FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco recently stressed the value of BSA data, especially in the virtual currency space, and highlighted the continuing “national security gap” in collecting beneficial ownership information for AML purposes. Mr. Blanco raised these issues in remarks he delivered on December 10, 2019, at the American Bankers Association/American Bar Association Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference in Washington, DC.


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