Our client had been advised that their AML provisions were not up to the required standard and wished to remedy this before regulatory sanctions were imposed.
Payment Services & Card/ Merchant Acquirers
UK Payment Services Provider
Our client had been advised that their AML provisions were not up to the required standard and wished to remedy this before regulatory sanctions were imposed.
Lysis provided a team of compliance experts to review the AML framework, governance and operating model and to provide a report summarizing the strengths and weaknesses found. The report also included recommendations to fix areas that were considered below par. The board of the firm accepted the report and Lysis was then asked to draft enhanced AML framework documents, policies and procedures.
A crypto asset custodian based in the U.K. with global reach approached Lysis with the request to assist them with the process to obtain registration from the FCA which would enable them to operate in the UK market as a crypto asset business. Due to the holding company’s strong global footprint, part of the FCA requirements for registration included the need for a UK based money laundering reporting officer (MLRO).
A European Retail Bank with over 4000 employees globally had a tight regulatory deadline to review five years of transactions to identify suspicious transaction and cases of money laundering and/or terrorist funding.
Our client wished to gain an ACPR Payment Institution license in France and asked for Lysis' assistance to prepare all the documents and for general support during the application process.
