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Understanding the FCA’s proposed updates to the Financial Crime Guide

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing significant updates to its Financial Crime Guide. The FCA aims to assist firms in understanding regulatory expectations while empowering them to assess the adequacy of their financial crime systems and controls. However, the proposed changes don’t stop there.

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The EBA consults on new Guidelines on preventing the abuse of funds and certain crypto-assets transfers for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes

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These ‘travel rule’ Guidelines specify the steps that Payment Service Providers (PSPs), Intermediary PSPs (IPSPs), crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) and Intermediary CASPs (ICASPs) should take to detect missing or incomplete information that accompanies a transfer of funds or crypto-assets.

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EBA issues guidance to crypto-asset service providers to effectively manage their exposure to ML/TF risks

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The new Guidelines highlight ML/TF risk factors and mitigating measures that CASPs need to consider, representing an important step forward in the EU’s fight against financial crime. CASPs can be abused for financial crime purposes, including ML and TF.

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Deep Dive: Cracking Down On Cryptocurrency Exchange Cybercrime With AML/KYC Compliance

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This lack of identity information is compounded by the weak KYC procedures of many cryptocurrency exchanges, with a recent study finding that 56 percent of all exchanges lacked sufficient KYC processes, many of which did so on purpose to avoid complying with AML regulations. or the U.S.,

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