2024-7-14 00:21 |
A recent report reveals that the majority of jurisdictions worldwide have only partially complied with the FATF recommendations for regulating virtual assets and virtual asset service providers to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. origin »
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) urged countries to enhance regulation of virtual assets and ensure compliance with its 2018 standards on virtual assets. The post FATF urges enhanced compliance with virtual asset standards to combat crypto-based crime appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2023-2-27 17:25 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published an update on their virtual assets and virtual asset service provides guidance with a special focus on the DeFi sector. A market gaining more attention from regulators and government agencies around the world, the FATF proposal could usher a new crackdown on crypto and related companies. Related […]
2021-10-29 01:00 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released a report called “Ethnically or Racially Motivated Terrorism Financing” that talks about the use of cryptocurrencies by terrorists to move funds. The global anti-money laundering watchdog said few countries had designated extreme right-wing groups (ERW) or individuals as terrorists who appear to be becoming more adept at disguising […] The post Extreme Right-Wing Groups Using Virtual Assets and Stablecoins to Move Funds: FATF Report first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-7-2 19:45 | |
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In a statement released on Tuesday, the AMLD5 from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been transposed into Irish law on Friday, April 23, 2021. The directive, now Irish law, forces virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to register with the Central bank of Ireland within the next three months and comply with all Know-Your-Customer […] The post Ireland Adopts AMLD5; Virtual Asset Service Providers Given Three Months to Register first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-4-29 18:35 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force [FATF] published draft guidance on the risk-based approach to virtual assets in March. This newly drafted guidance points at the need for anti-money laundering and knowThe post Why DeFi needs to strike a fine balance regarding FATF's guidelines appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-4-6 21:35 | |
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On March 19, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published draft guidance on the risk-based approach to virtual assets. The newly updated guidance now applies anti-money laundering and know-your-customer rules to stablecoins, decentralized finance (defi), and non-fungible token (NFT) assets.
2021-3-24 17:30 | |
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In its updated guidance on virtual assets and virtual asset service providers, the FATF recommends requiring more strict KYC/AML measures.
2021-3-23 01:12 | |
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Backed by CipherTrace, TRISA looks to get virtual asset service providers (VASPs) ready for new anti-money laundering rules.
2021-2-19 17:00 | |
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A great number of cryptocurrency businesses are preparing for the upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) rules toward cryptocurrencies, specifically the Travel Rule. This month 25 Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) published a paper that outlines how American-based VASPs aim to comply with the FATF Travel Rule.
2020-10-24 02:15 | |
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The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission has updated its guidance for virtual asset service providers to include clarity on risk management, token issuance, and more.
2020-9-17 11:01 | |
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The report titled, Virtual Assets – Red Flag Indicators of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, outlines several red flags including those arising from irregular transaction patterns, anonymous transactions, arising from senders and receivers and sources of wealth profiles of the crypto users.
2020-9-15 20:51 | |
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In their ongoing fight against global money laundering, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has given out a new set of recommendations concerning cryptocurrency transfers between Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs).
2020-9-2 20:17 | |
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BitGo, a San Francisco domiciled crypto custodian, is extending its API's for clients to append their data in line with the FATF ‘Travel Rule.' This set of regulations came into action back in 2019 under recommendation 16, requiring all Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) to comply with the guidelines. Most notably is the aspect of […]
2020-7-15 22:54 | |
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The Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) members have an impending 24th June meeting. They will be scrutinizing how well the ‘travel rule’ has been discharged to the various Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP).
2020-6-9 18:20 | |
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Crypto firms have made a step towards FATF compliance following the release of a messaging data standard for the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs). The initiative has been dubbed ‘IVMS101’ and was pioneered by the Joint Working Group on InterVASP messaging standards (JWG).
2020-5-9 22:30 | |
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A new Financial Action Task Force report says the U.S. is largely in compliance with its recommendations around digital assets, but still has some "minor deficiencies" in its state and federal framework.
2020-4-2 10:10 | |
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The Canadian financial crimes watchdog is making preparations for the implementation of its new powers on virtual currency oversight before the June 2020 deadline set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
2020-3-20 21:35 | |
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Canada’s financial crimes watchdog is preparing to implement its broad new virtual currency oversight powers ahead of the Financial Action Task Force’s June 2020 deadline.
