What needs to be done to start using SDTM if we already file batch files using BSA E-Filing?
You will need to contact our Help Desk at 1-888-827-2778 (option 6) or BSAEFilingHelp@notes.tcs.treas.gov so that our SDTM systems engineering team can exchange control information with you and perform testing on the BSA E-Filing User Test system. Once testing has been completed successfully, additional control information will be exchanged and the production tables will be updated to enable communications tests. Tests will be conducted to ensure that files can be exchanged securely, submissions are acceptable to FinCEN, acknowledgment files can be sent from BSA E-Filing to the subscriber, and acknowledgment files can be processed successfully by the subscriber. Is the Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct software (with Secure+, client authentication, and TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA Encipherment Suite or a VPN appliance) the only software that can be used to exchange files with the BSA SDTM system? No. Other software systems may be used as long as the subscriber is able to communicate wit
