Why Should You Attend:
In recent years, FinCEN has increased its BSA enforcement against non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) and expanded its use of other enforcement authorities. By explaining how NBFIs, primarily, MSBs, violated the BSA, this presentation will help personnel, especially those who implement BSA/AML programs at MSBs, to better understand how to comply with the BSA and avoid being sanctioned by FinCEN.
FinCEN has also used GTOs to target specific industries and geographic areas for additional reporting. Attendees will learn more about the significance of these orders and how they benefit law enforcement. This webinar will also be useful to all those responsible for BSA programs at financial institutions to learn about trends in FinCEN enforcement.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
FinCEN’s recent enforcement actions against:
money transmitters
check cashers
virtual currency exchanges
individuals
FinCEN’s use of GTOs targeting cash couriers
FinCEN’s use of GTOs targeting high-end real estate
FinCEN’s use of GTOs targeting other industries
Themes in FinCEN’s recent enforcement actions
In recent years, FinCEN has increased its BSA enforcement against non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) and expanded its use of other enforcement authorities. By explaining how NBFIs, primarily, MSBs, violated the BSA, this presentation will help personnel, especially those who implement BSA/AML programs at MSBs, to better understand how to comply with the BSA and avoid being sanctioned by FinCEN.
FinCEN has also used GTOs to target specific industries and geographic areas for additional reporting. Attendees will learn more about the significance of these orders and how they benefit law enforcement. This webinar will also be useful to all those responsible for BSA programs at financial institutions to learn about trends in FinCEN enforcement.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
FinCEN’s recent enforcement actions against:
money transmitters
check cashers
virtual currency exchanges
individuals
FinCEN’s use of GTOs targeting cash couriers
FinCEN’s use of GTOs targeting high-end real estate
FinCEN’s use of GTOs targeting other industries
Themes in FinCEN’s recent enforcement actions
Speakers
Barbara I. Keller, CAMS, CFCS, CAFP, is an independent anti-money laundering/financial crime consultant and Principal with BIKConsulting LLC. She provides consulting services on financial institution compliance with anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regulatory requirements. She also conducts independent AML reviews and provides domestic and international training on AML/CFT regulatory compliance.Ms. Keller retired from U.S. government service in August 2013. She spent the last four years of her federal career as the Deputy Associate Director for Compliance and Enforcement at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). In this position, she worked to help financial institutions improve their AML compliance and also to sanction egregious noncompliance. She also led FinCEN’s efforts to improve regulation of money services businesses by working with the IRS and state regulators to better coordinate and improve the quality of BSA/AML examinations.
Prior to joining FinCEN, Ms. Keller spent 26 years with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congress’s watchdog agency. For the last 10 years of her GAO career, Ms. Keller managed assignments mostly dealing with AML compliance and enforcement and interagency cooperation and coordination.
Ms. Keller is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, a Certified Financial Crimes Specialist, and a Certified AML and Fraud Professional. She is also on the Board of the US Capital Chapter of ACAMS. She graduated with a B.S. in Languages from Georgetown University and holds an M.A in Public Administration from the University of Virginia.
