FinCEN Proposes Rules for Whistleblowers under the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020

On March 30, 2026, the United States (U.S.) Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) sent to the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement a whistleblower program by creating a framework to offer incentives and protections to encourage individuals to report information on fraud-related violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), U.S. sanctions programs managed by Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and several other laws vital to protecting the U.S. financial system and national security.