Estonia-Based Crypto Trading Platform Kriptomat has been Nominated for ICA Compliance Award

Estonia, April 8, 2024 – Kriptomat, the Estonian-based cryptocurrency trading platform, has been the only crypto investing platform nominated for the international ICA Compliance Awards 2024. The platform has been recognised in the “Small Compliance Team of the Year – Financial Services” category. Additionally, Kriptomat’s COO and co-founder Dejan Davidovic has been shortlisted for the “Financial Crime Prevention Leader of the Year” award.

The International Compliance Association (ICA) is the leading professional body for the global regulatory and financial crime compliance community. The judging panel, comprising figures within the compliance and financial crime prevention community, includes for example Neil Whiley, Director of Sanctions at UK Finance, Monica Sekhri, Global Senior Director of Business Continuity and Resilience at Coca-Cola, and Lisa Bennett, Legal Compliance Director at Mastercard. 

“Recognition by top-tier compliance experts is a significant acknowledgement for us and reinforces our commitment to making crypto more accessible and secure for all investors at all levels,” said Dejan Davidovic, COO and co-founder of Kriptomat. “We have always taken financial crime seriously and hope to bring more focus on financial crime prevention across the EU/EEA. Our approach and practical application have resulted in a remarkable downturn in fraudulent activities from 17% in 2020 to 0.5% in 2023, ensuring the security of over half a million users.”

ICA’s President, Pekka Dare commented: “On behalf of ICA, I would like to personally thank everyone who entered the ICA Compliance Awards. It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Kriptomat and Dejan Davidovic on being shortlisted as finalists in the Compliance Team of the Year – Financial Services category and Financial Crime Prevention Leader of the Year category. All the entrants represent the very best of what our industry has to offer, and I am looking forward to welcoming all our finalists to the awards ceremony on the 27th of June.”

The ICA Compliance Awards recognise and celebrate internal compliance and financial crime prevention teams that demonstrate exceptional collaboration, innovation, and commitment to raising compliance standards globally. These awards promote best practices, advocate for the profession, and emphasise the critical role of compliance and financial crime prevention in today’s dynamic regulatory, geopolitical, and business landscape.

About ICA

The International Compliance Association (ICA) is the premier professional body for the global regulatory and financial crime compliance community. Since 2001, the ICA has enriched the knowledge, skills, and conduct of over 160,000 professionals through its internationally recognised portfolio of professional qualifications, awarded in collaboration with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester, and accredited in-company training programs.

About Kriptomat

Founded in 2018, Kriptomat is dedicated to making the benefits of cryptocurrency ownership and investing available to everyday people in Europe and around the world. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, Kriptomat is Europe’s leading crypto platform when it comes to licenses and certification. The platform has made crypto ownership and investing accessible to hundreds of thousands of users, making it one of the world’s fastest-growing platforms for buying, trading and investing in cryptocurrency.

The Kriptomat team comprises 45 individuals from various countries, including Slovenia, France, Spain and Serbia, with its headquarters located in Tallinn, Estonia. Over the past six years, the company has been granted regulatory approvals in France, Spain, Greece, Poland, Croatia and has successfully obtained ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 37001, and ISO 37301 certifications.