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About TRISA

The Travel Rule Information Sharing Alliance (TRISA) is an open industry community building secure, interoperable, open-source infrastructure for Travel Rule compliance. Founded in 2020, TRISA now operates under the OpenVASP Association.

TRISA at a glance
Full nameTravel Rule Information Sharing Alliance (TRISA)
Founded2020
Stewarded byOpenVASP Association (since October 2026)
Led byThe TRISA Working Group, which meets weekly
Operated byRotational Labs, on OpenVASP's behalf
StandardsIVMS101; interoperable with the Travel Rule Protocol (TRP)
Open sourceProtocol, directory and Envoy code on GitHub
Who can joinAnyone with an interest in Travel Rule compliance
Our mission

To support the growth of the digital asset ecosystem with open, secure and accessible protocols and tools that help virtual asset service providers (VASPs) comply with the Travel Rule.

How TRISA is organized

Community-led, with clear stewardship

Steward

OpenVASP Association

The Swiss-based association that is the organizational home for the Working Group, GDS and Envoy, and owns the TRISA network and Envoy codebase.

Leads the work

TRISA Working Group

VASP operators, regulators, technical implementers and legal advisors who meet weekly. Anyone can join.

Maintains the spec

Technical Subcommittee

Oversees changes to the TRISA white paper, which defines the protocol.

Infrastructure operator: Rotational Labs, a TRISA Service Provider, operates TRISA's infrastructure on OpenVASP's behalf, contributes to the open-source codebase and offers a managed Envoy service.

What TRISA provides

Open infrastructure for the Travel Rule

Open protocol

The TRISA white paper defines the protocol. Its source code and documentation are open source.

Read the docs →

Global Directory Service

A directory of verified VASPs. The TRISA Verified Certificate Authority issues the identity certificates VASPs use to join it.

Visit the directory →

TRISA Envoy

Envoy is open-source, encrypted Travel Rule messaging software for VASPs, designed strictly for secure peer-to-peer messaging. It is open and protocol-agnostic: TRISA is its native protocol, and Envoy is designed to interoperate with any protocol willing to connect. Exchange data through TRISA and TRP, with Sunrise email-assisted exchange for counterparties outside those networks. Run it yourself or choose managed hosting from Rotational Labs.

Get started with Envoy →
Standards and interoperability

Built on shared standards

IVMS101

TRISA uses the IVMS101 data model, the global standard for describing Travel Rule originator and beneficiary information.

Travel Rule Protocol (TRP)

TRISA interoperates with TRP, the open, royalty-free protocol that the OpenVASP Association also maintains.

Help shape open Travel Rule infrastructure

Compliance, legal and technical teams are welcome at our weekly Working Group calls.

Join the Working Group ↓

Guiding Principles

Open Architecture

TRISA provides interoperability with open security standards and emerging messaging standards such as InterVASP, OpenVASP, and BIP75, and easy integrations backend systems.

Open Source

TRISA made the code open source, and the reference architecture is freely available on GitHub.

Secure

TRISA applies the proven Certificate Authority (CA) model to reliably identify and verify VASPs.

Private

VASPs and financial institutions can immediately begin using this trusted technology to comply with FATF regulations. Confidently transmit originator and beneficiary transaction data

Decentralized

Peer-to-peer design eliminates single point of failure and provides resilience to denial of service (DDoS) and scales to accommodate extreme volumes.

Reliable

Strong mutual authentication ensures PII will not be sent to wrong VASP.

News & Updates

Join the Working Group

Compliance, legal and technical teams are welcome. Join our weekly calls to help shape the TRISA protocol, the Global Directory Service and Envoy.

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