The initial news in April that Director Jennifer Shasky Calvery would depart the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) at the end of May created a buzz in the compliance world. From our perspective at ACAMS moneylaundering.com, it also created a race to be the first to report she was leaving and where in the private sector she was going. But with May a memory and July well underway, little more has been written about Shasky Calvery and her impact on FinCEN. That's unfortunate because her tenure was characterized by a number of significant accomplishments and controversies as well as an...
The director of the U.S. financial intelligence unit is stepping down to join HSBC Holdings Plc, ending a tenure that saw the agency intensify its cooperation with law enforcement officials and its oversight of non-bank firms.