The U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued its first proposed rule under the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, marking a key milestone in federal efforts to regulate payment stablecoins. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Recently, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas vacated FinCEN’s residential real estate rule (the “Rule”) finding that the agency exceeded its statutory authority under the Bank Secrecy Act (the “BSA”). Flowers Title Companies, LLC v. Bessent, Case
MBaer Merchant Bank AG (“MBaer”) was recently designated a “primary money laundering concern” by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financing Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) pursuant to Section 311 of the PATRIOT Act.
The Consequences
FinCen detailed its allegations
On March 10, 2026, FinCEN issued a renewed and expanded Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) imposing enhanced reporting and recordkeeping requirements on certain money services businesses (MSBs) operating along the Southwest border. According to FinCEN, the action is intended to support
At ETHDenver 2026, SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins and Commissioner Hester M. Peirce outlined the agency’s current thinking on investor protection, innovation, and regulatory adaptation for cryptocurrencies and tokenized assets. Their conversation reflected both ongoing SEC priorities and the broader
On February 13, 2025, FinCEN issued an order granting exceptive relief for covered financial institutions from certain Customer Due Diligence (“CDD”) requirements for new account openings. The exceptive relief is part of deregulation efforts, consistent with Executive Order 14192, “Unleashing
As a reminder, the Financial Crime Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) Residential Real Estate rule (the “Real Estate Rule”) is effective March 1, 2026. The Real Estate Rule was originally to take effect December 1, 2025, but FinCEN’s subsequently announced a temporary
In response to the continued rise of payment card skimming, the United States Secret Service conducted one of its most expansive enforcement efforts to date, launching a nationwide initiative aimed at identifying and removing illicit skimming devices before stolen data
In December, the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a $3,500,000 civil penalty against Paxful, Inc. and Paxful USA, Inc. (“Paxful”), pursuant to a consent order.
Paxful is an exchanger of convertible virtual currencies (“CVC”), operating both
On January 9, 2026, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a series of new federal actions focused on schemes to defraud federal aid programs. Treasury’s announcement follows a series of high-profile investigations involving alleged fraud tied to federally funded programs,
