Neopay

JULY 18, 2024

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued new Guidelines on the so-called ‘travel rule’, i.e. the information that should accompany transfers of funds and certain crypto assets. This rule will help tackle the abuse of such transfers for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes.

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Fintech News

JULY 17, 2024

A recent comprehensive report by Chainalysis sheds light on the intricate world of crypto-related money laundering. The Scale of Crypto Money Laundering The magnitude of crypto-related money laundering is staggering. In 2023, there were over 1.4 Usage of mixers peaked in 2022, with over US$1.5

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Neopay

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched a public consultation on new Guidelines on preventing the abuse of funds and certain crypto-assets transfers for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes. The EBA invites interested stakeholders to register using this link by 3 January 2023 at 16:00 CET.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

2023 marked a pivotal year in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region’s approach to crypto regulation, influenced significantly by the preceding implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange and the collapse of of Terra, the algorithmic stablecoin created by Korean entrepreneur Do Kwon.

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Neopay

JANUARY 25, 2024

The European Banking Authority (EBA) on 16th January extended its Guidelines on money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) risk factors to crypto-asset service providers (CASPs).

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Global Fintech & Digital Assets

JANUARY 8, 2024

By Simon Hawkins and Adrian Fong On 27 December 2023, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released a consultation paper on their legislative proposal for a regulatory regime governing stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong (Consultation Paper).

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Fintech News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Further highlighting Singapore’s changing stance towards crypto businesses, several new rules have been introduced this year, which forbid DPT service providers to promote their services to the general public and require crypto service providers in the city-state that only do business overseas to be licensed regardless.

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