Archive of BSA Blast
NAFCU's BSA Blast is a NAFCU member-only quarterly enewsletter offering coverage and analysis of credit union compliance issues and industry activity concerning the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations.
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September BSA Blast
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- Payroll Tax Evasion and Worker’s Compensation Fraud Schemes | NAFCU
- What Goes into a SAR Narrative? A Brief Overview
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June BSA Blast
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March BSA Blast
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- Congress Amends Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act
- From Russia with Love: Sanctions Evasion
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December BSA Blast
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September BSA Blast
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June BSA Blast
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- Elder Financial Exploitation: A Review
- The State of Virtual Currency: What Credit Unions Need to Know
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March BSA Blast
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- An Overview of Sanctions and a Peak at Russian Sanctions
- National Bank of Pakistan Required to Pay Civil Money Penalty for BSA/AML Violations
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December BSA Blast
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September BSA Blast
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- FinCEN Announces $100M Enforcement Action Against Unregistered Futures Commission Merchant
- SAR Filing Trend Data Updated to Include 2020 Data
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June BSA Blast
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- FinCEN Gathers Comments About Beneficial Ownership and Model Risk
- Regulators Publish Updates to the BSA/AML Manual
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March BSA Blast
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- Congress Enacts Changes to BSA/AML Requirements
- FinCEN Issues Guidance for Economic Impact Payment Fraud
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November BSA Blast
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August 2020 BSA Blast
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May 2020 BSA Blast
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- Updates to the FFIEC Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual
- FinCEN Holds Bank Employee Personally Liable for BSA Violations
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February 2020 BSA Blast
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- Takeaways from FinCEN Director Kenneth Blanco’s Recent Remarks
- Recent Hemp Banking Guidance from NCUA, USDA and FinCEN
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October 2019 BSA Blast
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- Fighting the Illegal Profits Aspect of the Opioid Epidemic
- GAO Report: More and Better Feedback on BSA Reporting Needed
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- Are You Really My Vendor? Business Email Compromise Proving Lucrative for Scammers
- OFAC’s Sanctions Compliance Expectations
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- Collaborative Arrangements or Sharing BSA Resources
- Some Statistics on BSA Data Usage
- Limited CDD Relief Made Permanent
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- OCC Orders These Two Banks to Beef Up BSA/AML Programs
- High-Level Political Corruption Red Flag Financial Activity
- Artichoke Joe's Casino Potential $3 Million Break
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- Texas Community Bank's Lesson on the Importance of Knowing Your Customer
- Citibank Fined $70 Million for Not Fixing Its BSA/AML Compliance Issues
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- BSA Compliance A Weak Link For This Bank
- A FinCEN First: Foreign-Located Virtual Currency Exchange Fined $110 Million For Nefarious AML Violations
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- Deutsche Bank's Ongoing Fine Blues
- Reminder to E-Filers: Updated Currency Transaction Report Available August 2017
- BSA Violations Best Banamex USA
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- Global Payment Processor Designated as Transnational Mail Fraud Organization
- A Roundup of BSA, AML and OFAC Infractions
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- Bank Branch Manager Facilitates Criminal Activity in the Mountains of West Virginia
- Treasury Report on Money Laundering Vulnerabilities and Risks
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- First Line of Defense is an Effective Compliance Program
- Commerzbank: Latest to be Tripped Up by BSA
- PayPal Runs Afoul of OFAC
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- Financial Red Flags Associated with Human Smuggling and Trafficking
- Money Laundering: A Hot Topic on Multiple Fronts
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- Mother Ship of France's Banking Industry Runs Aground of U.S. Sanction Violations
- Red Flag Examples for Suspicious Funnel Account Activity
- FinCEN Director Offers Helpful Insight for Depository Institutions in Industry Speeches
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- The Cyber Age of Money Laundering Has Arrived
- FinCEN FAQ Resource for Electronic BSA Forms
- FinCEN Reports on Two Industry Red Flag Trends
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Best of BSA Blast Staff Quiz #2
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