To combat money laundering in the United States, Congress enacted a series of laws collectively known as the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). The U.S. Postal Service® is required to stay in compliance with applicable anti-money laundering laws like the BSA and the USA Patriot Act. One of our core responsibilities in this area is to obtain information from the purchaser of money orders, wire transfers, and stored value cards when the purchase amount is $3,000 or more. To meet this federal requirement, Retail Associates must complete PS Form 8105-A, Funds Transaction Report, when selling $3,000 or more of postal financial instruments to the same customer in the same day. Additionally, the Postal Service™ is required to report any suspicious activity involving our postal financial instruments. Also, Retail Associates who detect potentially suspicious activity should report it on PS Form 8105-B, Suspicious Transaction Report.
Effective immediately, all Post Offices™ filing a manual hard copy 8105-A form are required to use the October 2014 version as necessary. Please remember to recycle/remove all previous versions. These forms were revised to update the information required under federal law. POS and RSS offices should still submit these forms online through the POS and RSS terminals as they currently do. POS and RSS offices should not submit a manual form if they submitted an electronic form successfully.
Changes to PS Form 8105-A are as follows:
n The Occupation field is now required.
n A field for the number of gift cards sold has been added. This is required if gift cards are included in a purchase of $3,000 or more.
n Fields for gift card serial numbers have been added. This is required if gift cards are included in a purchase of $3,000 or more.
Changes to PS Form 8105-B are as follows:
n Fields for gift card serial numbers have been added. This is required if gift cards are included in a purchase of $3,000 or more.
n A check box has been added if the customer used a debit/credit card (Do not include any information from the card onto the form).
n A check box has been added if the customer's purchase is under $3,000 and the customer attempts further purchases.
n A field for the PVI label has been added.
As of December 1, 2014, you can order the revised PS Forms 8105-A and 8105-B from the Material Distribution Center (MDC) and use touch-tone order entry (TTOE): Call 800-273-1509.
Note: You must be registered to use TTOE. To register, call 800-332-0317, option 1, extension 2925, and follow the prompts to leave a message. Wait 48 hours after registration before placing your first order.
Use the following information to order PS Form 8105-A:
PSIN: PS 8105-A
PSN: 7530-04-000-0302
Unit of Measure: SH
Minimum Order Quantity: 100
Quick Pick Number: 500
Bulk Pack Quantity: 4,000
Price: 0.0203
Use the following information to order PS Form 8105-B:
PSIN: PS 8105-B
PSN: 7530-04-000-0303
Unit of Measure: SH
Minimum Order Quantity: 50
Quick Pick Number: 501
Bulk Pack Quantity: 4,000
Price: 0.0203
Both revised PS Form 8105-A and 8105-B are now available on the Postal Service PolicyNet website:
n Go to http://blue.usps.gov.
n Under “Essential Links” in the left-hand column, click on PolicyNet.
n Click Forms.
The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.
— Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-money Laundering Compliance,
Finance, 11-27-14
