Recently, the Federal Reserve and NYDFS announced that a New York branch of a Pakistani bank agreed to strengthen its compliance with BSA/AML requirements and OFAC regulations. The NYDFS’s and the NY Federal Reserve Bank’s recent examination into the bank’s branch found deficiencies related to its risk management and compliance with BSA/AML and OFAC regulations. Pursuant the agreement, the bank must submit written plans to the NYDFS and the NY Federal Reserve Bank on its strategy to improve its BSA/AML/OFAC compliance and its suspicious activity reporting. In addition, the bank must submit quarterly progress reports to the aforementioned regulators.

The recently issued agreement comes after a similar agreement earlier this month in which a New York branch of a Korean bank agreed to enhance its BSA/AML/OFAC compliance.