Bank of Spain issues registration guidelines for crypto services
All individuals and institutions in the country, including banks, will have to sign up using the new AML registry from the Bank of Spain. The central bank of Spain is introducing new registration guidelines for local virtual currency service providers, or VASPs, including banking institutions.The Bank of Spain has issued instructions on VASP registration for Anti-Money Laundering, or AML, purposes, requiring institutions to submit their registration requests through an electronic registry, Cointelegraph en Español reported on Monday.Issuing the guidelines on Oct. 19, the Spanish central....
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