šš„ Binance Slapped With $4.3 Million Fine By Canadaās FINTRAC
Crypto exchange Binance is facing a $4.3 million USD fine by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) for violating terrorist financing and money laundering laws, the Canadian regulator announced Thursday.
According to aĀ press release, Binance will have to pay $6,002,000 CAD in administrative monetary penalties for failing to register with FINTRAC as a foreign money services business as well as failing to report cryptocurrency transactions of $10,000 or more within a single payment.
The regulator added that between June 1, 2021, and July 19, 2023, Binance did not report single transactions over $10,000 on 5,902 occasions.
FINTRAC further claimed theĀ crypto exchangeĀ had āseveral opportunitiesā as a foreign money services business but failed to do so by the regulatorās provided deadlines.