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314(a) - Special information sharing procedures
314(b) – Voluntary information sharing among financial institutions
A
ACH – Automated Clearing House
AG – Attorney General
AML - Anti-money Laundering
APO – Army Post Office
APT – Asset Protection Trust
ATM – Automated Teller Machine
B
BCBS - Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BCTR – BSA Currency Transaction Report
BHC – bank holding company
BIS – Bank for International Settlements
BMPE – black market peso exchange
BSA - Bank Secrecy Act
BSA ID – BSA Identification Number
BSAR – BSA Suspicious Activity Report
BO – Beneficial Owner
C
CAATSA – Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
CDD – Customer Due Diligence
CFR – Code of Federal Regulations
CFT – combatting the financing of terrorism
CFTC – Commodities Futures Trading Commission
CHIPS – Clearing House Interbank Payments System
CIF – customer information file
CIP - Customer Identification Program
CISADA - Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act
CLS – Continuous Linked Settlement Bank
CMIR – Report of International Transportation of Currency or Monetary Instruments
CSBS – Conference of State Bank Supervisors
CSV – comma separated value file
CTR - currency transaction report
D
DCN – document control number (replaced by BSA ID)
DOEP – designation of exempt person form
E
E-banking – electronic banking
EDD – enhanced due diligence
EFT – electronic funds transfers
EIC – examiner in charge
EIN – employer identification number
EPN – Electronic Payments Network
ERISA – Employee Retirement Income Security Act
F
FATF – Financial Action Task Force
FAQ – Frequently asked question
FBA – federal banking agencies
FBAR – Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts
FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCUA – Federal Credit Union Act
FDIC – Federal Deposit Insurance Act
FDIC – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFIEC - Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
FGO – foreign gateway operator
FinCEN - Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FIL – Financial Institutions Letters
FPO – fleet post office box
FRB – Federal Reserve Board
G
GAO – Government Accountability Office
GO – gateway operator
GPR – general purpose reloadable cards
GSE – Government Sponsored Enterprise
H
HIDTA – High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
HIFCA – High Intensity Financial Crime Areas
I
IAIS – International Association of Insurance Supervisors
IAT – international ACH transactions
IBC – international business corporations
IEEPA - International Emergency Economic Powers Act
IMF – International Monetary Fund
INCSR – International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (U.S. Department of State)
IOLTA – interest on lawyers’ trust accounts
IP - Internet Protocol address
IRA – individual retirement account
IRGC – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
IRS – Internal Revenue Service
IRS CID – Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division
ISO – independent sales organization
ITIN – individual taxpayer identification number
IVTS – informal value transfer system
J
Jdx – jurisdiction
K
KYC – Know Your Customer
L
LCU – Letters to Credit Unions
M
MIS – management information systems
MLSA – Money Laundering Suppression Act of 1994
MLTA – Money Laundering Threat Assessment
MSB – money services businesses
N
NACHA – National Automated Clearing House Association
NASD – National Association of Securities Dealers
NASDAQ - National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation Systems
NBFI – nonbank financial institution
NCCT – non-cooperative countries and territories
NCUA – National Credit Union Administration
NDIP – nondeposit investment products
NGO – nongovernmental organizations
NIS – nominee incorporation services
NMLS – Nationwide Multistate Licensing System & Registry
NPO – nonprofit organization
NRA – nonresident alien
NSF – nonsufficient funds
NSL – National Security Letters
O
OCC – Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
ODFI – originating depository financial institution
OFAC – Office of Foreign Assets Control
OFC – offshore financial center
ONDCP – Office of National Drug Control Policy
P
PEP – politically exposed persons
PIC – private investment companies
POS – point of sale
PTA – payable through account
PUPID – payable upon proper identification
R
RA – Regulatory Alerts
RCC – remotely created checks
RDC – remote deposit capture
RDFI – receiving depository financial institution
ROE – report of examination
S
SAM – suspicious activity monitoring
SAR – suspicious activity report
SEC – Securities and Exchange Commission
SDN – Specially Designated Nationals or blocked persons
SISS – Secure Information Sharing System
SOD – summary of deposits
SR Letter – Supervision and Regulation Letter
SSN – Social Security number
SWIFT – Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
T
TBML – trade-based money laundering
TF – terrorist/terrorism financing
TIN – taxpayer identification number
TPPP – third-party payment processors
TPSP – third-party service provider
TWEA – Trading with the Enemy Act
U
UBPR - Uniform Bank Performance Report
USA PATRIOT Act – Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001
USC – United States Code