6 major South Korean banks to enable services to exchanges again by the end of the month

6 banks 30 days Confirmation of blindness on January 30th

New investment will be applied to strict criteria such as blind date confirmation

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Park Yong-joo, 30 days after the expiration date.

From this point on, new investments in virtual money are allowed, but it is likely that more stringent standards will be applied in the process of confirming blindness.

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According to the financial authorities, banks and virtual money traders on the 23rd, six banks including Nonghyup Bank, Shinhan Bank and Shinhan Bank, which are providing virtual currency exchanges and virtual accounts, Start.

"The six banks are planning to open the system at the same time," said an official from the banks and virtual currency exchanges.

Confirmation of blindness deposit and withdrawal service is a service that permits only the account of the trader whose identity is confirmed and the deposit and withdrawal between the same bank account of the exchange. If the exchange and the trader's account are in different banks, the trader must open a bank account like the exchange.

A trader must go to a bank branch in person to open a bank account at another bank and check his / her name. During this process, you must present proof of your real name, such as your resident registration card or driver's license.

Confirmation of blindness When the deposit and withdrawal system is implemented, it is possible to compare the resident registration number in addition to the name and the account number of the trader, thereby effecting the establishment of a juvenile or non-resident foreigner in the market.

It also creates basic data for imposing transaction tax or transfer income tax related to virtual currency transactions and makes it possible to set additional transaction limit per capita in the future

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When the blind deposit / withdrawal system is implemented, new investments that were previously blocked are allowed.

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has suspended the provision of a new virtual account for the virtual currency trader, which was presented on 28th by issuing special measures related to the virtual currency, and canceling the provision of the virtual account for the new member of the existing virtual currency trader.

A financial official said, "There is no reason to institutionalize measures to prevent people who are new to virtual money investment from becoming blind," he said.

However, analysts argue that it is more likely that banks will offer more stringent criteria for issuing virtual accounts, as the government recognizes virtual currency transactions as speculative.

A bank official said, "I will respond according to the guidelines of the authorities, but it does not seem to be the case to actively open an account when reflecting the overall social atmosphere."

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Financial information analysts ( FIU ) and Financial Supervisory Service ( FSS) are expected to apply guidelines for anti-money laundering related to the virtual currency of exchanges through banks that are obliged to prevent money laundering under current law.

Banks plan to apply enhanced EDD to traders through preferred exchanges . The EDD is a way to include the customer's name (name and resident registration number), address and contact details, residence, financial transaction purpose and source of fund.

The committee also decided to check whether the exchange strictly separates corporate funds and customer funds, and maintains records of users, such as keeping records of transactions.

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