BSA update proposal seeks more data on international transactions
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Aaron Nicodemus2020-10-23T21:23:00
FinCEN and the Federal Reserve Board have proposed lowering the threshold at which financial institutions must collect, retain, and transmit information on overseas transfers under the Bank Secrecy Act.
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