Cash transactions have always been highly scrutinized; after all, it's still the legal currency used for most criminal ...

The U.S. Treasury Department's financial crime-fighting arm has introduced a new rule aimed at cracking down on money laundering in all-cash home purchases—but everyday buyers shouldn't be alarmed.

The core of the new regulations revolves around the reporting threshold for physical currency and monetary instruments. While the precise figure remains consistent at $10,000, what's changing is the ...

Scott Bessent wants the department to be ‘a gatekeeper’ on rules that force banks to monitor for illicit transactions and ...

Peter M. Skinner and Matthew L. Schwartz write: Although the government has investigated trade-based money laundering in the past, it has historically prioritized the movement of money through ...

Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are ...

Chinese nationals engaged in extensive money-laundering operations in the U.S., moving a suspected $312 billion in illicit cash over the past five years, the Treasury Department revealed Thursday. The ...