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US regulators recraft AML rules to promote risk-based assessments

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FinCEN also seeks to oversee more of the AML/CFT supervision process by requiring US banking regulators to consult with it before undertaking certain supervisory or enforcement actions.

FinCEN has had a busy 2026, and this week was no exception.

The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and three federal banking regulators proposed rules proposed rules announcing that they said will modernize their anti-money-laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) rules to allow

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