Currency Transaction Reports: The Why

Bank Secrecy Act requirements are crucial when it comes to detecting and preventing financial crimes such as money laundering. Money laundering techniques include placement, layering, and integration, and are designed to hide the true source of the funds. Criminals try to avoid detection by using smaller accounts or blending funds and Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) are an essential tool when it comes to uncovering these types of illegal activities.

Kevin explains more in the video.

 

Video Highlights:

  • CTRs help detect financial crimes, such as proceeds from drugs, corruption, human trafficking, and fraud.
  • Money laundering seeks to hide the source of money when placing it into the banking system.
  • Understanding the “why” behind a regulatory requirement often helps employees buy-in.

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Published
2023/06/02

 

Kevin Edwards

Kevin brings years of experience and a unique perspective on regulatory matters to our clients. A self-proclaimed geek and accredited CRCM, Kevin is also a recovering attorney with experience as in-house counsel for a large regional bank and one of the leading national title insurance providers. For reasons unknown, Kevin decided to leave the safety and serenity of his desk job to seek fortune and glory as a wandering adventurer. Like a bank compliance version of Kwai Chang Caine, The Man with No Name or Don Quixote, he now travels the land seeking to help those in need and righting compliance wrongs, wherever he may find them. Kevin lives in Sioux Falls with his two children, who are surprisingly normal after having endured their father’s vivid imagination for their entire lives. He won’t admit to having any hobbies, because apparently “Regulations never sleep.” (While he does say this in his Batman voice, we’re pretty sure he’s joking.) From the looks of his Facebook page, he likes the outdoors and spending time with his large extended family (who seem like relatively normal people).

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