The Trump Administration has prioritized deregulation, aiming to reduce compliance costs under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).

Domestic companies should maintain clear ownership and control records and stay ready for potential changes; foreign ...

CHICAGO — With 2026 in sight, American Coin-Op is reflecting on 2025 and the top 10 stories (based on page views) posted here ...

A new report by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) shows that ransomware activity peaked in 2023 before falling in 2024, following a series of law enforcement actions targeting the ...

New federal rules are reshaping the way small businesses and startups operate behind the scenes. The Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Rule, introduced under the Corporate Transparency Act, ...

President Trump and Congress recently delivered a major victory to small-business owners, with the passage and signature of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In the bill, lawmakers stood up for Main ...

An update on the Corporate Transparency Act saga, and the identification numbers that businesses and individuals registered with FinCEN. In our May 2025 Month-in-Brief installment, we considered the ...

Key insight: The agency predicts it will collect voluntary survey data on anti-money-laundering compliance costs from hundreds of thousands of nonbank institutions. Supporting Data: The agency expects ...

FNF filed its lawsuit against FinCEN and the Treasury in May 2025. The suit challenges FinCEN’s anti-money laundering rule, which requires title firms to report specific details on all-cash home ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. FinCEN is issuing: (1) an Advisory to urge financial institutions to be ...