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FinCEN

FinCEN

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A United States government office that fights money laundering and other financial crimes
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪnˌsɛn/
  • Formal
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  • The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) Mortgage Loan Fraud Update released in April includes its full year 2011 update of mortgage loan fraud suspicious activity reports (SARs).

Examples

  • One of the noteworthy findings in the FinCEN report is that it shows the top five states ranked per capita and by suspicious activity report subject in 2011 were California, Hawaii, Florida, Nevada, and the District of Columbia, which FinCEN counted as a state for the purpose of their report.

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  • He was deputy director of FinCEN.

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  • The FinCEN report also notes that there are indications of extensive improvement in mortgage lending due diligence since the peak of the housing bubble.

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  • They were recently approved by "FinCen" (a US financial regulator), and supposedly the new name and birth date requirement is due to US financial regulation laws.

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  • Last week, the US government's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published its annual report on combating financial crimes.

  • The Treasury Department's FinCEN is responsible for investigating cases of money laundering and ensuring compliance with financial regulations.

  • FinCEN issued a report detailing the requirements for financial institutions to report suspicious transactions.

Synonyms

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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  • Formal
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A part of the US government that works to stop money laundering and other crimes with money

is the short abbreviation used instead of the full name

Surface Forms

FinCEN singular
FinCENs plural

Etymology

FinCEN is an acronym from the words Financial 'money matters', Crimes 'illegal acts', Enforcement 'putting rules into action', and Network 'a group that shares information'. So, FinCEN is the U.S. office that fights money crimes and helps banks and agencies share information to stop money laundering.