SFC, DIAN, CNBV, CNV, BCB and MiCA frameworks for companies operating with crypto.
Guide to Mexico's LFPIORPI for foreign companies with a Mexican subsidiary or Mexican counterparties: Article 17 activities, UMA thresholds in 2026, duties, notices, penalties and the July 2025 reform.
Colombia merged the PTEE anti-bribery program into the SAGRILAFT system in July 2026. What a foreign company with a subsidiary or distributor in Colombia must now do.
A comparison of Colombia's two anti-money-laundering systems for foreign companies: supervisor, legal basis, elements, and the due diligence asked of clients, suppliers and counterparties.
Who must implement SAGRILAFT in Colombia after Circular 100-000020 of 2026, the thresholds, the system elements and how reports reach the UIAF, for foreign groups too.
Two days before BCB Resolution 561 takes effect, this guide lays out what to check, what stays allowed, and what to ask your FX institution if your company pays or collects from Brazil.
Chile has no single crypto law. The Fintech Law routes registration through the CMF, the UAF requires anti-money-laundering controls, and the SII taxes gains and now demands specific filings.
What sanctions lists are, why any financial intermediary is legally required to screen the parties of a payment against them, and what an SMB can do so a false positive does not hold up a legitimate wire.
The UK does not apply MiCA. It is building its own stablecoin regime, with the FCA and the Bank of England splitting oversight and a timeline that runs through 2027.
A Colombian provider under the RST still charges VAT unless the export exemption applies separately, and foreign revenue counts toward the RST cap.
Signing a service contract outside Colombia does not by itself avoid the stamp tax: what matters is where the service is performed and what obligations it creates there.
Paraguay has no dedicated crypto-asset market law: a bill that would have created one was vetoed in 2022. What it has had since 2020 is an anti-money-laundering regime that reaches whoever provides services on virtual assets, reinforced in 2026 with a new tax reporting duty. Knowing the line between using the asset and providing the regulated service is what a foreign company working with Paraguay needs to get right.
Costa Rica has no dedicated crypto-asset market law, but from 19 September 2026 it will have, for the first time, an anti money laundering reform that obliges reporting from whoever provides services on virtual assets. The line between using the asset and providing the regulated service is what a company billing into or out of Costa Rica needs to understand first.
Guatemala has no dedicated virtual asset law, but this week it gained an anti money laundering law that for the first time obliges reporting from whoever provides services on virtual assets. The line between using the asset and providing the regulated service is what a foreign company needs to understand first.
A treaty does not erase withholding tax by itself. It caps the rate by income type, and only once the company holds the right certificate before the payment goes out.
A payment to a Latin American subsidiary is not a routine wire. It is a related party transaction, and it can trigger its own threshold, documentation, and filing duty.
The OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework took effect on January 1, 2026. Providers report, not companies, and the first exchange between countries lands in 2027.
From October 1, 2026, a Brazilian eFX provider can no longer settle with its overseas counterparty in virtual assets. What changes, and what does not, for your company.
Colombia's tax authority no longer relies only on what a company declares. Resolution 000240 makes crypto asset service providers report directly to DIAN.
The GENIUS Act's text was signed in 2025. What is moving now is its rulemaking: five federal agencies have published proposals, the statutory July 2026 deadline for final rules passed unmet, and the effective date depends on a dual trigger.
A foreign company paying or collecting in Colombia should know: there is no comprehensive digital assets law in force yet. One bill was archived, another was never filed.
Resolução BCB 519 sets the authorization process for virtual asset service providers in Brazil. Who must apply, what documentation it requires, and by when.
Every virtual asset transfer above a minimum threshold must carry the originator's and beneficiary's identifying data attached to it. Here is how the FATF Travel Rule works and where your company fits in.
Mexico's Senate is reviewing a bill that would regulate peso-referenced stablecoins for the first time. It has not passed. Here is what it would change.
A US or Brazilian company invoicing a Colombian buyer, lending to a Colombian subsidiary, or investing in a Colombian company is dealing with Colombia's exchange control regime, whether it names it or not.
The digital euro does not exist yet and its possible first issuance is set for 2029. Meanwhile a Latin American company collecting from Europe has real options, but three different things should not be confused.
Mexican law defines the virtual asset and leaves it to the central bank to decide which ones may be used. Circular 4/2019 restricts banks and fintech institutions to internal operations, and that explains the market a company sees today.
Uruguay has had a virtual assets law since 2024 and a designated supervisor. For a company that simply collects and pays in USDC, the key is understanding that using the tool is not the same as providing the regulated service.
MiCA now applies across the entire European Union. If your company invoices European clients or pays suppliers in Europe, your choice of stablecoin is no longer neutral.
The first US federal stablecoin law sets 1 to 1 reserves, monthly disclosures and issuer licensing. Here is what it means for a Latin American company that collects, pays or holds USDC or USDT.
Brazil's virtual asset framework is live. Your company did not become a regulated entity, but who you can transact with, and what you must document, both changed.
El Salvador is a dollarized economy, so holding balances in USDC, USDT and USD fits without converting to a local currency. Regulatory framework and operations for businesses.
Electronic payroll is the support document certain companies report to the DIAN. What it is, who issues it, and why it is separate from paying payroll.
The DIAN treats crypto assets as property for net-worth purposes. What a Colombian company should document and report, with no made-up rates or deadlines.