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New EBA guidelines to manage AML risk of crypto-asset service provider activity

European Commissioner, Valdis Dombrovskis is talking to media about the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing at the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarters
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EBA guidance amending ML/TF Risk Factors Guidelines to include crypto-asset service providers within its AML framework.

On January 16, 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA) released its guidelines amending the ML/TF Risk Factors Guidelines (the Guidelines).

The Guidelines aim to extend the scope of the ML/TF Risk Factors Guidelines to crypto-asset service providers (the CASPs). The Guidelines thus enable understanding the money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF)