CipherTrace Traveler solves the Sunrise Problem for Virtual Currency Travel Rule compliance

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recently reported that only 58 out of 128 reporting jurisdictions advising that they have now implemented any the revised FATF standards, including the “travel rule.” This aligns with what we have found through our work with the FATF and with leading VASPs — identifying the Sunrise Problem as a fundamental issue, wherein adoption of regulations inevitably occurs at different rates around the globe.

CipherTrace’s Traveler solution is designed to assist VASP’s in ensuring Travel Rule Compliance by helping to automate some of the information sharing process with minimal cost and effort. As more jurisdictions around the world are expected to implement Travel Rule regulations,  the feature/functionality in the CipherTrace Web Application helps to enable compliance with the Travel Rule

CipherTrace Traveler helps financial organizations and cryptocurrency exchanges comply with global “Travel Rule” regulations and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations by providing a way to securely share required beneficiary and originator information related to transactions with other VASPs.

CipherTrace Traveler assists Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPS) in their work to  comply with global “Travel Rule” regulations by securely sharing cryptocurrency transaction information with other vetted VASPs. It enables AML compliance and operational continuity in jurisdictions that enforce Travel Rule regulations by enabling secure exchange transaction confirmations.

The following countries have enacted regulations to enforce the Travel Rule:

• United States
• Canada
• Japan
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Switzerland

In addition, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, the EU, and Hong Kong, among others, have proposed regulations to make the Travel Rule applicable to virtual currency transactions in their countries.  Because the Travel Rule guidance hasn’t been accepted and passed into law worldwide, one of the challenges for VASPs has been timely compliance with their jurisdiction’s Travel Rule Regulations based on FATF Guidelines.

The Challenge for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs)

• How to undertake required counterparty due diligence
• How to securely and reliably exchange required information without compromising PII
• How to implement the Travel Rule guidance with minimal costs and effort
• How to minimize disruption to customers

Solving the VASP Challenges with CipherTrace Traveler Web Application

The CipherTrace Traveler Web Application is designed to assist Virtual Asset Service Providers in complying with global “Travel Rule” regulations by securely sharing cryptocurrency transaction information with other vetted VASPs.  The CipherTrace Traveler product enables AML compliance and operational continuity in jurisdictions that enforce Travel Rule regulations by enabling secure exchange transaction confirmations.  This is an important product release for a number of reasons.

Highlights of the CipherTrace Web Application:

• Provides the ability to transmit Travel Rule information to any Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP), regardless of whether or not they have an existing Travel Rule solution in place.
• Allows for storing Travel Rule messages without sending them, which is a requirement in several jurisdictions.
• Offers automated notifications. If the beneficiary VASP is not a TRISA (Travel Rule Information Sharing Alliance) member, an email with a link to a sign-up page will be automatically sent to the beneficiary VASP notifying them that Travel Rule information is available.
• Supports exchange of travel-rule required information between any VASPs, solving the “Sunrise Issue” (regulations may take effect at different times around the globe as the sun rises) by automatically alerting compliance officers at destination virtual asset providers when travel-rule required information has been made available.

Getting Started with the CipherTrace Traveler Web Application

To get started with CipherTrace Traveler, or to simply fill out this form on our website.

To learn more about how to ensure Travel Rule compliance, listen to the on-demand webcast, “Travel Rule Enforcement is Here: Everything You Need to Know to Comply.”

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