Purpose

Consolidate the LID’s enhanced controls for elevated-risk clients, relationships, delivery channels and technologies.

Normative

Bitkaya shall apply documented enhanced measures for PEPs, applicable correspondent or analogous relationships, anonymity-enhancing technology, non-face-to-face business and persons or transactions connected to jurisdictions with strategic AML/CFT deficiencies.

Descriptive

Measures include senior-management approval, source-of-wealth and source-of-funds work, enhanced monitoring, additional identity evidence and authenticity checks, counterparty assessment and controls against prohibited shell-bank exposure where applicable.

Source reference: LID Articles 5a through 5e and 5i.

Assurance Assertions

  • PEP and high-risk jurisdiction rules are implemented.
  • Non-face-to-face and technology risks have compensating controls.
  • Senior approval and enhanced monitoring evidence are retained where required.

Relationships

Assurance

  • Source verified: yes
  • Implementation linked: yes
  • Wording unambiguous: review

History

  • 2026-07-26: Created from LID Articles 5a through 5e and 5i.