Bitstamp has nothing to do with this, they just follow the rules, provide the necessary documents and it's all fine.
This guide seems good, don't know if it's up to date: http://www.pwc.com/en_gx/gx/financial-services/assets/pwc-kyc-anti-money-laundering-guide-2013.pdf
And stay away from exchanges who do not follow these international directives, your bank account can be frozen and you may have to answer a lot of questions.
This guide seems good, don't know if it's up to date: http://www.pwc.com/en_gx/gx/financial-services/assets/pwc-kyc-anti-money-laundering-guide-2013.pdf
And stay away from exchanges who do not follow these international directives, your bank account can be frozen and you may have to answer a lot of questions.
Bitstamp has nothing to do with this, they just follow the rules, provide the necessary documents and it's all fine.
This guide seems good, don't know if it's up to date: http://www.pwc.com/en_gx/gx/financial-services/assets/pwc-kyc-anti-money-laundering-guide-2013.pdf
And stay away from exchanges who do not follow these international directives, your bank account can be frozen and you may have to answer a lot of questions.
This guide seems good, don't know if it's up to date: http://www.pwc.com/en_gx/gx/financial-services/assets/pwc-kyc-anti-money-laundering-guide-2013.pdf
And stay away from exchanges who do not follow these international directives, your bank account can be frozen and you may have to answer a lot of questions.
Bitstamp has EVERYTHING to do with this. They have changed their policies which explicitly stated that your anonymity was a core value of theirs. If legislative changes have forced them to take on these new policies then it was incumbent on them to give advance warning to their customers about those changes before they came into effect. They did not do that. No email, no press release, no announcement....just this new play to effectively steal coins and cash from those old clients who value their privacy and do not wish their identification info (that that can be used to say steal your identity) to end up in the hands of faceless non-government actors in faraway Estonia, which also happens to be a country largely controlled by mobsters.
And the coins/cash they seize....do you think Bitstamp is giving it to the EU govt's justice department? Or money-laundering agency?
Please....
....BITSTAMP is officially a place where your coins will get stolen/seized if you do not wish to reveal your most private identification. Get your coins out now!!