Sixth Post in an Extended Series on Legislative
Changes to BSA/AML Regulatory Regime
As we have blogged, the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020
("AMLA") contains major changes to the Bank Secrecy Act
("BSA"), coupled with other changes relating to money
laundering, anti-money laundering ("AML"),
counter-terrorism financing ("CTF"), and protecting the
U.S. financial system against illicit foreign actors.
A recurring theme of the changes offered by AMLA is information sharing. AMLA mandates that the
Department of Treasury's supervision priorities must include
"appropriate frameworks for information sharing among
financial institutions, their agents and service providers, their
regulatory authorities, associations of financial institutions, the