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Crypto Assets Ireland - Launch Thursday 30th January 2025

17/1/2025

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Fintech Ireland is very happy to be one of the first supporters of the excellent initiative of Crypto Assets Ireland.  The aim is to build a network and voice for the #cryptoasset and #digitalasset community in Ireland to help issuers, exchanges and service providers and those closely connected to scale locally and globally.
Registration Link - CLICK HERE
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Crypto Asset Ireland - Launch Thursday 30th January 2025

What: “Crypto Asset Launch”.
When: 0900am, Thursday 30th January 2025. Concludes at 1100am.
Where: Intercept Technologies, Glandore Business Centre, Fitzwilliam Hall, Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2
Cost: Free
Registration: Bookings Closed 

​Details: Launch of Crypto Assets Ireland.  Congratulations Joe McCann and others for walking the walk when many other just talk the talk by launching Crypto Assets Ireland. Launch date Thursday 30th January 2025 (link below to register your request to attend).

Fintech Ireland is very happy to be one of the first supporters of this excellent initiative to build a network and voice for the #cryptoasset and #digitalasset community in Ireland to help issuers, exchanges and service providers and those closely connected to scale locally and globally.

Attendees:  We are going to ask for some patience. We will prioritise booking requests from VASPs, CASPs and those going through the regulatory process. Then will will do our best to accommodate other stakeholders to attend as much as possible. This will be subject to the size of the venue, and if we need a bigger boat, I think we can find one.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST REGISTER WITH A BUSINESS EMAIL ADDRESS (NO HOTMAIL, GMAIL OR OUTLOOK ETC, IE PERSONAL DATA EMAIL ADDRESSES).

 *Use of your data*: Please note that the Data Controllers for the event are Intercept Technologies and Fintech Ireland . The Data Controllers will receive the data from your registration form in order to administer services to attendees on the day, including ingress and egress from the venue. and for follow up communications after the event. Your details will also be recorded for contact about future events of the Data Controllers, jointly or severally.

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Digital Money Regulation Series: An EU, UK and Central Asian Comparative Perspective

22/11/2022

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About this event

Event 1 (Webinar on 22 November 2022 hosted by Mykolas Romeris University Law School, Vilnius)

Digital money is increasing in popularity across the world.

This 3-part series, convened by Armstrong Teasdale, the British Kazakh Law Association (BKLA), Mykolas Romeris University (MRU), and 36 Commercial, aims to bring together experts and those affected by digital money regulation.

The Vilnius (Online-Nov 2022) and London (Feb 2023) events will give the audience the opportunity to discuss regulation.

These will be published in a wide-ranging report that will be shared with policy makers at a digital money conference in Vilnius in summer 2023.

The Event 1 details are:
Webinar: 2pm-4pm (Vilnius Time), 22 November 2022
Webinar Link: To be emailed by 21 November to audience
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For further information about Event 1, please email: Professor Dr Paulius Pakutinskas, MRU Law School, at [email protected]
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ACAMS Europe May 2021 - Crypto Assets: Following the Virtual Money (18th May 2021)

19/5/2021

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​What: ACAMS Europe May 2021 - Crypto Assets: Following the Virtual Money​
When: Thursday 18th May 2021 at 14:40 (Belgium time) / 15:40 UK time). ACAMS Europe runs from 18th - 20th May 2021.
Where: Online Event
Cost: See Registration below
Registration: Click Here

Founder of Fintech Ireland and Fintech UK, Peter Oakes, will moderate a panel of anti-financial crime experts on crypto assets, including Danielle Jukes, FINTRAIL; Fabian K. Fuchs, BA, CAMS, Bitpanda and Stephane Leloup, Luxembourg Stock Exchange. 

Follow the money with case studies from crypto-organisations detailing how digital transactions are traced and financial crime prevented. Panelists will:
  • Discuss how cryptocurrency has been used to conceal proceeds of crime and evade economic sanctions
  • Assess how traceability of crypto transactions can be used to support anti money laundering efforts
  • Challenge the control frameworks used to conduct due diligence on source of funds and wealth
  • Explore common issues related to the implementation of FATF travel rule and transfer of customer data 
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Each year I wonder whether interest in and development of #cryptoassets will begin to wane, and each year it simply ratchets up further and further. That's why I am looking forward to moderating and learning from these brilliant subject matter experts - Danielle Jukes, FINTRAIL; Fabian K. Fuchs, BA, CAMS, Bitpanda and Stephane Leloup, Luxembourg Stock Exchange on CRYPTO ASSETS: Follow the Money Trail.

