Financial Action Task Force Issues Bitcoin Guidelines, Warns about Money Laundering
The independent intergovernmental organization FATF or The Financial Action Task Force (on Money Laundering), headquartered in Paris, has published a report as a guide for using digital currencies titled "Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Currencies." It includes benefits of digital currencies as well as potential risks of money laundering....
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Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), an international intergovernmental organization created to combat money laundering has recently issued guidance in the form of a report titled 'Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Currencies' for closer monitoring of cryptocurrency exchanges. The report discusses about various benefits associated with digital currencies and also the potential risks of money laundering and terror financing it comes along with. The report was published as part of the recently concluded plenary meeting held at Brisbane. The organization with....
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