Nasser RahalMBA, P.Eng
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UAE · Digital assets

VARA inspection readiness

Technology and control evidence for VARA-licensed VASPs and payment token firms—custody, Travel Rule and risk-assessment walkthroughs that match how the platform actually runs.

Inspection is an operating test

UAE supervisors increasingly test whether custody, Travel Rule and business risk assessment controls work in practice. A licence pack is not enough. You need artefacts you can produce under pressure, and a design that generates those artefacts as the platform runs.

I deliver technology and operating-model advisory alongside your counsel and MLRO. This is not legal advice, and it is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold virtual assets.

What a readiness assessment produces

A red-amber-green evidence map against Rulebook expectations for technology, custody and Travel Rule; a traceability check of your risk assessment method; and a remediation plan with named owners. Where architecture is the gap, that becomes a custody and Travel Rule design engagement with control evidence built in.

Evidence a board or supervisor can use

  • Evidence review against VARA technology, custody and Travel Rule expectations
  • Traceability of the business risk assessment method
  • Red-amber-green evidence map
  • Remediation plan with owners
  • Walkthrough pack aligned to production configuration