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Podcast: Impact of FRB and FinCEN Proposed Amendments to Recordkeeping and Travel Rule Regulations

Client Alert | 1 min read | 01.22.21

On October 23, 2020, the Federal Reserve Board and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a joint notice of proposed rulemaking that would amend the Bank Secrecy Act’s Recordkeeping Rule and Travel Rule regulations. The proposed changes would: (a) lower the threshold for covered cross-border transactions from $3,000 to $250, and (b) extend the applicability of the rules to convertible virtual currency and digital assets. Caroline Brown moderates this panel discussion hosted by KPMG and Carlton Greene provides insight into what the changes mean for virtual currency companies and payments companies. 

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.26.26

FERC Requires Refunds for Late QF Recertification

On February 19, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Branch Street Solar Partners, LLC et al., 194 FERC ¶ 61,124 (2026) rejecting the refund reports filed in connection with the late filing of recertifications of qualifying facility (QF) status by certain affiliated companies to reflect a change in upstream ownership. FERC’s rearticulation of QF recertification timing requirements and consequences for late QF recertifications has broad and substantial implications for all QF owners. ...