The Japanese government is attempting to spearhead the creation of a new, global cryptocurrency payments network that would be similar to SWIFT.Replace SWIFT with a global crypto payments network?
Citing an anonymous source, a Reuters report published on July 18 claimed that the country's push for the network is motivated by a resolve to combat money laundering more effectively.
While plans are being kept firmly under wraps, the source alleged that Tokyo hopes to have the network established within the next few years.
Plans for the network were reportedly initially proposed by Japan's Ministry of Finance and its national regulator, the Financial Services Agency.
The prospective network has been approved for oversight by the Financial Action Task Force - a G7-initiated intergovernmental organization that promotes legal, regulatory and operational measures that aim to fight money laundering on a global scale.
As Reuters notes, anti-money-laundering compliance has loomed large in regulators', central banks' and governments' scrutiny of Facebook's plans to launch its own stablecoin, dubbed Libra.
Ahead of this week's meeting of G7 finance ministers in France this week, Japan had set up a national liaison conference - involving the Bank of Japan, the Ministry of Finance and the FSA - tasked with investigating the impact of Libra on monetary policy and financial stability.
The G7, cryptocurrencies and the fight against money laundering.
France had pre-empted Japan in creating a G7 taskforce that will examine how central banks can regulate cryptocurrencies like Libra.
In June, the FATF revealed plans to strengthen control over crypto exchanges to preclude digital currencies from being used in money laundering and related financial crimes.
G7 Approves Japan's Cryptocurrency-Based SWIFT Alternative
Published on Jul 18, 2019
by Cointele | Published on Coinage
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