Germany takes over the presidency of the FATF with new guidelines for countries to apply crypto standards

By stvleong | Steven Leong | 5 Jul 2020


Since Germany takes over the presidency from China, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has a new Chairman. The intergovernmental organization also stressed the need for more guidance on cryptocurrencies, since many countries have not yet fully implemented their revised crypto standards. There was also announced yet another analysis.

74eb5311f86064b93e09851e9c303aadb9547d57f18c0ff7d66f6fa500342b39.jpeg

Germany is now the FATF chief
The FATF has a new President, Germany's Dr. Marcus Pleyer, who succeeded China's Xiangmin Liu. Pleyer serves as the Deputy General Manager in the Ministry of Finance of Germany. His two-year term as anti-money laundering watchdog president started June 1.

Pleyer discussed his priorities at the last virtual plenary of the FATF which was held on June 24 and was published on Wednesday. About the "latest requirements on virtual properties" of the organisation, he declared: "The German Presidency aims to expand on this research, to concentrate on the opportunities that technology can bring, to initiate an initiative to track risks and explore opportunities." Germany is even more crypto friendly compared to China; the country began controlling the industry earlier this year and at least 40 banks in the country reportedly expressed interest in providing crypto services.

 

Previous post:

Trading Strategies for Beginners
https://www.publish0x.com/steven-leong/trading-strategies-for-beginners-xjjryop

How do you rate this article?

4


stvleong
stvleong

I'm a Digital Marketing Lead | Crypto Trader | Affiliate Marketer and love to write posts related to crypto and anything that is interesting.


Steven Leong
Steven Leong

Passionate and love to write articles related to crypto news, articles, guides, reviews, price predictions and more. Follow me and like my post.

Send a $0.01 microtip in crypto to the author, and earn yourself as you read!

20% to author / 80% to me.
We pay the tips from our rewards pool.