2020-3-18 18:00 | |
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Following the latest G20 meetings in Riyadh, the Group of 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors have urged countries to implement FATF standards on cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets.
2020-2-24 22:28 | |
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The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s legislature, has approved amendments that introduce legal terms and definitions pertaining to the crypto space. The new legislation, which aims to transpose the FATF standards into national law, also identifies who is to take responsibility for the oversight of cryptocurrencies in the country.
2019-12-9 03:54 | |
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The Ukranian government has finalized a money laundering law for virtual assets and virtual asset service providers based on the recommendations put forward by FATF. Ukrainian legislative body Rada published the final version of the law on December 6th.
2019-12-8 19:05 | |
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Ukraine’s parliament approves a final version of a money laundering law that will handle virtual assets and virtual asset service providers per FATF guidelines
2019-12-7 03:45 | |
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Former FATF members join the board of advisors of a blockchain firm that wants to implement solutions to the FATF travel rule for virtual asset service providers
2019-10-29 04:26 | |
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“You have to have systems in place,” said Rick McDonell, Former [FATF] Executive Secretary and Executive Director at Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists [ACAMS] on the latest edition of Binance Podcast with Binance CFO Wei Zhou.
2019-10-24 00:30 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has agreed on how it will assess whether countries have taken the necessary steps to implement the crypto-related requirements. “Given the global nature of the virtual asset industry, it is essential that countries implement these requirements swiftly,” the FATF emphasized.
2019-10-22 17:25 | |
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Financial Action Task Force’s FATF week will see the representatives from 205 countries and jurisdictions around the world, the IMF, UN, World Bank, and other organizations discuss matters concerning the stablecoins and virtual assets and the risks associated with it.
2019-10-12 20:30 | |
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Earlier this year, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued its guidance to member states on a “risk-based approach to virtual assets and virtual asset service providers. ” The intergovernmental regulator puts the onus of responsibility onto exchanges and wallets to share user data, virtually eliminating privacy in crypto transactions.
2019-10-1 15:08 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchanges across South Korea have started implementing guidelines put forward by the Financial Action Task Force in June. The implementation of these recommendations are meant to help curb the use of digital currencies for criminal activities.
2019-9-5 19:30 | |
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As per an a statement released by the CEO of SBI BITS — a unit of SBI Holdings — SBIVC will lay in complete accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in regards to issues such as money laundering and terrorism. Additionally, for those of our readers who may […]
2019-7-3 19:40 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has issued a shot across the bow of the cryptocurrency industry, with interpretative notes and clarifications for virtual asset service providers (VASPs). The move comes a month after the task force warned in February that updates to its recommendations would be coming as early as this month.
2019-6-28 02:05 | |
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As the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) prepares to roll out a new set of rules to increase reporting requirements on cryptocurrency transactions at the G20 Leaders’ Summit this month, a collective of international industry associations have led an initiative to convene Virtual Assets Service Providers (VASPs) for the first-ever V20 Summit, to be held as a concurrent event to the G20 on June 28-29 in Osaka, Japan.
2019-6-26 12:30 | |
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The FATF (Financial Action Task Force) has revealed updated guidelines that would require cryptocurrency and digital asset exchanges—and potentially independent business owners and crypto holders—to share sensitive customer information as VASPs (Virtual Asset Service Providers), compromising user privacy and restricting crypto market access.
2019-6-25 09:53 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force’s [FATF] recommendations on regulating cryptocurrencies has taken the crypto-community by storm. According to the released document, virtual asset service providers would be required to implement AML/CFT requirements, just like traditional financial institutions.
2019-6-23 23:30 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force adopted its new rules on crypto assets and published its updated Guidance on Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers Friday. Under these new measures, crypto service providers will be required to implement the same requirements as traditional financial institutions.
2019-6-22 08:57 | |
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Группа разработки финансовых мер борьбы с отмыванием денег (FATF) решила ужесточить регулирование криптовалютной индустрии, в частности — обязать биткоин-биржи и других поставщиков криптовалютных услуг (VASPs) соблюдать процедуры AML и CFT (противодействие финансированию терроризма) по аналогии с традиционными финансовыми компаниями.
2019-6-22 21:36 | |
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Группа разработки финансовых мер борьбы с отмыванием денег (FATF) решила ужесточить регулирование криптовалютной индустрии, в частности — обязать биткоин-биржи и других поставщиков криптовалютных услуг (VASPs) соблюдать процедуры AML и CFT (противодействие финансированию терроризма) по аналогии с традиционными финансовыми компаниями.
