Financial Services Commission

Bank digital currency clients to be considered ‘high risk’ in latest South Korea crackdown
-
18 June, 2021

Bank digital currency clients to be considered ‘high risk’ in latest South Korea crackdown

The new rules will impact on some 60 unauthorized exchanges in the country, as well as forcing banks to regard...
South Korea exchanges protest after regulator bans cross trading
-
10 June, 2021

South Korea exchanges protest after regulator bans cross trading

In its latest, aside from banning cross trading activities, the Financial Services Commission has ordered the exchanges to store at...
South Korea regulator warns employees to file digital currency returns
-
1 May, 2021

South Korea regulator warns employees to file digital currency returns

Employees of the Financial Services Commission who deal with digital currencies must file reports on their personal digital currency holdings.
South Korea new AML rules for digital currency comes into effect
-
26 March, 2021

South Korea new AML rules for digital currency comes into effect

Senior officials in South Korea have approved measures that will introduce a raft of new anti-money laundering provisions for digital...
South Korea digital currency exchanges to face penalties for anti-money laundering breaches
-
14 March, 2021

South Korea digital currency exchanges to face penalties for anti-money laundering breaches

The Financial Services Commission has brought forward a new structure of penalties for exchanges that fail to properly implement anti-money...
South Korean regulator to ban privacy coins in 2021
-
6 November, 2020

South Korean regulator to ban privacy coins in 2021

Digital currency service providers in South Korea will no longer be able to support digital assets that present high money...
Advertisement