Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Programs

Samenvatting

FinCEN is proposing a rule to strengthen and modernize financial institutions' anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) programs pursuant to a part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act). The proposed rule would require financial institutions to establish, implement, and maintain effective, risk-based, and reasonably designed AML/CFT programs with certain minimum components, including a mandatory risk assessment process. The proposed rule also would require financial institutions to review government-wide AML/CFT priorities and incorporate them, as appropriate, into risk-based programs, and would provide for certain technical changes to program requirements. This proposal also further articulates certain broader considerations for an effective and risk- based AML/CFT framework as envisioned by the AML Act. In addition to these changes, FinCEN is proposing regulatory amendments to promote clarity and consistency across FinCEN's program rules for different types of financial institutions.