Anti-Money Laundering
UK widens digital asset money laundering rules to include NFTs
This week, the U.K. Treasury published a paper detailing proposed changes to ‘crypto’ supervision, expanding the FCA’s mandate and including...
Kenya forms ‘crypto’ working group after addition to the FATF grey list
Kenya joins neighbors Tanzania and Sudan and regional heavyweights South Africa and Nigeria on the grey list, with digital assets...
EU’s new AML watchdog to be based in Frankfurt
Frankfurt beat bids from Madrid, Paris, Rome, and five other cities to host AMLA, a new 400-member agency whose anti-money...
South Korea to ban unfit exchanges as it ramps up digital asset scrutiny
A three-year license issued to virtual asset service providers (VASPs) in 2021 expires this year, and they have to renew...
Digital asset firms continue to flounder in face of strict UK regulations
Rishi Sunak’s vision of the U.K. becoming a global hub for Bitcoin will likely come true, and the U.K. will...
US Treasury Department assesses ‘crypto’ money laundering, terror financing risks
US Treasury plans to release its 2024 National Strategy for Combatting Terrorist and Other Illicit Finance, which will be based...
