The American Bankers Association (ABA) is urging the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to make changes to the form that entities will use to report beneficial ownership information to the registry that FinCEN is creating to store this information. Financial… Read More ›

Corporate Transparency Act
Impact on financial institutions of upcoming US beneficial ownership rule examined in new paper
Financial institutions have so far not been provided the relief from the burdens of onboarding and customer due diligence they had hoped for as a result of the final version of the beneficial ownership rule issued in September by the… Read More ›
Misinvoicing amongst TBML typologies used to cover up environmental crime
Allowing environmental, conservation, and anti-corruption organisations to access export invoices and trade data to identify misinvoicing could help curb environmental crime, including illegal mining, logging, fishing, and wildlife trafficking, according to a virtual convention on environmental crime related illicit financial… Read More ›
FinCEN issues proposed rule on beneficial ownership information reporting requirements
The US treasury department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a proposed rule on beneficial ownership information reporting requirements that would implement key provisions of the Corporate Transparency Act, which was enacted earlier this year as part of the… Read More ›
FATF’s view on US beneficial ownership arrangements not enough for ABA
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has upgraded its assessment of the US’ anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance framework. But the American Bankers Association (ABA) and US legislators are calling for much more stringent disclosure of beneficial… Read More ›