2018-6-19 16:14 |
Japan’s financial watchdog is reportedly planning to force improvements at a number of licensed cryptocurrency exchanges over perceived issues with internal systems, including anti-money laundering (AML) measures.
According to a report from Nikkei on Tuesday, the country’s Financial Service Agency (FSA) intends to ensure full compliance with current AML rules at larger exchanges as their holdings of customer funds rapidly increases.
The report suggests at least five exchanges, including bitFlyer, Quoine, and Bitbank, are on the FSA’s list to receive “business improvement orders” this week.
The report said that, based on its recent inspections, the FSA found that some licensed exchanges still do not have sufficient measures in place for spotting suspicious transactions.
Formed in the aftermath of the Coincheck hack, the Japanese Virtual Currency Exchange Association consists of major exchanges such as bitFlyer, Bitbank and Quoine, and is chaired by Taizen Okuyama, CEO of bitFlyer.
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