Purpose

Capture FATF expectations for retaining VA/VASP compliance records and making them available for review.

Normative

Bitkaya shall retain VA/VASP compliance records in a secure, retrievable and auditable form, including customer due diligence, transfer information, monitoring results, alerts, reporting decisions, risk assessments, counterparty VASP reviews and evidence of control performance.

Descriptive

Retention periods and record formats are determined by applicable law and Bitkaya policy. This requirement ensures FATF-aligned evidence exists for audit, management review and regulatory review.

Source reference: SRC-FATF-001 FATF Virtual Assets and VASP Standards.

Assurance Assertions

  • Required VA/VASP compliance records are defined.
  • Records are retrievable for audit or regulatory review.
  • Access to confidential compliance records is controlled.

Relationships

Assurance

  • Source verified: yes
  • Implementation linked: parent-framework only
  • Wording unambiguous: review
  • Detailed operating procedure linked: pending future detailed manuals where applicable

History

  • 2026-07-25: Created from consolidated FATF VA/VASP source object.