Independent Review for Banks - The Complete BSA/AML Audit Workbook


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Using the FFIEC Examination Manual to conduct an independent review is like using the owner's manual of a car to judge a driver's abilities. Wrong tool for the job! The Complete Audit Workbook ensures that audit professionals and BSA officers have the right tool to conduct the PATRIOT Act (Section 352) required independent review. The Workbook breaks down BSA/AML regulatory requirements into component parts that enable an auditor to judge whether all the i's and t's of a BSA compliance program are dotted and crossed. Guidance for each major category of questions (over 50 in all!) is included. Audit traps, --items seen only in confidential exit interviews-- are also included. The audience for this book is both BSA auditors and compliance officers. The latter can utilize the Workbook to design a comprehensive, sustainable AML program. The former can use this Workbook to check their firm's BSA program status and carry out their duty to keep senior management informed.




Independent Review for MSBs - The Complete BSA/AML Audit Workbook


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This Workbook may save you thousands of dollars! The Workbook guides you through each step of the PATRIOT Act independent review requirement. Each question is fully explained, and FinCEN guidance is also included. The format is designed to be acceptable to bank AML compliance departments as well as state and IRS examiners. Some MSBs' operations are very complex and require outside auditors to conduct testing. Yet even in those cases, by doing much of the audit work by yourself, you can significantly reduce the cost spent on outside help. Many MSBs have found that they do not need outside audit help at all and that the Workbook is all they need to maintain compliance and stay in the good graces of their bank. This is the only Bank Secrecy/PATRIOT Act independent review guide endorsed by the National Money TRansmitters Association




Risk Assessment for Tribal Casinos


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The Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) requires that designated financial institutions implement and maintain anti-money laundering (AML) programs. Tribal casinos have been designated as financial institutions under the BSA since 1996, and the BSA regulations issued by the Treasury Department in 31 C.F.R. 103.64 prescribe the minimum standards for those programs. All tribal governments conducting or sponsoring gaming activities - whether for one night out of the year or throughout the year, whether in their primary place of operation or at remote sites - must be aware of the federal requirements associated with the Bank Secrecy Act. This workbook will allow the casino compliance officer to conduct and write a formal risk assessment that can serve as the basis for the casino's AML program.







Enhanced Due Diligence - The Complete BSA/AML Desktop Reference


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Finally, there is a one-stop Enhanced Due Diligence reference source! This book clearly presents methods for risk assessing customers and developing policies, procedures and controls for implementing a sustainable AML enhanced due diligence compliance program. The book not only addresses risk models, risk categories and risk elements, but also provides detailed information regarding specific high risk customer types. "The Desktop Reference" contains sample EDD reviews and everything you need to develop and maintain your EDD program, train your staff, and reduce regulatory risk. This book also teaches how to risk assess different customer types, how to conduct customer on-boarding EDD, and how to conduct ongoing EDD reviews. Sample EDD reviews include those for: Cash Intensive Businesses, Charities and NGOs, Foreign Correspondent Banks, and Private Banking Customers. Also covered are: MSBs and NBFIs, Senior Foreign Political Figures, Non Resident Aliens, and generic high risk customer types.




Sar Investigations - the Complete Bsa/Aml Desktop Reference


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Finally there is a reference source that brings together all the available anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act guidance and best practices for conducting suspicious activity report (SAR) investigations. This book offers a treasure trove of information that will make your SAR process more efficient while simultaneously reducing compliance risk. The authors detail how to conduct suspicious activity investigations in a step-by-step manner and provide all the information you'll need to understand and identify a full range of financial crimes and schemes.




Federal Reserve Manual


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Bank Secrecy Act/Anti- Money Laundering Examination Manual


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NO FURTHER DISCOUNT ON THIS ITEM-- OVERSTOCK SALE-- Signficantly reduced list price while supplies last. This manual provides guidance to examiners for carrying out Bank Secrecy Act/ Anti- Money Laundering and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) examinations. An effective Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering compliance program requires sound rish management. This manual also provides guidance on identifying and controlling risks associated with money laundering and terrorist financing. Al-Qaeda: The Many Faces of an Islamist Extremist Threat, Report, June 2006 can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-070-07483-3 Operationalizing Counter Threat Finance Strategies can be found at this link: http: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01131-1 Economic Security: Neglected Dimension of National Security can be found at this link: http: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-020-01617-9 --also available as an ebook at this link: http: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/999-000-44440-9 Armed Groups: Studies in National Security, Counterterrorism, and Counterinsurgency can be found at this link: http: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-020-01573-3 CONTROLLED ITEMS REQUIRE SPECIAL ORDERING PROCEDURES-- Please see links to the US Government Online Bookstore to find out how to order Controlled items: Trade Based Money Laundering Reference Guide (English Language Edition) (Package of 5) (Controlled Item) is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-001-00225-4 Trade Based Money Laundering Reference Guide (Spanish Language Edition) (package of 5) (Controlled Item) can be found hre: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-001-00226-2




Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing


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"Money laundering and terrorist financing are serious crimes that affect not only those persons directly involved, but the economy as a whole. According to international standards, every bank has the obligation to know its customers and to report suspicious transactions. Although these obligations sound straightforward, they have proved challenging to implement. What information precisely has to be gathered? How should it be recorded? If and when does one have to file a suspicious transaction report? It is here that a supervisor can play a crucial role in helping supervised institutions; first, in understanding the full extent of the obligations of Customer Due Diligence and Suspicious Transaction Reports (STR) and, second, in ensuring that those obligations are not just words on paper but are applied in practice. Effective supervision is key to the success of a country's AML/CFT system. In this regard, field work in both developed and developing countries has shown an overall low compliance in the area of supervision of banks and other financial institutions; supervisory compliance is indeed generally lower than the average level of compliance with all Financial Action Task Force recommendations. As a result, by providing examples of good practices, this book aims to help countries better conform to international standards. In this regard, this handbook is specifically designed for bank supervisors.