Modernization and upcoming changes impacting reporting entities
From: Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
New initiatives that FINTRAC is implementing, which impact reporting entities (businesses and individuals).
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- Implementing online systems Added on May 6, 2024
- Implementing obligations for the mortgage sector
- Implementing stronger correspondent banking obligations
- Modernizing FINTRAC's reporting forms Completed June 24, 2024
- Related links
Implementing online systems
- Description of initiative
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Following a cyber incident, which took place on March 2, 2024, FINTRAC took its corporate systems offline to ensure their integrity and protect the information that it maintains. FINTRAC is working on implementing new tools and systems in a phased approach to allow reporting entities to fully resume the submission of financial transactions.
API report submission is available for entities that submit higher volumes of Suspicious Transaction Reports, Large Cash Transaction Reports, Large Virtual Currency Reports, Electronic Funds Transfer Reports and Casino Disbursement Reports.
- Initiative status
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In progress
- Timelines
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FINTRAC is currently working on the following priority systems:
- FINTRAC Web Reporting System
- Money services business registration
- Report upload for financial transaction reports identified and documented by reporting entities during the system outage
FINTRAC is currently testing components of the FINTRAC Web Reporting System and the report upload with smaller groups of reporting entities. FINTRAC will provide guidance for reporting entities as these systems become available for wider implementation.
- Key steps or milestones
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FINTRAC is assessing timelines for the implementation of various online systems. The status of each initiative will be updated as it becomes available.
- FINTRAC Web reporting System:
- In progress: Implementation of modernized Suspicious Transaction Form for current FINTRAC Web Reporting System users
- In progress: Implementation of report upload function in the FINTRAC Web Reporting System to allow former Cloudmask users to submit financial transaction reports that were identified and documented during the system outage period beginning March 2, 2024
- Upcoming: System improvements and integration of Electronic Funds Transfer Report, Large Cash Transaction Report, Large Virtual Currency Report, and Casino Disbursement Report for current FINTRAC Web Reporting System users
- Money services business registration:
- Completed: Web form for money services businesses to initiate renewals, information changes and cessations for existing registrations
- Completed: Online money services businesses registry for updated information on the most recent registration status of money services businesses
- Completed: Web form to initiate pre-registration of money services businesses
FINTRAC is actively processing new registration requests and responding to requests received in a phased approach
- FINTRAC Web reporting System:
- Web content
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- FINTRAC API Report Submission
- Web form: Request money services business or foreign money services business registration updates Added on May 17, 2024
- Money Services Business Registry Added on July 31, 2024
- Web form: Pre-registration request for money services business or foreign money services business Added on August 22, 2024
- Assurance of data protection and resumption of online systems
Additional links to new or updated FINTRAC web content related to this initiative will be posted as they become available.
Implementing obligations for the mortgage sector
- Description of initiative
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FINTRAC will provide information and adapt reporting tools to assist businesses and professionals involved in the mortgage sector to comply with their new anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing obligations starting October 11, 2024.
- Initiative status
- In progress
- Timelines
- To implement by October 2024 when the regulations will come into force.
- Key steps or milestones
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- February 18, 2023: The Government of Canada published proposed regulations in the Canada Gazette, Part I (Volume 157, Number 7) for consultation, which ended March 20, 2023
- October 11, 2023: The Government of Canada published final regulations in the Canada Gazette, Part II (Volume 157, Number 21)
- Outreach engagement sessions for the mortgage sector (dates to be determined)
- Creating or updating related information and resources (dates to be determined, but will be available in advance of the coming into force date)
- October 11, 2024: Coming into force of new Regulations at which time the mortgage sector will be required to comply with the new obligations
- Web content
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- FINTRAC's requirements applicable to the mortgage sector Added on October 12, 2023
- Additional links to new or updated FINTRAC's web content related to this initiative will be posted progressively prior to the coming into force date
Implementing stronger correspondent banking obligations
- Description of initiative
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FINTRAC will adapt its guidance since financial entities entering into a correspondent banking relationship will need to comply with additional requirements as of October 11, 2024:
- conduct and document a risk assessment of their correspondent banking relationship, and keep up to date
- conduct additional due diligence measures and keep a record:
- determine the nature of the clientele and markets served by the foreign financial institution
- assess the reputation of the foreign financial institution with respect to anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing requirements
- assess the quality of the anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing supervision of the jurisdiction in which the foreign financial institution is incorporated and conducts transactions
- conduct on-going monitoring of the correspondent banking relationship according to the risk
- Initiative status
- In progress
- Timelines
- To implement by October 2024 when the regulations will come into force.
- Key steps or milestones
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- February 18, 2023: The Government of Canada published proposed regulations in the Canada Gazette, Part I (Volume 157, Number 7) for consultation, which ended March 20, 2023
- October 11, 2023: The Government of Canada published final regulations in the Canada Gazette, Part II (Volume 157, Number 21)
- Updating existing guidelines (dates to be determined, but will be available in advance of the coming into force date)
- October 11, 2024: Coming into force of new Regulations
- Web content
- Links to new or updated FINTRAC's web content related to this initiative will be posted progressively prior to the coming into force date.
Modernizing FINTRAC's reporting forms
- Description of initiative
- Multi-year initiative to implement important changes to FINTRAC's reporting forms (and related guidance).
- Initiative status
- Implementation completed
- Timelines
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Implementation completed June 24, 2024
Businesses that submit higher volumes of reports through systems being decommissioned must take into account the following transition periods to complete their implementation of API report submission:
- Suspicious Transaction Reports (until July 3, 2024)
- Large Cash Transaction Reports (ended November 6, 2023)
- Large Virtual Currency Transaction Reports (ended November 6, 2023)
- Electronic Funds Transfer Reports (until August 22, 2024)
- Casino Disbursement Reports (until August 22, 2024)
- Key steps or milestones
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- In an effort to further improve the effectiveness of Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime, 3 sets of regulatory amendments were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 153, Number 14:
- July 10, 2019: Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, 2019: SOR/2019‑240
- June 10, 2020: Regulations Amending the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, 2019: SOR/2020‑112
- April 27, 2022: Regulations Amending the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations: SOR/2022‑76
- FINTRAC designed and implemented the following components:
- 2020 and 2021:Large Virtual Currency Transaction Report form and related guidance
- 2022 and 2023: Large Cash Transaction Report form and related guidance
- October 2023: FINTRAC API report submission and guidance on:
- Reporting large cash transactions to FINTRAC
- Reporting large virtual currency transactions to FINTRAC
- Reporting transactions to FINTRAC: The 24-hour rule
- April 2024: Suspicious Transaction Report form and related guidance
- June 2024: Electronic Funds Transfer Report, Casino Disbursement Report and related guidance
- In an effort to further improve the effectiveness of Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime, 3 sets of regulatory amendments were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 153, Number 14:
- Web content
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- FINTRAC API report submission
- Guidance:
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