payment service providers Archives - Coin Engineer https://coinengineer.net/blog/tag/payment-service-providers/ Btc, Coins, Pre-Sale, DeFi, NFT Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:42:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://coinengineer.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cropped-Coin-Engineer-Logo-Favicon-2-32x32.png payment service providers Archives - Coin Engineer https://coinengineer.net/blog/tag/payment-service-providers/ 32 32 EU Introduces New Regulations for Crypto Providers https://coinengineer.net/blog/eu-introduces-new-regulations-for-crypto-providers/ https://coinengineer.net/blog/eu-introduces-new-regulations-for-crypto-providers/#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:00:19 +0000 https://coinengineer.net/blog/?p=32378 The EU is taking significant steps to enhance security and transparency in the crypto sector with new regulations aimed at crypto-asset providers. The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published two sets of guidelines targeting payment service providers (PSPs) and crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), aiming to ensure compliance with EU and national restrictive measures and sanctions.

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The EU is taking significant steps to enhance security and transparency in the crypto sector with new regulations aimed at crypto-asset providers. The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published two sets of guidelines targeting payment service providers (PSPs) and crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), aiming to ensure compliance with EU and national restrictive measures and sanctions.

These guidelines will help financial institutions, including PSPs and CASPs, minimize legal and operational risks associated with their activities, particularly in relation to crypto transfers. The EBA emphasizes that weaknesses in internal controls could result in reputational damage and undermine the effectiveness of EU sanctions, potentially allowing circumvention of rules and destabilizing the financial ecosystem.

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The EBA stresses that by December 2025, PSPs and CASPs must implement reliable screening systems to comply with EU restrictive measures. This includes managing the risk of entities violating these measures and preventing circumvention of sanctions. These regulatory steps are crucial in strengthening the EU financial security and the integrity of the crypto industry.

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The regulations stem from a 2021 European Commission proposal to reform the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) frameworks, with these rules set to take full effect in December 2024.

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