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Foreign Exchange Bureau Compliance In Canada: FINTRAC Reporting, AML Obligations, And CRA Tax Rules For Currency Exchange Businesses
Foreign exchange bureaus operating in Canada are subject to a comprehensive compliance regime under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, administered primarily by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, alongside tax reporting obligations enforced by the Canada Revenue Agency.
Canada Tax
RS
Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.
Article
Common FINTRAC Deficiencies: What Reporting Entities Should Avoid
FINTRAC's 2026 Industry Day webinar revealed critical compliance deficiencies across Canada's AML/ATF framework, highlighting gaps in risk assessment, ongoing monitoring, training programs, and effectiveness reviews. The presentation emphasized that reporting entities must demonstrate not only that compliance controls exist on paper, but that they are current, consistently applied, risk-based, appropriately documented, and tested in practice. These observations carry significant implications for financial i
Canada Commercial
MT
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Article
Projet de loi C-29 et l’Agence contre les crimes financiers du Canada : ce que vous devez savoir
Le projet de loi C-29 établirait la première Agence contre les crimes financiers du Canada, une organisation spécialisée dotée de vastes pouvoirs d'enquête sur les crimes financiers graves et complexes. Avec une définition large du "crime financier" incluant le recyclage des produits de la criminalité, la fraude et les infractions nuisant à l'intégrité du système financier canadien, cette nouvelle agence fédérale disposerait de sa propre
Canada Criminal
MT
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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