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The final frontier for financial crime
Global, USA - October 10 2019 Financial crime is a truly global issue. As readers of this blog would know, it often involves cross-border issues, and the laws of multiple…
US regulation of virtual assets
USA - June 18 2019 The United States (“US”) government has continued its drive to regulate virtual currencies through the first half of 2019. Its chief tools have been…
The five W’s and How of Hong Kong’s mutual evaluation assessment
Hong Kong - May 7 2019 As Hong Kong eagerly anticipates the release of the Financial Action Task Force’s (“FATF”) mutual evaluation report (“MER”), discussed at last…
Singapore halts security token offering: beware the LinkedIn post
Singapore - February 11 2019 On 24 January 2019, the Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") announced that it had issued a warning in connection with a proposed token sale that…
FATF releases 2019 guidance on virtual assets
Hong Kong - January 3 2019 Virtual asset adoption within traditional finance can only occur with clear regulation. A major piece of this puzzle is anti-money laundering and…
Insurance Authority testing the waters on its first ‘fast track’ licence
Hong Kong - December 7 2018 A recent statement from the Insurance Authority’s (“IA”) CEO Mr Clement Cheung indicated that the IA is set to approve its first authorised insurer…
The new frontier in sanctions - OFAC and Bitcoin
USA - December 5 2018 The United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") has, for the first time, listed two Bitcoin addresses…
Decentralised exchanges feel the heat
USA - November 21 2018 Combine a smart contract with a website interface and you can easily create a decentralised exchange for trading digital tokens or other virtual…
“Mastermind” nominee and warehousing arrangements under scrutiny
Hong Kong - October 31 2018 Nominee and warehousing arrangements can serve important purposes. However, they are also ripe for abuse. Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures…
E-sports - a new ball game
Hong Kong - October 26 2018 For those who watched the team selection day for the NBA 2K league, you may have been forgiven for being confused. The selected ‘athletes’ were not…
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