by the Treasury’s anti-financial crimes arm. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said the notice “underscores the importance of suspicious activity reporting (SAR) [...]
Bulletins aim to ‘end weaponization of financial system’ by curbing ‘politicized, unlawful debanking’

September 8, 2025 0

Eliminating “politicized or unlawful debanking” in the federal banking system is the subject of two bulletins issued Monday by the national bank regulator in an effort, the agency said, to “end the weaponization of the financial system.” That is, if [...]
FinCEN revises SW border targeting order, raising threshold for CTR reports

September 8, 2025 0

A reissued geographic targeting order (GTO), revised from March, increases the dollar threshold to $1,000 for cash transactions that certain money services businesses (MSB) must report on currency transaction reports (CTRs), Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement arm said Monday. The change [...]