Blogs
Fireside Chat: The New Consumer: How to Ensure Integrity in the Virtual Economy
Join our live fireside chat to learn how proper compliance for consumers, vendors, and payment processors can foster stability in virtual marketplaces
January 2021 Regulatory Updates
Regulatory actions and industry updates from financial authorities and regulators around the globe in January 2021
Fireside Chat: Mergers & Acquisitions: The Future of Enhanced Due Diligence
Join our latest live fireside chat to learn more about the most impactful trends in enhanced due diligence for merger and acquisition transactions
December 2020 Regulatory Updates
Regulatory actions and industry updates from financial authorities and regulators around the globe in December 2020
iComply Launches Digital Compliance Administration Platform for $181 Billion KYC and AML Market
Updated iComplyKYC platform leverages edge computing and AI to support onboarding and ID verification for legal entities and natural persons
Fireside Chat: How Compliance Changed in 2020
Join our latest live fireside chat to learn more about how the global impact of AMLD5 shifted the landscape of compliance in 2020
November 2020 Regulatory Updates
Regulatory actions and industry updates from financial authorities and regulators around the globe in November 2020
October 2020 Regulatory Updates
Regulatory actions and industry updates from financial authorities and regulators around the globe in October 2020
Fireside Chat: Navigating the Complexities of Beneficial Ownership
Join our latest live fireside chat to learn how compliance teams are navigating some of the key complexities involving due diligence for UBOs
Possibilities and Challenges of AML for Crypto-assets
Possibilities and Challenges of AML for crypto-assets Join PwC Luxembourg, LetzBlock and iComply for this special event! For the first time in Luxembourg, professionals and financial agencies, from...
What is a Stablecoin?
Did You Know: Stablecoins What is a Stablecoin? A stablecoin is a digital token that is backed by real assets such as fiat currency, with the intention being to reduce volatility. In the investment...
FATF Guidance For a Risk-Based Approached: Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) first began weighing in on Cryptocurrency and Virtual Assets in June, 2014. In 2015 the FATF’s guidance was focused on the interfaces between fiat currency...
FinCEN Provides Further Clarification on Regulations for Virtual Asset Service Providers
On May 9th, 2019, FinCEN released interpretive guidance on how existing regulations impact cryptocurrencies, which are referred to as Convertible Virtual Currencies. While the “guidance does not...
FATF Prepares Massive Changes for Virtual Asset Regulation
During May 6-10, 2019, the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) held a private sector consultation on new AML policies related to "virtual assets" and "virtual asset service providers."...
Central Banks and Public Blockchains
The use of blockchain has been said to provide massive benefits for financial institutions but what real progress has been made? Sure, firms such as JP Morgan have been playing with private chains...
iComply to Power Global Compliance for Digital Assets on Hedera Hashgraph Public Distributed Ledger
Vancouver, B.C. – February 26, 2019 – iComply Investor Services (“iComply”), a regulatory technology firm offering software that automates global compliance requirements for digital assets, is...
iComply MasterClass: Understanding and Mitigating Risks in Crypto
In this upcoming MasterClass hosted by iComply, BitAML’s Founder Joe Ciccolo and Coinstructive’s CEO Chris Groshong join iComply’s Head of Product Strategy Greg Pinn to discuss the importance of...
Why Do We Need AML?
Within the crypto community, many people express negativity toward KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) procedures. There are a variety of reasons for this, but much of this...
Seven Myths About Security Tokens
As blockchain technology continues to mature, issuers today can launch a security token more efficiently than ever. However, while there are many tools on the market that can help you issue a token...
5 Takeaways from the SEC Statement on Digital Asset Securities Issuance and Trading
Recently the U.S. SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, Division of Investment Management and Division of Trading and Markets released a statement following the enforcement actions against...
iComply Releases OFAC Screening For 6 Major Cryptocurrencies
iComply Offers OFAC Screening for Sanctioned Bitcoin and Crypto Addresses On November 28, 2018, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added its first bitcoin addresses to its...