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Learning & News => News related to Crypto => Topic started by: Goodcat49 on October 21, 2018, 10:11:08 PM
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) heralded plans to propose effective rules regulating digital currency ideal with its world AML/CFT standards. This effort is cogged towards exterminate the use of cryptocurrencies for financing terrorism activities and money laundering.
The world watchdog made this proclamation at its this year plenary session, according to the report from Reuters. The rules set will work on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), digital currency exchange operators and offerers of encrypted wallets operational in individual jurisdictions.
FATF Recommendations & Crypto Industry
An official publication on the FATF's website offers more data about the plan of the Task Force. The FATF has modified its standards to cater for cryptocurrency operations. This is in reaction to the surging use of digital currency as an instrument for money laundering and terrorist financing.
Via a more systematic exercise, the Task Force will officially issue these key amendments and explain on how they work on (apply to) cryptocurrencies. The organization will provide proper guidance in its jurisdictions for the surveillance and oversight of digital currency sector operators.
Purportedly, the FATF will officially issue these new rules in summer next year.
Marshall further noted that the body would intermittently review the implementation of these key rules. Sinning member nations could experience circumscribed access to the world financial system.
The FATF, albeit, betoned that nations are at freedom to choose under which AML/CFT type of regulated operations to categorise cryptocurrency providers.
Read the details in the article of Coinidol dot com, the world blockchain news outlet: https://coinidol.com/crypto-anti-money-laundering-regulations-impending/
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