Snapshot: On August 13, 2026, FinCEN issued a Financial Trend Analysis showing that financial institutions flagged nearly $5 billion in transactions linked to suspected human smuggling activity between 2023 and 2025. The report identified common patterns, including...

Snapshot: On August 11, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that FinCEN has issued a final rule permanently removing the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) under the Corporate Transparency...

Snapshot: On August 3, 2026, FinCEN assessed a $125 million civil money penalty against UBS Financial Services Inc. for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). FinCEN stated that the firm failed to adequately address previously identified AML deficiencies,...

Snapshot: On July 13, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two individuals and one entity that allegedly provided infrastructure and malware-obfuscation services used by ransomware actors targeting Americans....

Snapshot: On July 9, 2026, the OCC highlighted FinCEN's updated Section 314(b) guidance, which clarifies that financial institutions may voluntarily share information about suspected fraud, in addition to traditional money laundering and terrorist financing activity,...

Snapshot: On July 7, the Federal Reserve requested comment on proposed amendments to its anti-money laundering program requirements, which would require supervised banks to maintain AML/CFT programs reasonably designed to identify, assess, and mitigate illicit finance...

Snapshot: On June 30, 2026, the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a supplemental alert warning financial institutions about fuel smuggling and tax evasion schemes connected to the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) and other...

Snapshot: On June 23, 2026, FinCEN proposed amending its October 2025 final rule concerning the Huione Group to include H-Pay Service PLC and any successor entity. According to Treasury, H-Pay is associated with financial activity linked to cyber-enabled fraud,...

Snapshot: On June 12, 2026, FinCEN issued updated guidance clarifying how financial institutions can share information to identify and combat fraud under Section 314(b) of the USA PATRIOT Act. The update reinforces information sharing as a key tool in detecting and...

Snapshot: On June 11, 2026, federal regulators (including the OCC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, and CFPB) issued a joint final rule under the Financial Data Transparency Act requiring the development of standardized data formats for regulatory reporting across agencies. The...