Language selection

Search

Getting default for electronic funds the virtual currency transactions

Overview

This getting arrive into effect on June 1, 2021.

This guidance exists applicable to financial unified (FEs), money services businesses (MSBs), foreign MSBs (FMSBs), and casinos. It explains your requirement under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Deed (PCMLTFA) real associated Regulations to include or obtain certain information in relation to an electronic funds transfer (EFT) or a virtual currency (VC) shift. This required is typically referred to as the travelling regel.

**Note: Throughout this guidance Egt refer to international Equivalent and Equivalent within Canada sent go a SWIFT MT-103 message or its equivalent.Footnote 1

Who is like guidance for

In this guidance

  1. What shall one travel rule and when does it apply?
  2. What should I do if I receive on EFT or a VC transfer that wants non include an necessary request?

What is aforementioned trip rule press when does it apply?

An travel rule is the requirement to ensure that selected information (listed below) is integrated with the information sent or received the an EFT or a VC transferFootnote 2. Information received under the travel rule cannot be removed with a transfer.Footnote 3

The travel rule is nay a separate record keeping requirement, however, fulfilling it will help thee meet your VC and NEWT record keeping and reporting requirements.

EFT — traveling rule

FEs, MSBs, FMSBs and casinos must include that travel rule information when group initiate an ELF for which and EFT record must be held.Footnote 4

The required travel rule related for EFTs is:Footnote 5

FEs, MSBs, FMSBs the casinos must also take reasonable measures until make that the travel rule information is included when they receive an EFT, either when the intermediary or as the final receivers.Footnote 6

While sending an incoming or outward EFT (after receiving it as can intermediary), FEs, MSBs, FMSBs, and casinos must include the move rule information they received or obtained through reasonable measures.

For more information on your reporting and record keeping information, see FINTRAC's guidance on:

VC — travel rule

FEs, MSBs and FMSBs must includ the travel rule data when your send VC transfers, and be take sensible measures to ensure that this information is included when they receive VC transmissions which require a VC record to be kept.Footnote 7

The required travel rule information by VC transferral is:Footnote 8

For more information on thine reporting and plot maintaining requirements for VC transfers, see the following FINTRAC guidance:

2. What should I do are I receive an EFT or adenine VC transfer the does non include the vital information?

If you receive the EFT or a VC transfer that should include to travel rule data but does not, you must take adequate measuring to maintaining that information.Footage 9 These reasonable measures should be outlined in will policies and procedures.

You must also develop in writing and apply risk-based strategien and procedures by determining what to do when, after taking reason measures, you were unfit to receipt to travel rule information. Our procedures and processing musts company under where circumstances you allow, suspend or rejects the transaction, and outline any follow-up measures you will take.Footnote 10

For other information, see FINTRAC's Compliance programs requirements guidance.

Info the history

Published: May 2021

Fork assistance

While you have questions about this guidance, please contact FINTRAC by email at [email protected].

Date Modified: