Notices and advisories for reporting entities

From: Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

FINTRAC issues notices and advisories to convey the latest information on obligations, reporting and examinations.

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Notices to reporting entities

• 2023-08-18FINTRAC has updated the following page: Draft documents to help you prepare for changes to FINTRAC’s reporting forms
• 2023-07-27FINTRAC revokes the registration of certain money services businesses
• 2023-07-13FINTRAC has updated the schedule to implement changes to its reporting forms
• 2023-02-22Update to the Guidance on methods to verify the identity of persons and entities: New section entitled “How to verify the identity of a person who does not have any identity verification documentation or information for a retail deposit account”
• 2023-02-16FINTRAC revokes the registration of certain money services businesses
• 2022-12-16Resource documents to help reporting entities prepare for changes to the Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) form
• 2022-12-08Information on upcoming changes to SWIFT EFTR and ISO20022 implementation
• 2022-11-17Updated resource documents to help you prepare for changes to the Large Cash Transaction Report (LCTR) form
• 2022-11-10FINTRAC revokes the registration of certain money services businesses
• 2022-07-21Crowdfunding platforms and certain payment service providers must register with FINTRAC
• 2022-07-06Resource documents to help reporting entities prepare for changes to the LCTR form
• 2022-04-27Crowdfunding platforms and certain payment service providers must register with FINTRAC and the definition of “EFT” has been amended
• 2022-01-31Withdrawal of temporary COVID-related support to reporting entities
• 2021-12-02Update to reporting entities on expectations as of December 1, 2021
• 2021-09-27Update to the FINTRAC web reporting system – Large virtual currency transaction reporting
• 2021-06-01Regulatory amendments in force as of June 1, 2021
• 2021-05-18Notice on the assessment of obligations coming into force on June 1, 2021
• 2021-02-19Large Virtual Currency Transaction Report Upload documentation
• 2020-11-16Notice on forthcoming regulatory amendments and flexibility, updated December 2, 2021
• 2020-07-27Desk examination resumption

FINTRAC advisories

• 2023-07-17July 17, 2023 – FINTRAC advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force
• 2023-03-20March 20, 2023 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
• 2022-11-28November 28, 2022 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
• 2022-07-08July 8, 2022 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
• 2022-03-28March 28, 2022 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

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