Finland: Financial Watchdog Adopts Role as Supervisory Authority for Crypto Sector

CFT	2019-4-29 13:11

Finland’s Financial Supervisory Authority is to assume its role as registration and supervisory authority for the crypto sector, as new legislation comes into force this week

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Finland Begins Regulating Crypto Service Providers

Finland’s president has approved a law to regulate cryptocurrency service providers including exchanges, custodian wallet providers, and issuers of cryptocurrencies. The law will enter into force next week.

2019-4-28 06:05	Wallet
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Envion AG Liquidated, FINMA to Continue Fighting Illegal ICOs

FINMA, Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority, has found Envion AG guilty of receiving commercial public deposits from a minimum of 37,000 investors in the context of an initial coin offering (ICO).

2019-3-29 08:00	Zug
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LocalBitcoins, Once a Go-To for Anonymous Bitcoin Transactions, Adds KYC

The Finland-based, peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform LocalBitcoins released a statement on March 25, 2019, responding to a new act approved by the Finnish Parliament that will require users to verify their identities.

2019-3-28 18:00	Regulation
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LocalBitcoins Introduces New Verifications, Reducing Anonymity, After EU Regulation

LocalBitcoins, one of the oldest peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange platforms, will be taking steps to change its anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) policies. The move follows the introduction of new regulation from Finland’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA), where the company is based.

2019-3-28 10:53	Regulation
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Swiss watchdog says cryptocurrency mining firm’s $90M ICO was illegal

Financial regulators in Switzerland have disclosed the illegal acts committed by Envion AG, a cryptocurrency “mining operation” that illegitimately collected over $90 million with an initial coin offering (ICO) last year.

2019-3-27 18:38	hard fork
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Swiss Financial Regulator FINMA Proscribes Environ AG’s $90 Million ICO

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) said on March 27, 2019, that Envion AG’s ICO failed to follow the law when it took money from investors during its fundraising. A court in Zug has also opened bankruptcy proceedings against the company over organizational shortcomings.

2019-3-27 06:00	Switzerland
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Finland’s Regulatory Watchdog Plans to Supervise Localbitcoins Operations

On Monday, the Helsinki-based peer-to-peer crypto exchange Localbitcoins announced it is adding several different identification processes in order to improve AML and KYC requirements. The move to bolster the new customer verification procedure follows Finland’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) mandating supervision over exchange operations.

2019-3-27 03:58
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Financial Supervisory Authority of Finland to Supervise Cryptocurrency Exchange LocalBitcoins

On March 25, 2019, international peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency exchange platform LocalBitcoins announced through a blog post that it would soon come under the purview of the anti-money laundering (AML) law supervised by the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) of Finland.

2019-3-26 18:00	Regulations
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Global P2P Marketplace Leader LocalBitcoins Will Be Supervised By Finland’s Financial Authority

LocalBitcoins Will Be Supervised By Finland’s Financial Supervisory Authority An international peer to peer (P2P) cryptocurrency exchange called LocalBitcoins will start to be regulated soon. The company has recently announced that the Financial Supervisory Authority of Finland would start to supervise its activities.

2019-3-26 23:40	News
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LocalBitcoins Announces Supervision by Financial Supervisory Authority of Finland

Helsinki-based P2P exchange LocalBitcoins has announced it will soon become supervised by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Finland

2019-3-25 20:22	localbitcoins
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Another Security Token Offering (STO) On Stellar (XLM) Make Its Debut In The Netherlands (VMC)

Another Security Token Offering (STO) On Stellar (XLM) make Its Debut In The Netherlands Recently, Security tokens had reached a new milestone when the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) approved a prospectus by Bitbond to issue it's very first digital bonds.

2019-3-17 00:03	News
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Bonds, Stellar Bonds: German Regulators Approve Bitbond STO

Security tokens have reached another milestone, this time in Germany. The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, or BaFin, has approved a prospectus by Bitbond to issue the first digital bonds.

2019-3-8 03:06	Stellar
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Swiss Regulator FINMA Blacklists Crypto Islamic Bank Broker for Claiming Shariah-Compliant Product

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has recently updated its blacklist. The list includes several companies that are suspected of conducting financial activities that are not legal or regulated.

2019-2-22 06:36	News
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Bitwala Is Offering German Citizens Joint Crypto and Fiat Banking Accounts

German blockchain startup Bitwala has launched crypto banking in Germany. After securing €4 million (roughly $4. 5 million) from VC firms Earlybird and Coparion in September of 2018 to develop a crypto banking solution, the company has allegedly amassed a waiting list of 30,000 potential users.

2018-12-13 22:32	Digital assets
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Cryptocurrency Firms Now Licensed Under Updated Banking Regulations in Switzerland

Swiss FINMA recently introduced new guidelines for companies, including blockchain and cryptocurrency-based firms interested in the new FinTech license. Details of the Guidelines Switzerland’s financial regulatory body, the Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), recently published a set of guidelines for the procurement of the new FinTech License.

2018-12-5 12:41	Switzerland
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Finma: Crypto Startups Can Handle up to $100M of Deposits in Switzerland

Crypto-asset companies can now apply for licenses to handle as much as 100 million Swiss francs ($100 million) in public deposits under new regulations published on Dec. 3 by Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Finma).

