Our client was applying for Payment Services permissions from the Central Bank of Ireland and required support in defining and documenting the Governance and Compliance framework.
Payment Services & Card/ Merchant Acquirers
Irish Payment Services Firm
Our client was applying for Payment Services permissions from the Central Bank of Ireland and required support in defining and documenting the Governance and Compliance framework.
Lysis provided a small team of experienced compliance SMEs to draft the required documents including Enterprise Wide Risk Assessment (EWRA), risk models and policies and then designed the overall control framework to be implemented.
Although the client is based in the US, they have European subsidiaries which include the UK and therefore required Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) registration. In order to obtain registration as a crypto asset firm in the U.K. they had to comply with specific FCA requirements.
Lysis designed and implemented a compliance monitoring framework for a UK-regulated EMI. The aim of the framework was to ensure ongoing compliance with the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 (EMRs), including with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (MLRs).
A major wholesale and investment bank with global reach was placed under a Section 166 order regarding their KYC and AML controls.
