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MAS Seeks Feedback to Close Regulatory Gaps for Crypto Service Providers

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The framework is designed to ensure compliance with international standards, particularly in relation to anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT). Additionally, the proposed regulatory framework includes guidelines on technology risk management and cybersecurity.

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Fixing Banks’ AML Achilles’ Heel — Before The Fraudsters Pounce

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According to a report in ZDNet , Westpac said that “a mix of technology and human error” and “deficient financial crime processes” were behind the financial institution’s (FI’s) lack of compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. As many as 23 million occasions, in fact. Crime, At Scale.

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Bitcoin Daily: Singapore’s MAS Looks To Expand Regulation Of Digital Token Services

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The release says MAS intends to broaden the scope of anti-money-laundering activity and fighting terrorism to include entities selling cryptocurrency overseas. And the actions on risk will help with the new, more comprehensive use of technology in peoples’ lives that has also come with more threat of risk, the release says.

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Here Are All The Licensed Crypto Services Providers in Singapore

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The move aims to protect against financial crime and loss, particularly in digital fraud, and includes broadening DPT service definitions and enhancing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) protocols such as Customer Due Diligence and transaction monitoring.