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Virtual Asset Service Providers and the Travel Rule

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What is the Travel Rule? The virtual asset “Travel Rule”, formally known as the “Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendation 16”, requires Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) to share and hold specific customer...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

EU’s New Guidance: Travel Rule to Combat Money Laundering in Crypto

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The EU is continuing to shape the regulatory landscape in the crypto market After the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) entered into force in June 2024, a significant step took place last July with the publication of...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

New FinCEN Rule Imposes AML Requirements on Investment Advisers

On August 28, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) that will define most SEC-registered investment advisers (“RIAs”) and exempt reporting advisers (“ERAs”) as...more

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FinCEN Proposes AML Requirements for Certain Investment Advisers

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On February 13, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) that would subject registered investment advisers (“RIAs”) and...more

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FinCEN Proposes New Rule to Subject Advisers to AML Requirements

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Who may be interested: Investment Advisers; Closed-End Funds; and Directors of Closed-End Funds - Quick Take: The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued a notice of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FinCEN Proposal Potentially Impacts Registered Investment, Exempt Reporting Advisers

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a new notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), referred to herein as the "Proposed Rule," that would subject SEC-registered...more

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Fintech update: Understanding the travel rule for VASPs

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The Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) has recently shared its guidance outlining what Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) need to do to follow the 'travel rule'. This article simplifies the concept of the travel...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 2nd Forum on Digital Assets Compliance: AML, Sanctions and Regulatory Oversight - October 17th - 18th, New York, NY

With so many new, emerging risks coming to the forefront, ACI is excited to announce our Digital Assets Compliance: AML, Sanctions and Regulatory Oversight. Unlike other conferences, this highly anticipated event stands apart...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

El FCPA Y El CPA

El cumplimiento del FCPA (Ley de Prácticas Corruptas en el Extranjero, “Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) debe estar a la vanguardia de las empresas de todos los tamaños en todas las industrias....more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Guidepost in Motion: Banking on Crypto Continued

Dan Burstein, general counsel and chief compliance officer at Paxos Trust Company, and Julie Myers Wood continue their discussion of the increasing openness of banking regulators to allow traditional financial institutions to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The Extension of FAFT’s ‘travel Rule’ and Implications for Virtual Asset Service Providers in the UK

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The extension of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ‘Travel Rule’ to ‘Virtual Asset Service Providers’ (VAPSs) is emblematic of the continued and growing push to bring crypto businesses into the mainstream of financial...more

King & Spalding

FATF Releases Proposed Updates to Cryptocurrency Regulation Guidance

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On March 19, 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”), an intergovernmental body tasked with setting international standards aimed at preventing money laundering and terrorist financing (“FATF Standards”), released its...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Will Financial Institutions be Ready for the Proposed Travel Rule Rulemaking?

The “Travel Rule” is a Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) rule [31 CFR 103.33(g)] that requires financial institutions to pass certain information on to the next financial institution, in certain funds transmittals involving more than...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - February 2021 #2

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U.S. Developments - Tesla buys $1.5 billion in Bitcoin - In a 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, Tesla announced that it had bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin. Tesla said the...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

¿Estarán las Instituciones Financieras Preparadas para la Propuesta de Reglamentación del “Travel Rule”?

El “Travel Rule” es una regla de la Ley de Secreto Bancario (“BSA”) regla [31 CFR 103.33(g)] y requiere que todas las instituciones financieras transmitan cierta información a la siguiente institución financiera, en ciertas...more

King & Spalding

Pumping the Brakes: FinCEN Reopens Comment Period for Controversial Crypto Reporting & Recordkeeping Rules

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After Widespread Market Opposition in an Expedited First Round of Comments, FinCEN Solicits More Feedback on Rule Seeking to “Close Gaps” in Virtual Currency Anti-Money Laundering Rules On January 14, in a surprise move,...more

K2 Integrity

Proposal to Revise Recordkeeping and Travel Rule Requirements Poses Implementation Challenges for FIs and VASPs

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The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System (FRB) proposed new rules that would expand the applicability of recordkeeping and travel rule requirements,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 10, November 2020

VIDEO: Cryptocurrency - Legitimate Uses and Potential Issues - Following the recent publication of the U.S. Attorney General's cryptocurrency enforcement framework, Spilman attorneys Corey Bonasso and Nick Mooney discuss...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FinCEN and Federal Reserve Propose To Significantly Lower Threshold for International Funds Transfers Under Recordkeeping and...

On October 27, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve, together with FinCEN, “the Agencies”)...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FinCEN Seeks To Expand Scope Of Information Collection And Recordkeeping Requirements For Money Transmitters And Other Financial...

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A new proposed rulemaking (the “NPRM”) would lower the current $3,000 threshold for the applicability of the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) Recordkeeping Rule and Travel Rule to $250 for covered funds transfers that begin or end...more

King & Spalding

FinCEN Proposes Lower Travel Rule Thresholds for Fiat and Virtual Currencies

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In October of last year, we wrote about the challenges faced by virtual currency businesses in complying with the Travel Rule following new guidance from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Financial Crimes...more

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OCC Finalizes “True Lender” Rule

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In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “true lender” rule, which establishes that a national bank or federal savings association (bank) is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - July 2020 #3

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US Developments - OCC Issues Interpretation that Banks Can Offer Crypto Custody Services - On July 22, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued an interpretive letter clarifying that national banks...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

UK Issues New Travel Rules Effective June 8

The United Kingdom has issued new rules for travelers entering or returning to the country on or after Monday, June 8, 2020. This requirement will apply to British citizens, residents of the UK, and international visitors...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Resource for Organizations Conducting Research in the Developing World Amid COVID-19 Pandemic - Update #2

This content was originally published on April 15, 2020. It was last updated as of Friday, May 29, 2020 at 12:40 p.m. CST. American universities, hospitals, and other institutions currently have a wide variety of...more

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