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New FFIEC Manual Will Detail Systemic AML Risk, Add Bulk Cash Section
By Brian Monroe
printAn upcoming federal interagency examination manual will include details on how banks should react to law enforcement data requests as well as monitor for bulk cash smuggling, according to regulators. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's (FFIEC) new anti-money laundering (AML) examination manual will not mean "a lot of wholesale changes," John Wagner, director of AML compliance for the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), disclosed at the 15th Annual International Anti-Money Laundering Conference in Hollywood, FL last week. Rather, the FFIEC will focus on streamlining regulatory exams and provide more details about how examiners will determine...
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