Download the Agenda and sign up HERE

Big thanks to Team ACAMS Shilpa Arora, Hannah Skiba, Agustina Obama, Kieran Beer, Angela Burdett Salter, Sandy Espinosa and all for ensuring that your top quality events and content remain relevant, highly informative, timely and ongoing against a backdrop of innovative disruption in financial services and the business disruption (and personal impact) of a global pandemic. The fight against financial crime continues.

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ROUNDTABLE: So, you want to be a Virtual Asset Service Provider? (6th May 2021)

27/4/2021

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Roundtable: So, you want to be a Virtual Asset Service Provider? Regulation, Supervision and Money Laundering (and MiCA). Thursday 6th May 2021 at 15:00 Irish / UK time (10:00 US ET). This is our 6th free webinar in our current series of Fintech Ireland webinars! We look forward to welcoming you.

** Our most recent Newsletter is here: https://mailchi.mp/a514139cc5f3/fintech-ireland-newsletter-april-2021-0401 ** Subscribe to it for detail of events and priority notifications here

What: Roundtable: So, you want to be a Virtual Asset Service Provider? Covers being cypto exchange, custodian wallet provider, offer or sell VAs. Join leading regulatory and VASP experts Peter Oakes, Founder of Fintech Ireland and CompliReg, Stephen Fletcher, Consultant at CompliReg, Samantha Sheen, Director Ex Ante Advisory Limited and Podcaster, Captivated Audience (former Stripe MLRO and Financial Crime Compliance Officer for EMEA) and several other subject matter experts for this event, including Mai Santamaria from the Department of Finance who will ‘pop-in’ for a short discussion about the proposed MiCA Regulation – an important regulation impacting VASPs.

* MiCA Regulation is the Proposal for the 
Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation 2020/0265 (COD)

In-depth discussion on not only the regulation of, but the opportunities and challenges for, Ireland's virtual asset industry.

FinTech Ireland is partnering with CompliReg, Ex Ante Advisory and other subject matter experts to deliver a webinar on the new registration and AML requirements for Virtual Asset Service Providers which took effect in Ireland on Friday 23rd April.  And of course, this is against the backdrop of the new Proposal for a Regulation for an EU Market in Crypto Asset (MiCA) Regulation. CompliReg is currently working on several VASP applications.

Several firms may be able to avail of the 3-month transition period for VASP registration.  While they have a head start on other firms that must register before servicing clients, what obligations do transitioning firms have right now?  What is the registration process and what are the regulatory, legal and compliance obligations for VASPs.  Mai Santamaria from the Department of Finance will ‘pop-in’ for a short discussion about the MiCA Regulation – an important regulation impacting VASPs.

When: Thursday 6th May 2021. 15:00 Irish/UK time (10:00 am US Eastern Time).
Where: Online Event
Cost: Free
Registration: Register via the button on Eventbrite page. SEE "IMPORTANT NOTICE" BELOW ABOUT PRE-REQUISITES FOR YOUR REQUEST TO JOIN EVENT. (https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/roundtable-so-you-want-to-be-a-virtual-asset-service-provider-tickets-152471320825?aff=FINWebsite) 


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Regulator Information - Did You Know? Source - Central Bank of Ireland
  1. The European Union’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive ('5AMLD') extended Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism ('AML/CFT') obligations to entities that provide certain services relating to virtual assets.
  2. Ireland transposed 5AMLD into Irish law by way of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Act 2021 (‘2021 Act’) and the provisions of the 2021 Act that relate to VASPs commenced on 23 April 2021.
  3. The 2021 Act extends the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts 2010 to 2021 (‘CJA 2010 to 2021’) to VASPs. For the purposes of the legislation, VASPs are firms that provide any of the following services relating to virtual assets:
 
