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EU Second Wire Transfer Regulation (2015/847): archived overview of Travel Rule scope, PSP obligations, derogations, data protection and EEA application; superseded by Recast WTR2 extending to cryptoasset transfers

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The EU’s Recast Second Wire Transfer Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 (Recast WTR2) overhauls and supersedes the EU’s Second Wire Transfer Regulation (EU) 2015/847 (EU WTR2). It came into force on 9 June 2023 and will apply from 30 December 2024. For details, see Practice Notes: EU Recast Second Wire Transfer Regulation (Recast WTR2)—transfers of funds and EU Recast Second Wire Transfer Regulation (Recast WTR2)—cryptoasset transfers.

The EU’s Second Wire Transfer Regulation (EU) 2015/847 (EU WTR2), otherwise referred to as the Second Funds Transfer (or Transfer of Funds) Regulation (EU FTR2), came into force on 26 June 2017, alongside the Fourth Money Laundering Directive (EU) 2015/849 (MLD4). Together, MLD4 and EU WTR2 revised and sought to bolster the EU’s anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorist financing (CTF) framework, securing consistency with revised international standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global standard-setter for AML and CTF. EU WTR2 is a central element of the EU’s AML regime, and of the EU’s payment services and systems framework. Under its 2020 AML/CTF Action Plan, the Commission overhauled and replaced EU WTR2 via Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 on information...

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