On April 10, the National Futures Association (NFA) published Notice I-17-09, which notified member futures commission merchants (FCMs) and introducing brokers (IBs) of an April 5 advisory published by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), regarding updates to the Financial Action Task Force’s list of jurisdictions with strategic anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) deficiencies. The advisory includes specific updates regarding AML/CFT compliance issues related to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Iran and Ethiopia. NFA reminded member FCMs and IBs to review the aforementioned advisory and revise, if necessary, their respective AML programs to comply with the new guidance.

Notice I-17-09 is available here.

The FinCEN advisory is available to download here.