Know Your Transaction (KYT) and Know Your Virtual Asset Service Providers (KYV)

Along with the Know Your Customer (KYC) process, the AML regulations in UAE require the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs)  to implement the “Know Your Transactions” (KYT) measures to understand the transactional parameters involved while conducting a virtual asset transfer.

irtual asset service providers are regulated under Articles 19 and 20 of Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025 and Articles 4 and 36 of Cabinet Resolution No. 134 of 2025, and must be licensed or registered before carrying on any virtual asset activity.

Similarly, the regulations mandate VASPs to identify and verify the identity of the corresponding VASP involved in the virtual asset transaction – whether as the originating VASP initiating the VA transfer or the beneficiary VASP – “Know Your Corresponding VASP” (KYV). Articles 28 to 31 of Cabinet Resolution No. 134 of 2025 impose the travel rule requiring originator and beneficiary information to accompany virtual asset transfers. These provisions necessarily require the originating and beneficiary VASPs to identify the corresponding VASP involved in the transaction.

These KYT and the KYV requirements are aligned with the FATF recommendations for Virtual Asset transactions.

Here is an infographic discussing the “Know Your Transaction” and “Know Your Corresponding VASP” elements.

AML UAE offers end-to-end AML consultancy support to all the regulated entities, including VASPs operating in UAE, supporting designing and implementing the AML compliance framework, KYC, KYT and KYV process.