FinCEN Director Calvery steps down. Her legacy.

May 17, 2016
Late last month, FinCEN Director, Jennifer Shasky Calvery, announced she was stepping down at the end of May to take a job in the private...

Bitcoin ATM Beginner’s Guide

April 26, 2016
The following is an excerpt from an article published in 99Bitcoins in which BitAML founder, Joe Ciccolo, provides a beginner’s guide to operating a compliant...

Rethinking “structuring”

February 24, 2016
The tactic of breaking up financial transactions in an effort to evade certain reporting requirements, including the $10,000 CTR threshold, is back under the...

Coinnections introduces bitcoin AML software

December 10, 2015
Earlier this month, Coinnections announced the launch of a beta of its AML and KYC compliance software for Bitcoin MSBs, including cryptocurrency exchanges, Bitcoin...

California: Startup friendly(ish) regulation? Exception for bitcoin ATMs?

August 3, 2015
Pending regulatory legislation in California was recently amended to include a provisional license to applicants with less than $1 million in outstanding obligations. This...