Circle Launches New Feature to Simplify Regulatory Compliance for Businesses
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Circle launches Compliance Engine, a platform to streamline regulatory compliance for businesses using Circle’s programmable wallets.
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Circle, the issuer of the
USDC and EURC stablecoins
, has launched Compliance Engine, a new platform designed to simplify regulatory compliance for businesses using its programmable wallet platform.
Compliance Engine offers customizable, automated compliance checks, streamlining the process for businesses operating in the digital asset space. The platform is natively integrated into Circle’s infrastructure, eliminating the need for separate third-party integrations.
Customizable Compliance Checks
According to the Circle’s post
from Sept. 24
, the initial beta release focuses on the “Transaction Screening” feature, allowing real-time checks to identify potentially suspicious activity.
Businesses can customize rules based on risk type or severity and receive real-time reporting through a dashboard or webhooks.
Additional features like “Transaction Monitoring” and “Travel Rule” will be implemented in the coming months.
Transaction Monitoring will allow for periodic reviews of historical transactions to identify potential patterns of high-risk behavior when analyzing entities, such as users and wallets, holistically.
The
Travel Rule
feature will enable secure transmission of personally identifiable information (PII) for transactions between Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) and support verifications for self-hosted wallets.
Key features of the Compliance Engine. Source: Circle
Businesses can also granularly customize transaction and alert policies using Compliance Engine to align with their specific business needs and regulatory requirements.
The platform also supports incoming and outgoing transactions that are performed using programmable wallets. This includes EOA and MSCA wallet account types and developer-controlled or user-controlled wallets.
Compliance Engine supports a wide range of
blockchains
, including those supported by programmable wallets such as Avalanche (
AVAX
), Ethereum (
ETH
), Polygon PoS (
MATIC
), and Solana (
SOL
).
Circle’s USDC Transforms Humanitarian Aid
Besides international businesses, stablecoins can also be used for global financial inclusion and humanitarian aid.
According to the
Circle’s Impact Report 2024
, traditional financial systems often leave billions of people unbanked and hinder efficient humanitarian aid distribution due to slowness, high costs, and lack of accessibility.
“Global finance is now beginning to build solutions for a world where billions of people can access portable bank branches in the palms of their hands,” the report says.
To address these challenges, Circle seeks to offer faster, cheaper, and more transparent cross-border transactions. The report showcases
several examples
of how
USDC
is making a positive impact.
In December 2022, UNHCR and Circle partnered to launch a humanitarian cash program that provided borderless digital U.S. dollars – USDC – to
Ukrainians
displaced by the war. These USDCs were transferred directly to recipients’ digital wallets via the Stellar (
XLM
) blockchain, allowing for almost instant access using a smartphone. The program included fully integrated cash-out options and adhered to all necessary regulations.
Circle allows recipients to convert their digital aid into cash or transfer it to their local bank accounts. Source: Circle
Rahat
, a Nepal-based organization, uses USDC and smart contracts to provide financial aid directly to mobile phones before climate disasters.
WiiQare, a Congo-based startup, enables faster and more affordable cross-border healthcare payments for migrants using USDC.
Kura, a U.S.-Haitian company, reduces remittance costs and facilitates real-world spending for beneficiaries with USDC.
In the report, Circle also highlights USDC’s strengths, including price stability, transparency, regulation, and an open ecosystem, and paints a positive outlook of how stablecoins can address financial inequality and empower individuals and organizations worldwide.
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