Banks respond to the FinCEN Files investigation
Here Is How Banks Have Responded To The FinCEN Files Investigation, 20 September 2020
Here are statements prepared by many of the world’s biggest financial institutions in response to questions about reporting in the FinCEN Files investigation. The investigation was based in part on 2,100 suspicious activity reports, or SARs, documents that banks file to the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. By law, banks are not allowed to discuss or even acknowledge the existence of individual SARs.
[includes responses from Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered, JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, Bank of New York Mellon, Citibank, Bank of America, Barclays, Danske Bank, Commerzbank, VEB, Wells Fargo]
[American Express and Bank of China did not respond; First Republic Bank declined to comment]
[Also includes comments from Bank Policy Institute and Mayzus Financial Services]