Tag Archive: "#bsaaml"
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What do you call your BSA Program? Moving from BSA to AML/CFT
Many examiners now use the term Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) instead of “BSA/AML” to reference this collection of laws and regulations, to align with the AML Act.
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Mail Theft and Fraud and SARs…“Oh My!” FinCEN Alert on Mail Theft and SAR Requirements
Have you heard that checks are a dying breed? The industry has been saying that longer than I have been in banking, and that more than half the time I have been alive, yet checks are still being negotiated! According to an article by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, while checks as a preferred […]
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FinCEN Alert on Sanctioned Russian Elites
In January 2023, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published an alert, FIN-2023-Alert002, regarding potential investments in the United States commercial real estate (CRE) market by “sanctioned Russian elites and their proxies”. This Alert follows a similar Alert issued in March 2022, FIN-2022-Alert001. CRE, as mentioned in the Alert, can have highly complex ownership and […]
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Is your Financial Institution impacted by the BSA/AML Examination Updates?
Karen Leiter, Regulatory Compliance Director at CLA, summarizes the updates to BSA / AML for the first half of 2021. Read on to learn more and how CLA can help your financial institution.