The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has created a new page on its public website entitled Regulatory Efficiency and Effectiveness Initiative with the purpose of providing information to the public, on a regular basis, about its work to administer and implement a Bank Secrecy Act regulatory environment...
DHS has issued a national plan aimed at providing a consistent approach to critical infrastructure protection, ensured that all 17 sectors have organized to collaborate on protection efforts, and worked with government and private sector partners to complete all 17 sector-specific plans.Nevertheless, our work has...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has announced a series of steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and to facilitate recovery in areas of Oklahoma and Texas that suffered major damage from storms and flooding that started in May and continued through June
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has announced a series of steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and to facilitate recovery in areas of Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas that suffered major damage from storms and flooding that started in May and have continued into early July
The following GAO report highlights GAO-07-737, a report to congressional requesters.In recent years, many entities in the private, public, and government sectors have reported the loss or theft of sensitive personal information.
Fraudulent correspondence bearing the FDIC's name continues to be mailed, faxed and e-mailed. This correspondence is being used in illegal schemes to collect sensitive personal information, such as bank account numbers, and to steal money and other assets.
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) has a self-assessment questionnaire for those organizations that are beginning compliance efforts for this industry standard. There are six sections of the questionnaire covering the 12 requirements of the PCI-DSS.
The PCI-DSS is a multifaceted security...
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) is a comprehensive standard intended to help organizations proactively protect customer account data. In 2004, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) was created as a result of a cooperative effort between Visa/MC, AMEX, Discover, Diners,...
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reports fraudulent letters that appear to be faxed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are circulating to financial institutions worldwide.
In February 2007, the GAO issued its opinions on the calendar year 2006 financial statements of the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) and the FSLIC Resolution Fund (FRF). It also issued its opinion on the effectiveness of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) internal control over financial reporting...
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued guidance to financial institutions to address law enforcement agency requests to keep open particular accounts.
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued guidance reminding financial institutions to provide all documentation supporting the filing of a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) upon request by FinCEN, appropriate law enforcement or a supervisory agency.
FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair today issued the following statement about Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s Remarks on Protecting the Financial System and Effective Implementation of the Bank Secrecy Act at the offices of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces the release of Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 180-3 Publication, Secure Hash Standard (SHS)
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