9/11 Anniversary

I don't go in much for 9/11 retrospectives. I've never seen any documentaries about it, never seen any movies about it, never read any books. I don't need to. I saw the event itself.

Less than half the information banks share under the program relates to money laundering or terrorist financing, by Fincen's own count. Most is fraud.

Abacus Federal Savings Bank in Chinatown scrambled to reopen in the days following the World Trade Center attacks. The exercise resulted in the bank's first disaster-recovery plan.

The USA Patriot Act passed on an overwhelming bipartisan basis in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, overhauling banks' involvement in anti-money-laundering efforts.

Working at Federal Reserve headquarters on Sept. 11, Roger Ferguson knew he had to act quickly. But he was the only senior Fed leader in the country that morning.

Elizabeth McCaul was in Japan on the morning of Sept. 11. Which gave her one advantage: she had a working phone.

Donald Powell was sworn in as chair of the FDIC just two weeks before the Sept. 11 attacks. Settling into the role was not going to be an option.