Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations; Defining Mutual Funds as Financial Institutions; Extension of Compliance Date
FinCEN is issuing this final rule extending the compliance date for those provisions in 31 CFR 103.33 that apply to mutual funds. On April 14, 2010, FinCEN issued a final rule that included mutual funds within the general definition of "financial institution" in regulations implementing the Bank Secrecy Act ("BSA"). The final rule subjects mutual funds to 31 CFR 103.33, which requires the creation, retention, and transmittal of records or information for transmittals of funds. FinCEN is extending, from January 10, 2011 to April 10, 2011, the date on which mutual funds must begin to comply with 31 CFR 103.33.