On April 8, the National Futures Association (NFA) published Notice I-20-17, notifying Member futures commission merchants (FCMs) and introducing brokers (IBs) of two recent issuances from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
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Bank Secrecy Act
CFTC, FinCEN, and SEC Issue Joint Statement on Activities Involving Digital Assets
On October 11, the leaders of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, the Agencies) issued a joint statement reminding persons engaged in activities involving digital assets of their anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) obligations under the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (BSA).
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Federal Banking Agencies Issue Interagency Statement on Sharing Bank Secrecy Act Resources
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On October 3, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the National Credit Union Administration and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released a joint statement related to the permissible sharing of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) resources.
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OCC Releases Bank Supervision Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2017
By Jeffrey M. Werthan on
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On September 14, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released its bank supervision operating plan for fiscal year (FY) 2017. “Our FY 2017 operating plan helps institutions regulated by the OCC to better understand our supervisory priorities,” said Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry. “The plan provides the foundation for policy initiatives and for supervisory strategies as applied to individual banks. . . ”
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