PinnedSimon Lelieveldt·Apr 11, 2021Dutch judge slaps DNB (Dutch central bank) on the wrist in court case of crypto-pioneer Bitonic on…Last months FATF consultation on virtual asset providers had my particular interest as we are facing an unexplainable access condition in…
Simon Lelieveldt·Jan 14, 2024The (inevitable) human rights anchor for compliance professionals (in finance)We live in challenging times. A range of natural, macro-economic, technical and geopolitical factors influence the world we are living in…
Simon Lelieveldt·Oct 12, 2023Long story short: Dutch judge finds DNB (Dutch AML-supervisor for crypto) did overstep its mandate…Over the past five years, we have seen a debate unfold in the Netherlands where the Dutch central bank forced the Ministry of Finance to…
Simon Lelieveldt·Aug 16, 2023Annulment of the travel rule in EU regulation underway — some questions and answersOk, so you may have been reading a complex thread on social media about the European travel rule for crypto companies and the impact it…
Simon Lelieveldt·Apr 14, 2023The inside story behind the disciplinary reprimands to Ex-CEO Ralph Hamers (and van der Veer and…So what’s the deal with the ING 2018 attempt to raise the salary of Hamers? How should non-Dutchies understand the recent reprimand of…
Simon Lelieveldt·Aug 15, 2022Sanctions as an institutional and social construct — not just as a ‘technical’ measure— -
Simon Lelieveldt·Sep 24, 2020Facebook: a limited network exemption in the Netherlands?Here is a brief post, to alert professionals in the field to the fact that Facebook Inc has in the Netherlands been registered as an…
Simon Lelieveldt·Feb 5, 2020Perspectives on (Ca-)Libra #3: Wy the Libra is not e-money (also: the history of e-money and…Quickly after the announcement of Libra, I, stated that Libra could not be viewed as e-money. Now has come the time to explain my earlier…
Simon Lelieveldt·Jan 10, 2020January 10, 2020, time for the fifth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive (..butStatus update on AMLD5 Implementation in the Netherlands
Simon Lelieveldt·Nov 10, 2019Overview and update on AMLD 5 implementation in the Netherlands — November 8, 2019(Or: how to introduce a supervisory regime in disguise)