Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing:
Bank Secrecy Act Supervisory Programs

Examination Procedures - OCC examiners review compliance for BSA as part of every exam cycle, using the procedures in the FFIEC BSA Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual.

Additional Guidance

• Basel Committee on Bank Supervision - Customer Due Diligence for Banks (Basel Committee Publications No. 85, October 2001)
• Basel Committee on Bank Supervision - Prevention of Criminal Use of the Banking System for the Purpose of Money-Laundering (December 1988)
• OCC 2007-29, Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering:
  Notification on the Release of the Revised BSA/AML HTML
  Revised manual in full: HTML, and in PDF in full (PDF 2.35MB) and in parts
• OCC Banking Bulletin: Infrastructure Threats from Cyber-Terrorists - message to bankers and examiners
• OCC Bulletin 2006-10 - Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering: FinCEN; Final Rule and Proposed Rule for Special Due Diligence Programs for Certain Foreign Accounts
• OCC Bulletin 2006-8 - Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering: U.S. Money Laundering Threat Assessment
• OCC Bulletin 2006-3 - Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering: Advisory warns financial institutions of North Korean front companies: FinCEN guidance
• OCC Bulletin 2005-35 - Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment
• OCC Bulletin 2005-19 - BSA/AML: Interagency Interpretative Guidance on Providing Banking Services to Money Services Businesses Operating in the United States
• OCC Bulletin 2005-16 - BSA/AML: Frequently Asked Questions (updated): Final Customer Identification Rule
• OCC Bulletin 2005-15 - BSA/AML: Joint Statement on Providing Banking Services to Money Services Businesses
• OCC Bulletin 2004-26 - Interagency Advisory: Guidance on Accepting Accounts from Foreign Governments, Foreign Embassies and Foreign Political Figures
• OCC Bulletin 2001-9 - Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money-Laundering - Guidance on Foreign Official Corruption
• OCC News Release 2005-41 - Acting Comptroller Julie L. Williams Testifies before Senate Committee on Bank Secrecy Act in the Context of Money Services Businesses
• Detecting Red Flags In Board Reports - A Guide For Directors
• Money Laundering: A Banker's Guide to Avoiding Problems