Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 27.12.2004
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Money Services Business Survey
The Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN"), requires current information regarding the size, extent, income derived by and nature of the Money Services Business ("MSB") industry to more effectively regulate and inform MSBs about Bank Secrecy Act regulations that include requiring MSBs to register with FinCEN and to file Suspicious Activity Reports. FinCEN places a high priority on effective and broad-reaching initiatives to facilitate the education of MSBs and their agents in their responsibilities under the Bank Secrecy Act. FinCEN proposes to conduct a survey that is intended to provide data that can be used to update the 1997 Coopers & Lybrand study of the MSB industry to determine the current profile or make up of this industry and to include issuers, sellers and redeemers of stored value (which were not included in the 1997 Coopers & Lybrand study). The survey will consist of questions that will enable the contractor to provide a statistical estimate of the size and other business characteristics for the following 5 MSB industry sectors: (1) Check cashers, (2) currency dealers or exchangers (limited to those that exchange or deal in actual