AML
KYC for ICO
The majority of ICOs that happened earlier in 2018 and in 2017 did not use any KYC tools, and had no idea who their participants were (here we don’t count ICO pre-sales and private sales, where ICO organizers obviously had Read more…
Blog and News
Career
Why Women Must Get Into Crypto – Right Now
When I just started my consultancy business, I was approaching many great Fintechs and repeatedly got rejected. Most of the companies liked my profile and were willing to hire me as an employee. They saw compliance as a strictly in-house Read more…
Crypto
My Crypto Account Application Got Rejected – Why?
People ask me these questions over and over again, and it’s visibly (or digitally) clear how furious and annoyed they are. Their main complaint is that crypto is supposed to be the most democratizing and omni-accessible service, this is why Read more…
Crypto
Where Should I Bring My Crypto or Fintech Project?
People often ask me, which regulators or which countries are better if you want to setup Fintech business. I personally think, there is no universal answer, but there are some questions that you would want to consider. For example, if Read more…
Conferences
P2P Financial Systems Conference London
This was a conference very much focused on content quality and, perhaps, less on self-marketing: A relatively tight group of academic researchers, regulators, lawyers, technologists, government officials and entrepreneurs came together for a couple of days to discuss various aspects Read more…
EU Regulations
PSD2 and Its Impact on Future Monetization Strategies in Payments
Everyone who is anyone in the payments industry has already published [a very long list of…] their summaries on “what do you need to know about PSD2”. Here are my thoughts on PSD2 and its implications. Instead of boiling the Read more…
AML
10 Key Things You Need to Know About EU 4th AML Directive
1. It’s good. It’s mostly good news. The majority of its new requirements were applied by the industry participants log ago, and it gives much more flexibility to obliged parties in terms of customer due diligence and risk categorization. 2. Read more…
AML
Gaming vs Gambling: When May In-Game Items Exchange Constitute Gambling?
An enthusiastic Pokémon catcher (back in November 2017), I obviously could not wait to see how exactly Pokémon trading feature is going to work. In recent press-releases, Niantic has clearly indicated that trading feature is their top priority. Some publications Read more…