FinCEN readying rule for banks to prove AML/CFT programs ‘reasonably designed’
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Aaron Nicodemus2022-02-01T20:28:00
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network will likely require banks and other financial institutions to assess their anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism programs to ensure they are “effective and reasonably designed.”
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