FinCEN announced that it will not enforce reporting requirements under its residential real estate rule following the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas’s decision to...
Over the past several weeks, the post-Maduro sanctions landscape in Venezuela has begun to take shape, with tightly controlled relief focused on the Venezuelan oil industry and broad sanc...
The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network continues its efforts to modernize the U.S. AML/CFT compliance framework, providing covered financial institutions excepti...
The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network launched a series of high-profile measures targeting alleged government benefits fraud in Minnesota. Treasury suggested th...
New Department of the Treasury guidance and the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act include a number of provisions affecting cross-border investment, including an update to the Outbou...
The OCC released new Bank Secrecy Act examination procedures to reduce regulatory burdens for community banks, continuing its efforts to streamline anti-money laundering compliance obliga...
The proposed Mexico-related special measure is an extension of the administration’s “total elimination” strategy against cartels and transnational criminal organizations. The propos...
With attempts to secure a negotiated settlement to the Ukraine war at an apparent impasse, the U.S. government imposed blocking sanctions on the two largest Russian oil producers – Rosn...
FinCEN and the federal banking agencies released new FAQs intended to streamline suspicious activity reporting obligations for financial institutions. Together with other recent actions, ...
The Bureau of Industry and Security issued an interim final rule, effective immediately, that extends U.S. export control restrictions applicable to the Entity, MEU, and SDN lists to all ...
