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  • [ December 5, 2025 ] Agencies withdraw 12-years-old guidance on leveraged lending; banks told to apply ‘general principles on risk management’ FDIC
  • [ December 5, 2025 ] OCC rescinds, replaces 2023 venture loan guidance for banks OCC
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In ’23 annual review, FinCEN shows how money-laundering reports linked to 15% of crime investigations

June 7, 2024 0

More than 15% of active FBI investigations in fiscal year (FY) 2023 were linked to anti-money laundering tools such as currency transaction reports (CTRs) and suspicious activity reports (SARs), the Treasury Department’s financial crimes enforcement […]

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2023 suspicious activity reports on pace to exceed 2022 levels

July 31, 2023 0

Trend data from depository institutions’ suspicious activity report (SAR) filings to Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) shows that this year’s filings – more than 1 million through June – are on pace to exceed […]

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FinCEN reports steady rise in number, value of ransomware transactions reported via SARs

October 18, 2021 0

The number of ransomware incidents reported to Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement unit for the first half of 2021 exceeded those reported in all of 2020, according to a report released Friday under last year’s anti-money […]

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To combat rising online child sex exploitation, FinCEN issues new SAR filing instructions

September 16, 2021 0

Online child sexual exploitation (OCSE) crimes are on the rise, and the Treasury’s top enforcement unit is highlighting some financial trends related to the crimes, the agency said in a notice issued Thursday. Additionally, the […]

FDIC

FDIC gives green light to ILC final rule, proposing SAR exemptions, 12.9% increase for 2021 budget – and joint security breach notification proposal

December 15, 2020 0

A final rule to address parent companies of industrial loan companies and banks, a proposed rule to amend suspicious activity report (SAR) regulation at banks, and a 2021 agency operating budget of $2.28 billion were […]

FDIC

Chairman ‘impatient’ for transformation – but still no word on when innovation office will stand up

August 2, 2019 0

It is critical that federal regulators support technological change at the financial institutions that support their vital communities, and a new technology innovation office will help provide that support, the board chairman of the federal […]

CFPB

‘Hundreds of thousands’ of suspicious activity reports involve older customers, quadrupling in four years, bureau finds

February 27, 2019 0

Older customers who are increasingly becoming victims of exploitation at banks and other such firms are the subjects of “hundreds of thousands” of suspicious activity reports (SARs) being filed by the financial institutions, the federal […]

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  • Agencies withdraw 12-years-old guidance on leveraged lending; banks told to apply ‘general principles on risk management’

    December 5, 2025 0
    Recission of guidance issued 12 years ago on leveraged lending was announced Friday by two federal banking regulators, who called it “overly restrictive” and impeding banks’ “risk management principles that guide their other business decisions,” the agencies said in joint [...]
  • OCC rescinds, replaces 2023 venture loan guidance for banks

    December 5, 2025 0
    The national bank regulator on Friday issued an updated guidance bulletin on “venture loans” to “reflect the OCC’s policy of not discouraging banks from engaging in prudent venture lending activities.” Bulletin 2025-45, “Commercial Lending: Venture Loans to Companies in an Early, [...]
  • Decrease in reliance on checks for payments has Fed asking ‘should we phase out our services, or upgrade (at higher cost)?’

    December 5, 2025 0
    With check use steadily declining, check fraud rising, and digital payment methods growing in availability and use, the Federal Reserve wants the public to weigh in on the future of Reserve Banks’ check services, the agency said late Thursday. That [...]
  • Alleged forgery on approval documents leads to banker’s prohibition

    December 5, 2025 0
    Forged signatures on certain approval documents have led a former worker at a Columbus, Ga., bank to be prohibited from further service at financial institutions, the Federal Reserve said Friday. According to the Fed, Julio A. Gonzalez, a former universal [...]
  • Fed expects modest fees increase in 2026 for check clearing, ACH, instant payments

    December 5, 2025 0
    An estimated 0.9% average price increase for established, mature services such as check clearing, automated clearing house (ACH) transactions and instant payments (among others) will be in effect for 2026, the Federal Reserve said late Thursday. In a release announcing [...]
  • Credit unions see 3Q increases in net worth, ROAA; delinquencies higher

    December 5, 2025 0
    Credit unions posted increases across a wide variety of performance metrics in the third quarter, their federal regulator said Friday, compared to the same period one year earlier. Those included, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) said, a net worth [...]
  • FSOC plans meeting with discussions on nonbank determinations – and more

    December 5, 2025 0
    An update on interpretive guidance on nonbank financial company determinations is among the items on the agenda for the multi-federal financial regulators’ meeting set for next week, the Treasury Department said Friday. The meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council [...]
  • Pair of former U.S. contractors charged with conspiring to delete databases with federal information

    December 4, 2025 0
    Conspiring to delete databases used to store U.S. government information are the charges faced by two Virginia men who had served as federal contractors, federal banking regulators and prosecutors said Wednesday. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) Office [...]

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