2018-12-4 21:30	Switzerland
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Switzerland: FINMA Introduces Guidelines to Propel Local Cryptocurrency Businesses

Switzerland’s financial watchdog, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), unveiled a new set of guidelines on December 3, 2018, to propel the development of the local blockchain and cryptocurrency industry.

2018-12-4 18:00	Switzerland
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Switzerland: FINMA Introduces Guidelines to Propel Local Cryptocurrency Businesses

2018-12-5 18:00	Switzerland
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Swiss Regulator’s ‘Relaxed’ Fintech License Covers Blockchain Firms

Switzerland's Financial Market Supervisory Authority has introduced a new "relaxed" fintech license that can apply to blockchain and crypto firms.

2018-12-4 18:00
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Swiss blockchain startups can now handle up to $100M – just like banks

Switzerland’s blockchain-related businesses are one step closer to legitimacy. Local cryptocurrency startups can now apply for a new license that would allow them to handle deposits of up to $100 million, a right normally reserved for banks.

2018-12-3 18:04	hard fork
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Germany’s Financial Authority Warns Crypto Asset Investors Against PlatinCoin

History repeats itself, so another crypto company has been targeted by a financial authority. This time, the authority is not from the U. S. or Southeast Asia, the two places in which this is more common, but from Europe.

2018-12-1 20:13	News
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German Bitcoin exchange buys investment bank

We often hear about how Bitcoin is trying to disrupt the financial industry. Well, it turns out one German cryptocurrency startup has cut out the middleman and just bought a bank. Earlier this week, German cryptocurrency exchange Bitcoin Group SE announced it has successfully bought a 100-percent stake in an investment bank, Tremmel Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH.

2018-11-15 15:52	hard fork
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Crypto Capitals Halts Bitcoin Trading Operations Due to Germany’s BaFin Raising Red Flags

Crypto Capitals is a company that has been offering crypto-trading products to investors in Germany, like CFDs. However, they have made no efforts to follow the financial legislation in the area, which has put it at a major risk.

2018-11-11 01:20	News
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Taiwan Amends Financial Laws to Fasten Grip on Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Cryptocurrency transactions are getting a policy makeover in Taiwan after the country’s top financial watchdog agreed to curb illegal transfers and crackdown on those in violation of the law. Taiwan’s Crackdown As reported by Asia Times on Nov.

2018-11-7 14:00	Taiwan
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Swiss Regulator Instructs Banks to Assign 800 Percent Market Value Risk Weighting to Cryptoassets

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has instructed banks in the country who handle cryptocurrency to weight cryptoassets at eight times their market value when calculating loss-absorbing capital.

2018-11-6 14:00
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Swiss Regulator Affirms Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Should Be Treated As Very Risky Assets

Recently, the Swiss financial regulator, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has affirmed that crypto assets should be treated as risky assets with a 800% risk weight. The letter was dated to October 15.

2018-11-6 00:25	News
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Swiss Finance Watchdog Tells Banks to Treat Crypto Trading As High Risk

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is giving tough guidance to banks wanting to trade in crypto assets, a report indicates.

2018-11-6 21:00	cryptocurrency trading
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Swiss Regulator: Crypto Assets Need 800% Risk Weighting In Absence Of Formal Rules

Swiss financial regulator has informally signaled cryptocurrency investments should have a risk weighting ratio of 800 percent of the original amount. FINMA Highlights Bank, Dealer Queries According to local news media outlet Swissinfo, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) revealed the figure in October in response to a query by trustee and accountant association EXPERTsuisse.

2018-11-5 19:00	Switzerland
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Taiwan Passes Law to Crack Down on Anonymous Crypto Transactions

The Taiwanese government has amended its laws that regulate cryptocurrency transactions. The revisions reportedly give the country’s Financial Supervisory Commission “the authority to crack down on anonymous virtual currency transactions.

2018-11-5 01:15
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Taiwan Passes Law to Crack Down on Anonymous Cryptocurrency Transactions

2018-11-5 01:15
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German Regulator Advises Investors to “Keep Their Hands Off” ICOs

The president of BaFin, Germany’s financial watchdog, is supportive of a global regulatory framework for initial coin offerings (ICOs). Critical of cryptocurrency financial rounds, Felix Hufeld advises private investors to “keep their hands off such things”.

2018-10-31 02:00	Regulation
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German Financial Regulators Continue to Call for Global Coordination on ICO Regulation

The Handelsblatt reported on Oct. 28th that the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), German’s financial regulator opts for a coordinated international effort in regulating initial coin offerings (ICOs) although it is unsure if it will ever become a “niche topic.

2018-10-30 12:59	ICO
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In Switzerland, Crypto Finance AG Obtains First Ever Cryptocurrency Asset Management License

In what is a first for Switzerland, Crypto Fund, a subsidiary of Crypto Finance AG, recently obtained a cryptocurrency asset management from the country’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

2018-10-10 16:00	Zug
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‘Crypto Fund’ Approved to Manage Cryptocurrency Investments in Switzerland

Emerging Swiss virtual currency fund, Crypto Fund AG, said on Tuesday it had been given an asset management license by the Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Finma). The license allows the company to manage crypto-related investments within Switzerland and to solicit for others elsewhere.

