Category: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

New Bill Seeks to Curtail Banks’ Role as Agents of Federal Surveillance

Republican legislators took steps this week to revoke the power the government has granted itself to access Americans’ personal bank accounts without a search warrant. Through existing laws such as the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), “We basically deputized banks as law enforcement agencies, mandating them to collect information on their customers and report that information…


Crypto Exchange Currency.com Registers With FinCEN: A New Compliant US Crypto Exchange

Cryptocurrency and tokenized asset exchange Currency.com set its foot in the United States following registration with the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) as a money services business. In an announcement shared with Benzinga on Thursday, Currency.com announced that it will launch in 48 states and territories across the United States and…