
Know Your Customer
Irish digital currency firms now obliged to register with central bank
Companies considered to be Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) are now required to adhere to the same rules as other...
Dubai gov’t expands blockchain-powered KYC tool for financial institutions
Dubai Economy has partnered with the Dubai International Financial Centre to expand the tool which now accounts for over 50...
Joe Biden pushes budget increase for FinCEN to tackle financial crimes
The budget increase would see funds of $191 million allocated to the agency, up $64 million on its original budget...
Fintech startups in Nigeria lose access to gov’t KYC/AML verification tool
Nigerian fintech startups, including those in the digital currency sector, have been relying on the bank verification number (BVN) as...
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...
Bithumb ramps up anti-money laundering protections
The new measures include enhanced Know-Your-Customer verification processes, as well as the introduction of new specialized blockchain intelligence technologies.