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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Cayman Islands ability to regulate and attract persons and entities that deal with virtual assets as a business is now strengthened, with the commencement of legislation for virtual asset service providers (VASPs). In Cayman, a virtual asset is a digital representation of value that can be electronically traded and used for investment purposes. A common type of virtual asset is a cryptocu...

India tightens oversight on funds received by NGOs Updated: Updated: New guidelines to banks on Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act rules. Share Article AAA The MHA has asked the CAs to get themselves thoroughly familiarised with FCRA Rules, 2011 and amendments and notifications issued from time to time. File   | Photo Credit: PTI New guidelines to banks on Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act rules. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has laid down a charter for banks which says that “do...

Afghan VP claims he stopped kids of poor families from being trafficked to Taliban seminaries in Pak

Paris-Geneva, January 15, 2021 – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) is deeply concerned about a last set of amendments, recently passed by Turkey’s Grand National Assembly, which have the potential to further restrict freedom of association and to curb civil society activities in Turkey. We call on the authorities in Turkey to immediately reverse these recent legislative changes, which have been approved despite harsh criticism [1] by civil society acto...

Geneva — ‘Food supplies are very limited, widespread looting is reported and insecurity is high.’ Food shortages, widespread looting, and sexual violence were among the findings in the first on-the-ground look at the situation in Tigray by UN and Ethiopian officials. A report released last week by the UN’s emergency aid department, OCHA, outlines an emerging humanitarian situation, with more than two million people in need of assistance due to recent fighting between federal government ...

Analysis On New Year’s Day, the U.S.-based crypto exchange Bittrex announced via Twitter that it was delisting three leading privacy coins: Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC) and Dash. A link promised further details, but those who followed it learned nothing to explain why trades in those tokens would end on Jan. 15. Still, the news couldn’t have been entirely surprising. Regulators, both in the United States and abroad, have been casting a gimlet eye at privacy coins these days. Unlike Bitcoin (...

Thursday, January 7, 2021 31 December The Brexit Transitional Period (pursuant to which the UK stayed in the Single Market and European Customs Union came to an end. The FCA updated its Brexit webpages to remind firms of the potential impact this will have. 30 December In relation to Brexit, the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement was signed, which would apply from 1 January 2021. 28 December The Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") published a policy statement (PS29/20) ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On 18 December, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced highly anticipated and controversial new proposed requirements designed to mitigate illicit finance risks associated with “unhosted” virtual currency wallets and wallets hosted in certain foreign jurisdictions with weak anti-money laundering regimes. Unlike customers who rely on the custody services of financial insti...

This year has unleashed an onslaught of global challenges: natural disasters, economic volatility, social protests and a pandemic that has upended our way of life and illuminated longstanding inequities.  At the same time, as we begin to look to the future, we see some bright spots in terms of how companies are looking at the lessons from the past few months. Corporations have an opportunity to change the status quo, question decisions and start with a clean slate to develop more sustainable a...

Subsidies. where do you get the money and all these things. theres some very funny problems. i would think ari, he would point some sort of action task force with a 90-day deadline to come up with a plan, maybe get it started during the transition with the new hhs chief and some others. but he -- and hes got some people on the hill. i would think with some sort of executive task force with some folks on the medical community, come up with a plan and i do think its going to be a high priority. i ...