Abu Dhabi International Financial Center revises anti-money laundering rules, emphasizing FATF’s travel rules apply to virtual assets

Abu Dhabi Global Market's Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) announced revisions to its anti-money laundering and sanctions rules and guidelines, clarifying requirements previously included in the anti-money laundering rules, particularly making some minor drafting amendments to the wire transfer provisions to more clearly state that the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) travel rule applies to virtual assets.

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