2019-6-21 21:36 | |
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Global legislators have voiced their support for a June summit in Japan, which will discuss industry responses to forthcoming crypto sector guidance from the FATF
2019-6-19 12:48 | |
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Legislators have shown their support for the V20 Summit which is set to take place alongside the G20 Leaders Summit in Osaka, Japan, 28 & 29 June 2019. The event will convene G20 representatives, national blockchain associations, the world’s leading Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) and legislators from jurisdictions to discuss implications and explore possible technical solutions to achieve the desired outcomes of a new set of recommendations proposed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
2019-6-18 12:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchanges will meet with the regulators who want to treat them like banks at the upcoming G20 Summit – but Bitcoin price has already shaken off concerns. FATF Meets Its Match As Bitcoinist reported last week, June 21 sees publication of new material from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) aimed at cryptocurrencies.
2019-6-17 15:00 | |
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It looks as if cryptocurrency service providers will have to adopt stricter know-your-customer (KYC) policies all across the world — and not everyone is happy about that.
2019-5-13 21:33 | |
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Decisions taken by regulatory authors have usually created a make or break situation for cryptocurrency companies in the short term or the long term. In a recent letter written to the Financial Action Task Force [FATF], Chainalysis, a cryptocurrency organization touched on the KYC-AML [Know Your Customer-Anti Money Laundering] recommendations given by the regulatory body.
2019-4-12 20:30 | |
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Аналитический блокчейн-стартап Chainalysis в открытом письме призвал Группу разработки финансовых мер борьбы с отмыванием денег (FATF) воздержаться от чрезмерного ужесточения регулирования криптовалютной индустрии.
2019-4-13 19:24 | |
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The Pakistani government will now regulate local cryptocurrency firms under new legislation. Local news outlet The Express Tribune reported that the government of Pakistan will introduce Electronic Money Institutions (EMI) regulations based on the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
2019-4-2 01:33 | |
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Pakistan has announced plans to regulate cryptocurrencies in accordance with recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The regulations will be introduced immediately. Pakistan embraces digital currencies reluctantly Pakistan had previously taken a hard stance against cryptocurrencies, with the country’s central bank warning banks and other financial services providers against offering services that supported virtual currency transactions.
2019-4-1 12:04 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) — an intergovernmental organization founded to develop policies against money laundering and terrorism financing — is even more squarely setting its sights on regulating, supervising, and monitoring providers of services for digital assets.
2019-3-25 07:00 | |
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Global leaders walked away from the latest G20 Summit with a rough game plan for crypto regulation. This year’s G20 Summit took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 30 to December 1.
2018-12-4 23:44 | |
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For nearly a decade, participants in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space have operated in a regulatory compliance gray zone. Recent developments — at both the federal and international levels — signal that the time for plausible deniability or unregulated freedom is coming to an end and more traditional regulations are moving to the forefront.
2018-12-3 19:20 | |
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Most digital exchanges are unregulated and therefore unqualified to safely process cryptocurrency transactions. They don’t employ necessary know-your-customer (KYC) tactics, and roughly $1 billion in digital asset funds have been stolen since the start of 2018.
2018-10-13 23:34 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental organization founded in 1989 on the initiative of the G7 to combat anti-money laundering (AML), may be about to agree with a set of standards to apply to virtual currencies.
2018-9-20 22:00 | |
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The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has disclosed plans to introduce new regulations for crypto operators following recent challenges with Binance. New regulations The planned regulation would include licensing, registration, and screening guidelines for digital and virtual asset services providers (VASPs).
Quick Take Comparing the performance of the ‘Magnificent 7’ tech stocks—Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Tesla, and Apple—to Bitcoin shows that the coveted group of assets is seeing significant competition from Bitcoin.
Also: Hong Kong will unveil its new crypto licensing framework for Virtual Asset Service Providers in June, but the regulation will not allow retail investors to trade digital, contrary to what a recent tweet suggests.
TRM labs has announced the launch of Beacon Network to aid the recovery of stolen digital assets before malicious hackers cash out.
VASPs have been ramping up efforts to comply with regulators in the wake of controversies like the FTX collapse.
The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has stated that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is moving closer to providing a regulatory and supervisory framework that will control the country’s virtual asset business.