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Russia’s Hope of Ice Hockey Glory Buried Under Sanctions

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Trade Finance Risk and Controls

Trade Finance Risk and Controls

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EU-wide rules for crypto assets
ACAMS Connection, ACAMS Today Europe 2022, Regulatory Initiatives

EU-wide Rules for Crypto Assets

June 6, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment
Crypto assets have given private individuals and groups the ability to access and provide a range of alternative financial services, which fall outside the scope of traditional banking, investments and payment services’ monopolies. In most jurisdictions, crypto assets can be used for speculative trading, payments...
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Joby Carpenter
June - August 2022, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Joby Carpenter: Analyzing the Threats and Risks Associated with Crypto Assets

August 1, 2022 /Leave a comment
ACAMS Today interviewed Joby Carpenter, an ACAMS staff member and authority on crypto assets, illicit finance and emerging threats. Carpenter discussed a range of topics, including his background in the U.K. government, the challenges facing governments throughout the world regarding crypto assets regulation and the...
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Featured Column, Four Questions, Special for the Web

Four Questions: Making Sense of Recent Crypto-asset Developments

December 19, 2022February 9, 2023 /Leave a comment
The collapses of several crypto-assets businesses this year—FTX’s bankruptcy and ensuing scandal being the most recent—have sent the crypto industry into a tailspin. In this installment of our Four Questions column, Joby Carpenter—ACAMS’ global subject matter expert on crypto-assets and illicit finance—talks to ACAMS Today...
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Regulatory Ambiguity in India—Breeding Ground for Crypto Criminals
Aspects of APAC, March - May 2023

Regulatory Ambiguity in India—Breeding Ground for Crypto Criminals

March 10, 2023March 14, 2023 /Leave a comment
When Satoshi Nakamoto penned the original white paper introducing the world to bitcoin and blockchain technology, no one had ever imagined that virtual currencies or cryptocurrencies would bring a tsunami of changes in the world of digital technology and financial services. Since its first use...
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AML Controls for Crypto in Europe
ACAMS Connection, Europe Express, World Digest

AML Controls for Crypto in Europe

March 30, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment
There are specific rules in place to regulate and supervise credit institutions and payment service providers across Europe. Banks and other license holders are required to cooperate with their national supervisors, who coordinate their work through the network of national financial supervisors. The biggest European...
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ACAMS Connection, Regulatory Initiatives, Special for the Web

Are Regulators Coming for Crypto?

June 14, 2021February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment
The meteoric rise of cryptocurrency and its attendant community show no signs of slowing. Having started on the fringes of the financial sector, digital currencies are winning over hearts from Main Street to Wall Street. Crypto exchanges are seeing record growth as coins, both new...
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Time to Come Together on Crypto Regulation
From the Director of Editorial Content, September - November 2022

Time to Come Together on Crypto Regulation

September 22, 2022 /Leave a comment
Despite the failures of several cryptocurrency exchanges last spring, including several platforms dedicated to creating or trading stablecoin, resistance to reasonable regulatory oversight remains strong. The push against regulation continues even as institutions and wealthy individuals have begun buying crypto and traditional financial institutions have...
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A Three-pronged Approach to Fighting Crypto Fraud
ACAMS Connection, June - August 2022, Practical Solutions

A Three-pronged Approach to Fighting Crypto Fraud

August 1, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment
Cryptocurrency has transitioned from a niche concept to a mainstream one. (You know a topic has hit big time when it is popular on TikTok!) There are more than 19,000 cryptocurrencies in the world1—and the number continues to grow. Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin are the...
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The global rise of crypto-based investment scams
ACAMS Today Europe 2022, Global Financial Crime Review

The Global Rise of Crypto-based Investment Scams

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 /Leave a comment
According to recent estimates, cryptocurrency-based crime reached a new all-time high in 2021, with 14 billion dollars of stolen funds, compared to 7.8 billion dollars in 2020. One of the most common ways to steal money from unsuspecting investors is the so-called “rug pull,” a...
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Aspects of APAC, December 2020 - February 2021, Interviews

Kimihiro Mine: Cooperation in the Crypto Industry

December 22, 2020January 4, 2021 /Leave a comment
On June 24, 2020, Kimihiro Mine, president of bitFlyer, Inc., was appointed chairman of the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA). The JVCEA is a self-regulatory entity for the Japanese cryptocurrency industry and is formally recognized by the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA). The...
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