Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Bank Secrecy Act Regulations; Money Services BusinessesDefinition and Registration; Suspicious Transaction Reporting; Special Currency Transaction Reporting

Resumo

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (``FinCEN'') is extending the comment period for the three proposed Bank Secrecy Act regulations for money services businesses published on May 21, 1997. FinCEN previously announced that four open working meetings on these proposals are being held. It has also distributed copies of a report on money services businesses prepared for it by Coopers & Lybrand (and referred to in the documents containing the proposed regulations), and draft copies of the forms that will be used to implement the proposed regulations. FinCEN is extending the comment period, in light of the scheduling of the opening meetings and distribution of the relevant additional materials, to ensure that all parties interested in the proposed regulations are given adequate time to submit their written comments.