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🇯🇪 Jersey

AML-registration-based VASP regime under JFSC, no dedicated substantive crypto licensing framework yet.

Crypto (CASP) E-Money (EMI)
Last verified 2026-07-02 Next review 2026-07-16

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Licence type

Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) registration, not a bespoke prudential licence. Legal basis: the Proceeds of Crime (Supervisory Bodies) (Jersey) Law 2008, the Money Laundering (Jersey) Order 2008, and the JFSC's AML/CFT/CPF Handbook, implementing FATF VASP Guidance (effective from early 2023). This is fundamentally an AML/CFT registration, without a conduct-of-business or prudential capital regime. As of mid-2026, Jersey has not introduced a dedicated substantive VASP licensing framework with conduct/prudential requirements.

Verified 2026-07-02 Source: JFSC, Virtual Asset Service Providers: https://www.jerseyfsc.org/news-and-events/virtual-asset-service-providers/; Charltons Quantum, Jersey Virtual Assets Regulation: https://charltonsquantum.com/jersey-virtual-assets-regulation/

Regulator

Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).

Verified 2026-07-02 Source: JFSC, VASP entities: https://www.jerseyfsc.org/industry/vasp-entities/

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Recent changes

JFSC proposed enhancements to the AML/CFT/CPF Handbook (consultation published June 2025), taking effect 1 January 2026, including new sector-specific guidance for VASPs/DNFBPs partly in response to MONEYVAL's 2024 evaluation of Jersey. Jersey is implementing the OECD Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF): consultation began November 2024, legislation expected 2025, first CARF reporting due 2027. A government consultation (July-Sept 2025) on repealing the Control of Borrowing (COBO) framework proposes replacement legislation for digital-asset-related structures with a 12-24 month transition. In 2024 Jersey launched its first real-world-asset tokenisation platform under JFSC guidance.

Verified 2026-07-02 Source: Mourant, Jersey FinReg Update – Q4 2025: https://www.mourant.com/quarterly-updates/jersey-finreg-update-q4-2025/

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