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Bank Regulation: Agencies Should Finalize Rulemaking on Incentive Compensation
GAO-25-107032
Feb 20, 2025
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6 Open Recommendations
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Federal Reserve System The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should jointly prescribe regulations or guidelines with the five other agencies that are directed to implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as soon as practicable. (Recommendation 1)
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation should jointly prescribe regulations or guidelines with the five other agencies that are directed to implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as soon as practicable. (Recommendation 2)
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Federal Housing Finance Agency The Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency should jointly prescribe regulations or guidelines with the five other agencies that are directed to implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as soon as practicable. (Recommendation 3)
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National Credit Union Administration The Board of Directors of the National Credit Union Administration should jointly prescribe regulations or guidelines with the five other agencies that are directed to implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as soon as practicable. (Recommendation 4)
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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency The Comptroller of the Currency should jointly prescribe regulations or guidelines with the five other agencies that are directed to implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as soon as practicable. (Recommendation 5)
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission The Securities and Exchange Commission should jointly prescribe regulations or guidelines with the five other agencies that are directed to implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as soon as practicable. (Recommendation 6)
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Nonbank Mortgage Companies: Greater Ginnie Mae Involvement in Interagency Exercises Could Enhance Crisis Planning
GAO-25-107862
Jan 31, 2025
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Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) The President of Ginnie Mae should develop processes for participating in interagency exercises—taking into consideration the potential risks and benefits of sharing nonpublic information in a crisis—and for incorporating lessons learned from the exercises into Ginnie Mae's issuer default strategy. (Recommendation 1)
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Illicit Finance: Treasury Should Monitor Partnerships and Trusts for Future Risks
GAO-25-106955
Dec 19, 2024
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should ensure that the Director of FinCEN periodically analyzes SAR data for the risk of illicit activity related to trusts and partnerships and incorporates this analysis in future money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessments. (Recommendation 1)
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Currency Transaction Reports: Improvements Could Reduce Filer Burden While Still Providing Useful Information to Law Enforcement
GAO-25-106500
Dec 11, 2024
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should ensure that the Director of FinCEN takes steps to eliminate CTR data fields that are unnecessarily burdensome for filers and of little use to law enforcement. This could be done as part of FinCEN's AMLA review or through a different method. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should ensure that the Director of FinCEN takes steps to simplify and clarify aggregation requirements. This could be done as part of FinCEN's AMLA review or through a different method. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should ensure that the Director of FinCEN establishes a performance management process that defines performance goals and measures for monitoring the usefulness of CTRs. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should ensure that the Director of FinCEN takes steps to reduce the number of CTRs filed that are not used by law enforcement, such as by raising the reporting threshold or expanding criteria to allow for further exemptions. These actions should be informed by an analysis of the characteristics of CTRs that have been less likely to be accessed by law enforcement. (Recommendation 4)
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