Barclays blochează plățile Binance pentru a „păstra banii în siguranță”

UK bank Barclays has told customers that they’re blocked from sending their funds to crypto exchange Binance in order to “keep your money safe”, according to the Financial Times. 

“As you’ve made a payment to Binance this year, we wanted to let you know that we’re stopping payments made by credit/debit card to them until further notice. This is to help keep your money safe,” a notification reportedly sent to Barclays customers reads. 

The move comes in the aftermath of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s crackdown on Binance. Last month, the FCA issued a avertisment consumator against Binance Markets Limited, a company acquired by Binance in order to facilitate the launch of a bespoke UK crypto exchange. 

FCA a spus decriptaţi that while it cannot ban Binance, it did what it could to protect consumers by prohibiting Binance Markets Limited from providing “regulated activities” in the UK.

Binance’s compliance woes

The crypto exchange has run into a number of hurdles when it comes to regulatory compliance in recent months. 

Per Financial Times, an executive at a payments company that helped Binance connect to the wider financial market said the crypto exchange “talks a big game on anti-money laundering and know-your-customer” rules, but remained “resistant to throwing human resources at compliance issues.” 

The FCA was also concerned about the company’s approach to money laundering rules. An FCA spokesperson told decriptaţi that the regulator “obviously has issues with standards in that area.” 

The FCA joined an already long list of regulators that have taken a critical stance against Binance in recent months. This includes regulators in Malaezia, Tailanda și Japonia. 

Last week, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority a anunțat that Binance is not “registered, licensed, regulated or otherwise authorized” to operate as a crypto exchange “from or within” the Cayman Islands. 

Binance, on the other hand—which continues to say it has no headquarters—has declarat anterior that it takes its compliance obligations “very seriously.”

Source: https://decrypt.co/75252/barclays-stops-binance-payments-in-effort-to-protect-customer-funds