Travel Rule


Policy

Why FinCEN Wants Details on All Cross-Border Transactions Over $250

At an event Monday, FinCEN staffers discussed the “why” of a new proposal that has crypto fans concerned.

FinCEN Director Ken Blanco during a press conference in New York during his time as a U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General.

Markets

South Korean Crypto Firms Must Disclose Users' Identities Under Planned Law Change

South Korea's top financial watchdog wants legal changes making it mandatory for cryptocurrency firms to report the names of customers.

South Korean National Assembly building

Finance

Group Backed by ING Bank, Fidelity and Standard Chartered Releases Crypto AML Tools

The Travel Rule Protocol working group has published the first version of its TRP API.

A Standard Chartered branch in Hong Kong's business district.

Policy

User Profiling Can Help Regulators Identify Illegal Crypto Activity, Says FATF

The international watchdog has recommended comparing users' age and wealth with their crypto transactions to identify possible criminal activity.

FATF Financial Action Task Force

Finance

FATF Compliance Effort Adds Huobi, Bitfinex and Tether to Governance Task Force

Shyft Network is adding Huobi, Bitfinex and Tether to its crypto-focused anti-money laundering platform as the sector ramps up FATF compliance efforts.

Shyft Network co-founder Joseph Weinberg

Markets

Swiss Crypto Firms Say First Automated, AML-Compliant Bitcoin Transfer Completed

The new bitcoin transaction automatically complies with the FATF Travel Rule and will save intermediaries from doing it all manually.

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Policy

Where FATF Crypto Compliance Gets Interesting: Africa

Crypto businesses seeing strong growth across the 54-country continent are working hard to meet the FATF's anti-money laundering standards.

Tanzania (Hu Chen/Unsplash)

Finance

How One Firm Is Addressing the Interoperability Problem Posed by FATF's 'Travel Rule'

Crypto companies building solutions to the FATF "Travel Rule" may be creating a new interoperability problem. Netki is offering a fix.

(Kumiko SHIMIZU/Unsplash)

Policy

CoolBitX and Elliptic Team Up to Offer Crypto Firms Compliance Tools

Elliptic and CoolBitX will provide a package of their respective solutions to crypto firms such as exchanges needing to stay in compliance with regulators.

Elliptic founder and CTO James Smith (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Group Eyes 'Bulletin Board' System for FATF Compliance: Coinbase Exec

Top cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinbase will release a white paper detailing a way to comply with the Financial Action Task Force's "Travel Rule."

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

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