Financial Intelligence Unit

South Korea: Regulator boosts support in fight vs digital currency bad actors
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4 August, 2023

South Korea: Regulator boosts support in fight vs digital currency bad actors

Lee Yoon-soo, head of the Financial Intelligence Unit, said the agency will improve its analysis of financial information linked to...
389 digital asset firms shut down in Estonia amid tough new laws
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11 May, 2023

389 digital asset firms shut down in Estonia amid tough new laws

Estonia has been getting tough with virtual asset service providers, resulting in 200 firms withdrawing their license applications as a...
Paycoin in a race to secure banking partnership after South Korea license suspension
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19 January, 2023

Paycoin in a race to secure banking partnership after South Korea license suspension

Paycoin, whose token is used in South Korea for payments, was ordered to secure a bank partner or have its...
South Korean regulators mull over new listing procedure following WEMIX’s delisting
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15 December, 2022

South Korean regulators mull over new listing procedure following WEMIX’s delisting

Both the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) are pushing for the listing of new tokens...
South Korea: FSC takes action against 16 unregistered foreign digital asset exchanges
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23 August, 2022

South Korea: FSC takes action against 16 unregistered foreign digital asset exchanges

The FSC said that the unregistered exchanges were brought to its notice by its sub-unit responsible for overseeing the registration...
South Korea could allow some digital currency exchanges to trade beyond regulatory cut-off
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11 September, 2021

South Korea could allow some digital currency exchanges to trade beyond regulatory cut-off

Legislation introduced in the country imposed a deadline on September 24 for the registration of any digital currency exchange that...