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FinCEN Clarifies Requirements of Reporting Financial Transactions

Abrigo

In an effort to enhance regulatory efficiency and capture complete, accurate Currency Transaction Report (CTR) data to law enforcement, FinCEN has issued an administrative ruling regarding CTRs (FinCEN Form 112). When the entity home office address is the same as the transaction location, only a home office Part I section should be prepared.

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Kleptocracy – What Does it Mean to Community Financial Institutions?

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Many community financial institutions believe that kleptocracy is not a risk for their institution’s profile as they conduct few foreign transactions, such as wires and ACHs. Kleptocracy isn’t limited to just wires and ACH transactions. What about our small to mid-sized community financial institutions?

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*Sponsored* Maximizing Your Finances: Optimizing Cash Flow and Mitigating Risk with Multiple Sponsor Banks and Payment Methods

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Continental Illinois 1984 First Republic Bank Corporation 1988 Washington Mutual 2008 Silicon Valley Bank 2023 Signature Bank 2023 First Republic Bank 2023 Silicon Valley Bank had been ranked as the nation’s 16th largest bank prior to its abrupt closure. Below is a list of large bank failures from the last 30 or so years.

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11 of the Most Popular Online Loan Companies Helping Small Businesses

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In its 17 years of experience, the company has handled more than 156,000 funding transactions for small businesses. In 2008, eLease added working capital loans to its roster of products to help small businesses facing credit crunches during the Great Recession. See reviews and more information about Dealstruck.

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FinCEN Steps up Efforts to Protect Against the Six Biggest Threats to the U.S. Financial System

Abrigo

This team works with law enforcement domestically and overseas to build intelligence connected to the terrorist act including the transactions, location, cars, houses, streets, etc. The review period may need to be longer to see the big picture and aggregated stream of transactions. Stopping human trafficking is about saving lives.

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How to Accept Credit Card Payments for your Small Business

Lendio

As more American consumers utilize next-generation payment methods like touchless transactions or smartphone payments, there’s a general sense that we’re headed toward a cashless world. Years of studies and polls back up the claim that credit card users make more purchases and spend more per transaction.

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Had to Shut Your Doors? Here’s How to Deal with Business Failure

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For Farrell, the determining factor was the economic downturn of 2008, which by 2009 had crystallized into a full-blown recession. “I In 2008, we had sunk all of our assets into making an independent film on the history of voting in America,” she says. This could be due to a number of factors.