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Marina Olman-Pal is a Co-Chair of the firm’s Financial Regulatory & Compliance Practice. She advises foreign and U.S. financial institutions on a broad range of U.S. federal and state regulatory and compliance matters including licensing/chartering, acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, third-party risk management and oversight issues, BaaS and other bank/fintech-related matters, compliance with Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/anti-money laundering (AML) laws and regulations, GENIUS Act and fair access law matters.

Marina counsels a wide range of companies in the financial services sector including, domestic and foreign banks, money services businesses including money transmitters, cryptocurrency businesses, Fintech companies, digital payment companies, and non-financial services companies considering new payment or digital wallet models. Throughout her career, Marina has represented clients before U.S. regulators such as the Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, FinCEN, OFAC, the Florida Office of Financial Regulation and other state supervisory authorities. Marina also regularly develops anti-money laundering programs for a wide range of financial services businesses and non-financial services businesses including, U.S. and foreign companies active in industries such as real estate, hospitality, automotive and artificial intelligence, among many others.

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The Corporate Transparency Act took effect Jan. 1, 2024, requiring non-exempt U.S. entities and non-exempt foreign entities registered to do business in the United States (collectively, Reporting Companies) to submit beneficial ownership information.
(BOI) reports to a confidential FinCEN database.

BOI reports must include certain personal information about individuals who, directly or indirectly,
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On Jan. 1, 2021, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted (81-13) to override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021,1 passing into law legislation that includes – the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act).2

The AML Act substantially changes and modernizes the BSA and related…

A newly approved Bill could significantly increase disclosure requirements for Israelis invested in or operating business in the U.S. The Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 would require that the identities (including addresses and passport information) of the “beneficial owners” of US LLC’s or corporations be reported. Updated information would need to provided annually. While similar…