Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Proposed Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act RegulationsDefinition and Registration of Money Services Businesses

Zusammenfassung

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (``FinCEN'') is proposing to amend the regulations implementing the statute generally referred to as the Bank Secrecy Act to require certain money services businesses to register with the Department of the Treasury and to maintain a current list of their agents for examination, on request, by any appropriate law enforcement agency. As a corollary to the proposed registration requirement, FinCEN is also proposing to amend the Bank Secrecy Act regulations to revise, and group together in a separate category called ``money services businesses,'' the definitions of certain non-bank financial institutions. The revised definitions would also modify the treatment of the United States Postal Service under the regulations. The proposed rule regarding registration and maintenance of an agent list reflects changes to the law made by the Money Laundering Suppression Act of 1994.