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Proposal to permit additional SAR filing exemptions

FDIC FIL-114-2020, issued yesterday, announced the FDIC Board of Directors has authorized publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking that would amend the FDIC’s Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) regulation [12 CFR Part 353] to permit the FDIC to issue additional, case-by-case exemptions from SAR filing requirements to FDIC-supervised institutions. The FDIC expects that the amendments to the SAR regulation will reduce regulatory burden on financial institutions and encourage technological innovation in the banking sector.

The FDIC’s current SAR regulation allows exemptions from SAR filing requirements for physical crimes (robberies and burglaries) and lost, missing, counterfeit, or stolen securities. The proposed amendments would allow the FDIC, in conjunction with FinCEN, to grant exemptions to FDIC-supervised institutions that develop innovative solutions to otherwise meet Bank Secrecy Act requirements more efficiently and effectively. The FDIC is proposing this rule as a proactive measure to address the likelihood that FDIC-supervised institutions will leverage existing or future technologies to report, share, or disclose suspicious activity in a different manner.

Comments on the proposed rule will be accepted for 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

Publication and Comment Period Update: Scheduled for publication on 1/22/2021, with a comment period ending 2/22/2021.

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