  • exchange between virtual assets and fiat currencies;
  • exchange between one or more forms of virtual assets;
  • transfer of virtual assets, that is to say, to conduct a transaction on behalf of another person that moves a virtual asset from one virtual asset address or account to another;
  • custodian wallet provider; and
  • participation in, and provision of, financial services related to an issuer’s offer or sale of a virtual asset or both.
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Important Notice: THIS EVENT IS FOR VASPS AND NEW BUSINESSES THAT WISH TO BECOME A VASP. You must request must come from an organisation email address. NB: requests from email domain such as gmail, yahoo, edu, ymail, hotmail, outlook etc may not be accepted for attendance. If this impacts you, please contact us at [email protected] to discuss and we will see what we can do. We reserve the right not to process any request not from a VASP/CASP or VASP/CASP start-up.

Did you miss our previous events and want the material?: Material from all our past events is located at https://fintechireland.com/events.html
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*Use of your data*: Please note that attendees' registration information will need be required by Fintech Ireland and CompliReg for the purposes of administering attendance and follow up communications on the event.

Your details will also be recorded for contact about future FintechIreland.com, FintechUK.com, USTechFin.com, FintechNI.com and CompliReg.com events and news. And as we use MailChimp, there will be an unsubscribe link in each email we send.

Other terms and conditions: Please note that we reserve the right to accept, modify and cancel the event, requests to attend and bookings at any time for any reason.

There will be photography and/or filming/recording at this event and your image may be captured by us and used for promotional purposes in print on our website. By registering for the event you are giving us your permission to use your image in this way. If you have any queries about this, however, please email [email protected]

All Fintech Ireland events fill quickly, so reserve your seat today!

Consultations: Fintech Ireland has uploaded information on its Consultations page which will be of interest to Central Bank of Ireland regulated fintech and financial services firm. See https://fintechireland.com/consultations.html.

Authorisations: Anyone looking at getting their fintech (payments firm and e-money firm) authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland can download Fintech Ireland's and CompliReg’s free handy authorisation guides and watch the video replay of our recent Getting Authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland Webinar at https://complireg.com/authorisations.html

Easier Access to Slides and Material from previous events: We have recently uploaded a new look and feel for our Fintech Ireland Events page that allows you to search for past events and materials, such as slides and videos.  
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Adapting AFC Oversight to Address Unique Crypto Assets’ Risks

10/12/2020

 
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What: Adapting AFC Oversight to Address Unique Crypto Assets' Risks
When: Tuesday 10th December 2020
Where: Online Event
Cost: See registration link
Registration: https://www.acams.org/en/events/conferences/acams-mena-conference#speakers--task-force-4addb521

Description:  
  • Start with a whistle stop tour of the crypto world, consider the latest money laundering typologies involving crypto currencies
  • Understand tractability of VC funds and future trends
  • Examine requirements for adequate supervisory oversight and compliance of virtual asset providers and the current difference in stance between countries in the region
  • Review risks associated with the convergence of organised crime and terrorism using cryptocurrency
 
Panel:
Moderator: Peter Oakes, Founder Fintech Ireland
Presenter: Mohamed Jawad Shalo, Director of Financial Crime Prevention, Abu Dhabi Global Market Member,
Committee Secretary UAE National Risk Assessment Committee 
Presenter: Iggy Azad, Senior Manager - Investigations, Coinbase
Presenter: Katarina Pranjic, CAMS, Financial Crime Compliance, Solutions Consultant, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

ACAMS Cyprus Panel Discussion - Virtual Assets

4/2/2020

 
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Peter Oakes, Founder, Fintech Ireland and Consultant to Clark Hill on fintech, regtech and financial services regulation is moderating a fantastic panel of experts in Cyprus on Thursday 6th February in at the ACAMS Anti-Financial Crime Symposium.

Peter is moderating a Panel comprising of:
  • Professor George M. Giaglis, Executive Director of the Institute for the Future (IFF) at the University of Nicosia (UNIC), as well as a leading expert on blockchain technology and applications.
  • Kayla Izenman, Research Analyst at the Royal United Services Institute’s Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
  • Danielle Jukes, Consultant, FINTRAIL
 
We are discussing the hot topic of “Riding the Waves and Staying on the Board: Effectively Mitigating Financial Crime Risks in the Growing Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) Industry”

​https://www.acams.org/anti-financial-crime-symposium-cyprus/

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