Enhancing Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Terrorism Financing in Banks
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This proposed rule requires banks to implement robust anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing programs. It aims to improve the detection of illicit financial activities by encouraging risk-based resource allocation. Banks will need to focus more on high-risk clients and operations while maintaining flexibility in compliance strategies.
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Key Changes
- Banks must establish risk-based AML/CFT programs
- Focus on high-risk clients and activities
- Enhancement of FinCEN's supervisory role
Obligations
What this law requires
Banks must establish and maintain effective anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) programs reasonably designed to identify, assess, and mitigate risks of illicit finance
Banks must implement risk-based resource allocation strategies that focus more on high-risk clients and operations while maintaining flexibility in compliance strategies
Banks must align their AML/CFT programs with changes proposed by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to implement provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020
Banks must ensure their AML/CFT programs develop highly useful information related to illicit financial transactions for law enforcement and national security agencies