2018-10-10 01:30	Virtual Currency
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Crypto Fund AG Earns Asset Manager License from FINMA

Crypto Fund AG, a subsidiary of Crypto Finance AG, has become Switzerland’s first firm to be issued an asset manager license by the country’s financial regulator Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

2018-10-10 01:00	Switzerland
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Switzerland’s Financial Regulator Approves First Crypto Asset Manager

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has granted its first authorization to a cryptocurrency company. Crypto Fund AG, a subsidiary of Crypto Finance AG, has become the country’s first crypto asset manager to be approved by the financial regulator, it said on Tuesday.

2018-10-10 00:19	Switzerland
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Swiss financial authority grants its first crypto authorization to Crypto Fund AG

CryptoNinjas Crypto Fund AG, a subsidiary of Crypto Finance AG, is now the first and only crypto company to receive authorization from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA under the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act CISA.

2018-10-9 20:53
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Norway Establishes New Rules for Crypto Service Providers

The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway is enforcing new money laundering regulations that apply to crypto exchange and storage providers in the country. The law will go into effect on Oct.

2018-10-7 21:55	Virtual Currency
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Regulations Roundup: Industry Leaders Want Clarity, Alliance Capitals Earns FINMA Warning

In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency regulations, industry leaders have urged U.S. lawmakers to provide regulatory clarity or risk a crypto firm exodus, a Greek representative to the European Parliament has advocated for a lightweight cryptocurrency apparatus to avoid stifling innovation across the distributed ledger technologies industries, and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority has […] The post Regulations Roundup: Industry Leaders Want Clarity, Alliance Capitals Earns FINMA Warning appeared first on Bitcoin News.

2018-10-2 13:25
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Swiss Bank to ICO on Ethereum

A regulated Swiss bank, Dukascopy, announced this Thursday they are to utilize ethereum’s public blockchain for an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) pending regulatory approval by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority.

2018-9-28 16:56	#tokens
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Former UBS Bankers Are Building a Crypto Bank in Switzerland

Seba Crypto AG (SEBA) has raised 100 million Swiss francs ($103 million) for the creation of a regulated bank that lets customers trade fiat for digital currency. The Zug-based startup is headed by former UBS managers Guido Buehler, who serves as CEO, and Andreas Amschwand, who serves as chairman.

2018-9-27 22:14	Digital assets
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FINMA: Cryptocurrency Firm Alliance Capitals Looks Like a Typical Scam Project

Switzerland’s financial regulatory watchdog, the Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), has warned cryptocurrency investors to be wary of Alliance Capital, a firm claiming to offer clients cryptocurrency trading services, binary options, and other financial products, according to a Finance Magnates report on September 24, 2018.

2018-9-26 05:00	Switzerland
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Blockchain Company In Switzerland Seeks Banking License In 2019

Smart Valor, a blockchain company in Switzerland has recently been given the approval from the country’s regulators to function in the local financial market. Instead of the Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) regulating the Swiss blockchain company, they will instead be regulated by the local Financial Services Standards Association (VQF).

2018-9-6 12:30
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American Financial Authority: SAFT Contracts Gives No Guarantees On SEC Compliance

Popular in recent months scheme for selling tokens to investors, when ICO organizers use SAFT investment contracts, allegedly in accordance with US regulatory standards, has been criticized by the American supervisory authority.

2018-8-20 14:48	News
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FINMA Begins Proceedings into $100 Million ICO Envion

Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA released a press release on July 26, 2018, regarding investigations into Envion AG’s Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Proceedings Focused on ICO The proceedings are particularly interested in potential violations of Swiss banking laws, that stem from potentially unauthorized acceptance of deposits from the ICO.

2018-7-29 11:00	Switzerland
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$100m Ico has actions pending by Finma

Regulation Switzerland’s financial regulator, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), has announced that it has launched proceedings against initial coin offering (ICO) issuer, Envion AG.

2018-7-27 11:55	USD
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FINMA Launches Proceedings Against $100 Million ICO

Switzerland’s financial regulator, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), has announced that it has launched proceedings against initial coin offering (ICO) issuer, Envion AG. Also Read: Bolivar ‘Anchored’ to the Petro to Be Issued in August, Maduro Says FINMA Launches Proceeding Against $100 Million ICO A press release published by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory […] The post FINMA Launches Proceedings Against $100 Million ICO appeared first on Bitcoin News.

2018-7-27 10:45	Switzerland
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Swiss FINMA Opens Investigation Against Envion AG’s Blockchain Startup ICO

New Investigation By Swiss FINMA Against Envion AG For Allegedly Breaking Financial Market Rules The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority published a press release this month to let the public know about an investigation that is currently underway.

2018-7-27 23:15	News
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Swiss Regulators Probe Crypto Mining Company Envion

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has today announced enforcement proceedings against crypto mining firm Envion. The regulators believe that the German-Swiss start-up has been operating in breach of national banking laws.

2018-7-27 23:00
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