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On-boarding and Off-boarding Bank Clients

July 2016

On-boarding and Off-boarding Bank Clients was published by JD Supra on 8/1/16. After the Panama Papers, and with the recent FinCEN final Customer Due Diligence (CDD) rule, U.S. financial institutions are further focused on tightening internal controls against money laundering,

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Are Compliance Officers at Financial Institutions Now in the Hot Seat for Fines?

July 2016

Are Compliance Officers at Financial Institutions Now in the Hot Seat for Fines? was published by JD Supra on 8/1/16. Otherwise reputable Financial Institutions continue being sanctioned for regulatory non-compliance. Well known“household” names continue receiving fines for failing to establish

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FinCEN Form 114 (FBAR) and IRS Form 8938 – Clearing the Air

June 2016

There seems to be some confusion regarding who must file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) and who must file form 8938 Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets. This is not a surprise. While both forms are