ອັງກິດ FCA ເຂັ້ມງວດການຄວບຄຸມຕູ້ ATM crypto ທີ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ລົງທະບຽນ

ອົງການການປະພຶດທາງດ້ານການເງິນຂອງສະຫະລາຊະອານາຈັກ (FCA) ໄດ້ປາບປາມຕູ້ ATM ຂອງ crypto ໃນປະເທດແລະໄດ້ຍ້າຍໄປຢູ່ໃນພາກຕາເວັນອອກຂອງລອນດອນດ້ວຍການສືບສວນ, Reuters ລາຍງານ.

FCA ໄດ້ ການເຮັດວຽກ ກັບກໍາລັງຕໍາຫຼວດຈາກ West Yorkshire ເພື່ອຈັດການກັບການຕິດຕັ້ງຕູ້ ATM ທີ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ລົງທະບຽນຢູ່ໃນເມືອງ Leeds. FCA ກ່າວວ່າມັນໄດ້ລວບລວມຫຼັກຖານຈາກ "ສະຖານທີ່ຈໍານວນຫນຶ່ງ" ໃນພາກພື້ນສໍາລັບການສືບສວນຕື່ມອີກແລະອາດຈະດໍາເນີນການທາງດ້ານກົດຫມາຍ, ຕາມ ກັບ Reuters.

ດຽວນີ້ນັກເຝົ້າລະວັງດ້ານການເງິນກໍາລັງເຮັດວຽກກັບຕໍາຫຼວດ Metropolitan ເພື່ອສຸມໃສ່ການດໍາເນີນງານທີ່ຜິດກົດຫມາຍ crypto ATM ໃນພາກຕາເວັນອອກລອນດອນ. ການດໍາເນີນງານແມ່ນດໍາເນີນພາຍໃຕ້ກົດລະບຽບການຕ້ານການຟອກເງິນ (AML), ເຊິ່ງອະນຸຍາດໃຫ້ຕໍາຫຼວດເຂົ້າໄປໃນສະຖານທີ່ໂດຍບໍ່ມີໃບຢັ້ງຢືນ, ປະຕິບັດຕາມຂັ້ນຕອນແລະການຮ້ອງຂໍຂໍ້ມູນຫຼືເອກະສານ.

The FCA on Crypto ATMs

Crypto ATMs gained popularity in 2020 ແລະ 2021 on a global scale. The UK has been very unwelcoming of these ATMs even before they gained popularity.

In 2019, the UK released a ແຈ້ງການ and submitted all crypto ATMs and exchanges under the existing AML  requirements. These AML requirements call for conveying a thorough know-your-customer (KYC) process and collecting users’ names, official IDs, dates of birth, and residential addresses, with which crypto ATMs fail to comply.

With the notice, the FCA requested all crypto ATMs and exchanges to fulfill the AML requirements and register with the FCA. In 2022, no crypto ATMs were registered with the FCA when the watchdog published a second ການເຕືອນໄພ. The warning reminded the AML and registration requirements and stated:

"ພວກເຮົາມີຄວາມກັງວົນກ່ຽວກັບເຄື່ອງ ATM crypto ທີ່ປະຕິບັດງານຢູ່ໃນອັງກິດແລະດັ່ງນັ້ນຈິ່ງຈະຕິດຕໍ່ກັບຜູ້ປະຕິບັດງານເພື່ອສັ່ງໃຫ້ເຄື່ອງດັ່ງກ່າວຖືກປິດຫຼືປະເຊີນກັບການດໍາເນີນການຕື່ມອີກ."

Crypto ATMs in the UK

According to Reuters, there are currently 19 crypto ATMs in the country, and none are registered with the FCA. This number was 270 in 2020, shortly after the FCA published the first warrant.

Commenting on the significant decline in the number of ATMs, an analyst at crypto brokerage Globalblock told Reuters:

“ມັນເປັນໄປໄດ້ຫຼາຍທີ່ເຂົາເຈົ້າຈະຢູ່ພາຍໃຕ້ radar. ແຕ່ມັນກໍ່ມີອົງປະກອບຂອງຄວາມຢ້ານກົວແລະຄວາມບໍ່ແນ່ນອນກ່ຽວກັບສິ່ງທີ່ FCA ຈະເຮັດຕໍ່ໄປ.”

Some crypto ATM services have tried to register with the FCA since 2019. One such example is Gidiplus, which ຖືກນໍາໃຊ້ for registration in June 2022.

Even though Gidiplus complied with all the KYC and AML requirements, the FCA rejected the company’s registration request by stating that there was a:

“lack of evidence as to how Gidiplus would undertake its business in a broadly compliant fashion…The risk that the applicant’s business may be used for money laundering or terrorist financing.”