A bitcoin trader on exchange platform LocalBitcoins and his father have been sentenced to prison terms after being convicted of running an unlicensed
money transmission business.
These counts include: Conspiracy to Operate an Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business, Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments, Operation of an Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business, and Operation of an Unlicensed
Money Transmission Business.
The Act aims to spell out which virtual currency activities are
money transmission businesses, and what type of license they would require.
Money transmission businesses must obtain a license from the Superintendent of the Office of Banking and Financial Institutions of the District of Columbia.
Not exact matches
In part two, we discussed how state
money transmission laws could make or break a digital currency
business.
The US government insists that any
business exchanging cryptocurrency with US customers must be licensed as a «
money services
business» on the grounds that it could be used for funds
transmission and thereby (like a bank) for «
money laundering.»
- + * On February 27, Matt Dababneh of the California state legislature introduced a bill to expand the state's
money transmission laws to include digital currency
businesses.
Moreover, many of these
businesses could not be used for
money laundering because they do not hold customer funds, yet they could still be required to obtain a
money transmission license.
One consultation proposed extending HMRC's data gathering powers to enable it to collect data from
money services
businesses (for instance
businesses that provide
money transmission, cheque cashing or currency exchange services).
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The Department of the Treasury and FinCEN defines a
Money Services
Business (MSB) as a business that conducts more than $ 1,000 in business with one person in one or more transactions on the same day in one or more of the following services: Money Orders, Traveler's Checks, Money Transmission, Check Cashing, Currency Exchange, Currency Dealing and Store
Business (MSB) as a
business that conducts more than $ 1,000 in business with one person in one or more transactions on the same day in one or more of the following services: Money Orders, Traveler's Checks, Money Transmission, Check Cashing, Currency Exchange, Currency Dealing and Store
business that conducts more than $ 1,000 in
business with one person in one or more transactions on the same day in one or more of the following services: Money Orders, Traveler's Checks, Money Transmission, Check Cashing, Currency Exchange, Currency Dealing and Store
business with one person in one or more transactions on the same day in one or more of the following services:
Money Orders, Traveler's Checks,
Money Transmission, Check Cashing, Currency Exchange, Currency Dealing and Stored Value.
For example, to avoid
money laundering,
businesses must have the name and physical address of BOTH parties in the transaction: [blockquote person =» New York Department of Financial Services» attribution =» New York Department of Financial Services»] As part of its anti-
money laundering compliance program, each firm shall maintain the following information for all transactions involving the payment, receipt, exchange or conversion, purchase, sale, transfer, or
transmission of Virtual Currency: (1) the identity and physical addresses of the parties involved; (2) the amount or value of the transaction, including in what denomination purchased, sold, or transferred, and the method of payment; (3) the date the transaction was initiated and completed, and (4) a description of the transaction.
The Financial Supervision Commission, the Isle of Man's financial regulator, confirmed in a written statement that bitcoin exchanges are neither investment
businesses nor
money transmission services as defined by current law.
HB436, first filed in mid-January, aims to create an exception from
money transmission requirements for «persons conducting
business using transactions conducted in whole or in part in virtual currency».
«Two years after New York initiated its research into bitcoin, the state on Wednesday awarded the first «BitLicense» officially allowing the recipient participate in the
business of crypto -
money -
transmission.»
«The California Department of
Business Oversight has not decided whether to regulate virtual currency transactions, or the
businesses that arrange such transactions, under the state's
Money Transmission Act.
Coinbase Exchange is not licensed to operate in California under existing
money transmission laws, the California Department of
Business Oversight (DBO) has reportedly stated.
Governor Jay Inslee signed SB 5031 on April 17, 2017 which updates the existing
money transmission laws to include
businesses dealing with virtual currencies.
In June 2015, Gov. Dannel Malloy signed into law HB 6800 which amends Connecticut's
Money Transmission Act by requiring any
businesses that transmit virtual currency to obtain a license from the Department of Banking.
The law provides no exemption from traditional
money transmission licensing and no onramp for small
businesses.
According to the Coinbase Legal Team, «the Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions (DFI) has stated that digital currency
businesses operating in Hawaii are required to be licensed under the state's
Money Transmission Act.
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