On February 13, 2026, FinCEN launched a new dedicated webpage to confidentially accept whistleblower tips on fraud, money laundering, and sanctions violations. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said that Treasury would provide financial rewards for eligible whistleblower tips. 

On February 13, 2026, FinCEN issued an order granting exceptive relief to covered financial institutions from certain requirements under FinCEN’s Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions rule. The order exempts covered financial institutions from the requirement to identify and verify the beneficial owners of a legal entity customer each time the customer opens a new account.

On February 6, 2026, the OFAC launched its new online Voluntary Self-Disclosure Portal. The portal provides a streamlined, secure method for submitting voluntary self-disclosures of potential violations of OFAC-administered sanctions programs. 

On January 12-13, 2026, FinCEN hosted the first meeting of the Transnational Organized Crime Working Group (TOC-WG). The group brings together representatives from 16 financial intelligence units (FIUs) committed to enhancing cooperation to identify and disrupt transnational organized crime.

On January 9, 2026, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced several initiatives to combat rampant government benefits fraud in Minnesota, which has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars. The initiatives aim to protect Minnesota taxpayers and safeguard the financial system.

On December 31, 2025, FinCEN issued a final rule to extend the effective date of the rule establishing Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Suspicious Activity Report Filing Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers (IA AML Rule) from January 1, 2026, until January 1, 2028.

On December 22, 2025, FinCEN announced a multi-tiered operation targeting more than 100 U.S. money services businesses (MSBs) operating along the southwest border to look for potential non-compliance with regulations designed to detect money laundering and combat illicit finance. According to FinCEN, the operation resulted in the issuance of six notices of investigation, dozens of examination referrals to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and over 50 compliance outreach letters.

On December 19, 2025, FinCEN held a FinCEN Exchange focused on denying individual Chinese money launders access to the U.S. and global financial systems. The Exchange was attended by global financial institutions, federal law enforcement agencies, and Treasury officials.