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Assessing the impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on the financial services industry

James Fisher (Professor of Marketing and Director of the Emerson Center for Business Ethics at the John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, USA)
James Gilsinan (Professor of Public Policy Studies and Dean of the College of Public Policy Studies and Dean of the College of Public Service, Saint Louis University, USA)
Ellen Harshman (Associate Professor of Mangement and Dean of the John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, USA)
Muhammed Islam (Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at the John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, USA)
Fred Yeager (Professor of Finance and formerly Chair of the Department of Finance, Saint Louis University, USA)

Journal of Money Laundering Control

ISSN: 1368-5201

Article publication date: 1 July 2005

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Abstract

Outlines the requirements of the PATRIOT Act of October 2001; together with subsequent legislation, it has led to a dramatic increase in surveillance activities affecting both traditional financial institutions and the newer types known as Money Service Businesses. Lists its demands, that all financial institutions: establish a more formal anti‐money laundering programme with a compliance officer, implement an employee training programme, file Suspicious Activity Reports, verify new customers’ identities etc. Indicates the cost to the financial services industry of compliance. Concludes that, given the massive quantities of information collected, even the best technology may not ensure that the tiny minority of terrorist traces actually get followed up

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Fisher, J., Gilsinan, J., Harshman, E., Islam, M. and Yeager, F. (2005), "Assessing the impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on the financial services industry", Journal of Money Laundering Control, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 243-251. https://doi.org/10.1108/13685200510620939

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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