March 28, 2024

"Tinkoff" requires clients to provide information on transactions with cryptocurrencies

Clients who purchased crypto assets through Tinkoff Bank cards began receiving notificationsrequiring the provision of supporting documents for these transactions.

According to the founder of the InDeFi project SergeiMendeleev, such requests with a voluminous list of required documents were received by his colleagues and acquaintances who carried out crypto transactions through bank cards. Representatives of the financial institution confirmed that such information may be requested within the framework of current legislation and regulation of cryptocurrency transactions in accordance with the recommendations of the FATF.

Tinkoff also acts in accordance withmethodological recommendations of the Central Bank. According to them, the compliance department must check suspicious financial transactions of clients. Among the requested documents are not only certificates of income and payment of tax on them, but also notarized screenshots from personal accounts and account statements on crypto platforms, certificates of verification on crypto exchanges and certified checks for the last three crypto transactions.

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