There's a great deal of change and uncertainty at play and when coupled with the nuances in these businesses and how they interact with customers, designing and implementing a fit for Purpose Financial Crime Compliance programme poses both challenges and opportunities. In this episode, we will discuss how crypto exchanges are operationalised and compliance in this evolving space. Some topics covered in this episode include:

• Navigating regulatory tangles: What does it mean in terms of implementing a compliance programme, both from a regulatory perspective but also from a risk perspective
• Specific risks confronting the industry
• US Sanctions applicability
• Travel Rule threshold challenges
• Risk Assessment for Cryptos
• Best practises
• Implementation of AML compliance programmes in practice
• Regulatory enforcement trends and predictions
• Differences between how cryptoexchanges approach their financial crime risks and operations versus traditional banks
• The parts of ‘bank compliance’ which need to be inculcated in cryptoexchanges and which parts need to be refined or even avoided?