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The EBA issues ‘travel rule’ guidance to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing in transfers of funds and crypto assets

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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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BYDFi Joins CODE and VerifyVASP Alliances

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The partnership includes successful integration with the Travel Rule compliance solution, ensuring adherence to South Koreas regulatory standards for crypto transactions. BYDFi announced its official membership in South Koreas CODE VASP Alliance. CODE formally welcomed BYDFi’s participation at the same time as a post.

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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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It also introduced new provisions in Article 19b to Directive (EU) 2015/849, mandating the EBA to clarify the due diligence requirements CASPs should apply in high ML/TF risk situations, and when entering into correspondent relationships with respondents that are CASPs from non-EU countries.

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Here Are All The Licensed Crypto Services Providers in Singapore

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Per FATF (Financial Action Task Force) standards, compliance with the Travel Rule mandates DPT services to share client information for transactions, ensuring further safety in digital transfers. Entities providing DPT services before 28 January 2020 are temporarily exempted from licensing under specific conditions.