Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Fireblocks to explore digital assets in Korea, with a focus on stablecoins.

By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent THE FATF (Financial Action Task Force) has placed Turkey under ‘enhanced follow-up’, warning of a backlog of 7,000 financial crime cases awaiting prosecution.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has ordered Bank of America to address significant AML compliance and sanctions compliance program deficiencies.

New FCA guidance will help firms understand how the law underpinning the UK's future cryptoasset regime applies to their business. It also sets out which activities may require FCA authorisation.

The FCA and partners have taken further action against illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading in London.

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We are investigating potential offences by Euro Exchange Securities UK Ltd (EES).

By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent THE U.S. Treasury is urging whistleblowers to report potential money laundering and sanctions violations linked to Iran.