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MTRA Announces 2012 Intermediate School in San Diego 11 January 2012 Intermediate School 2012 Announcement MTRA Intermediate School Agenda MTRA holds Successful Annual Conference & School in Jacksonville 28 October 2011 - MTRA’s 21st Annual Conference & Examiners' School was held October 3 - 6, 2011 at Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, Jacksonville, Florida. More than 225 regulators and industry officials attended the four day event, representing 31 member states, including our newest member, Utah. Over 54 money transmitters from across the country attended as well, along with representatives from FinCEN, IRS, FBI, CFPB, USDOJ, FinTRAC and the newly formed Mexican CNVB. Outgoing MTRA President Joseph Rooney of Maryland kicked off the conference; Division Director of the FL Office of Financial Regulation, Terry Straub, welcomed everyone to Florida. The program provided an opportunity to facilitate networking and the exchange of ideas and information between and among industry and regulators. There were timely panel presentations on a variety of subjects including updates from FinCEN and the new CFPB, mobile and social payments, prepaid cards, legislative/regulatory updates, law enforcement efforts on detecting cross-border money laundering, and migrant use of international remittances, and an economic forecast. The School for examiners featured information on MTRA electronic examination procedures including composite ratings, foreign correspondents and paying agents, a BSA violations and citations overview PDF files of many of the presentations can be found in the Annual Conference section of the MTRA website. Election results were announced. The MTRA President-elect is John Bishop (OH). Joe Rooney (MD) will remain on the board and takes on the Treasurer’s role. Stephanie Newberg (TX) stays on as Secretary, and Bob Venchiarutti remains as Vice President. Directors are Deb Bortner (WA), Doug Buras (LA), Greg Gonzales (TN), Tracy Hudson (WV), and Nick Kyrus (VA). In closing, incoming MTRA President John Bishop thanked Joseph Rooney for his many years of service as the MTRA President. Mr. Bishop also announced that the next conference will be held in Seattle, Washington on October 1-4, 2012. FinCEN Issues Final Rule Clarifying MSB Definitions   MTRA HOLDS SUCCESSFUL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL IN NASHVILLE 18 April 2011 - MTRA conducted its 2011 Intermediate School on April 11-15 at the Sheraton Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Forty examiners from fourteen states attended this school with the host state of Tennessee sending eight students, followed by Delaware also with eight students, and Florida with six. Attendees came from as far away as Alaska. This school focused on the operations of one sample company in which the instructors guided students through a review of balance sheet and income statement analysis; and management concerns such as the organizational structure, administration, and state regulation issues. Compliance and a data mining exercises followed later in the week along with a discussion of MTRA Uniform Exam Rating system. MTRA Board member John Bishop-Ohio, Karen Heede-Virginia, Craig Kaiser-Ohio, Oscar Lumen-California, Rick Posey-California, and Russell Reese-Texas were the instructors. LIST OF REGISTERED MONEY SERVICES BUSINESS WITH FINCEN The Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) makes available a new list of registered money services businesses. The list provides information per state/territory and reflects information provided by filers. Each is arranged alphabetically - first, by the selected state, then, by each city within the selected state, and finally, by MSB Registrant name within each city. FinCEN said the list should only be used as a general reference for the public and may contain inaccuracies. The list can be downloaded at: www.msb.gov/guidance/msbstateselector.php.