FinCEN has requested financial institutions affected by Hurricane Dorian to contact FinCEN and their functional regulator as soon as practicable to discuss any delays in their ability to file required Bank Secrecy Act reports. Institutions seeking to contact FinCEN should call the FinCEN Resource Center at 1-800-949-2732 and select option 8 or send e-mail to FRC@fincen.gov.
FinCEN also reminded financial institutions to review its Advisory to Financial Institutions Regarding Disaster-Related Fraud due to the potential for fraudulent transactions. Read the full InfoSight newsletter here.