Lysis Gaming Compliance is our specialist division which provides our Advisory, Operations and Training services to the gaming market. Customers include regulatory and licensing authorities, major global on-line gaming firms and smaller players.
Our case studies span a wide range of projects — from running the approvals and compliance department for a grey-market remote gaming authority to supporting firms in obtaining licenses across both regulated and grey markets. We help organisations design and strengthen their compliance and governance frameworks, implement robust policies, and conduct file-level reviews and remediations across KYC, ongoing monitoring, and suspicious activity reporting.
Our Services
• License approvals – Running the approvals and compliance department for grey-market remote gaming authorities.
• License applications – Assisting firms to apply for licenses in both fully regulated and grey markets.
• Compliance frameworks – Helping firms design or enhance their compliance and governance frameworks and policies.
• Compliance remediations – Conducting file- and customer-level BAU work and remediations across KYC, ongoing monitoring, and suspicious transaction reporting.
• Financial services – Extensive experience working with banks and PSPs, interfacing between the gaming sector and financial institutions for account opening, compliance support, and related activities.
• GFS Passport – Our Gaming & Financial Services Passport is a recognised route to accessing financial services for high-risk firms struggling to obtain banking or payment solutions: www.gfspassport.com
In today’s regulatory environment, gaining access to banking or payment processing as a gaming or other high-risk business remains complex, time-consuming, and heavily compliance-driven. Lysis Group created GFS Passport to streamline this process — reducing barriers, accelerating onboarding, and equipping legitimate businesses with the compliance foundation they need to access financial services confidently.
GFS Passport offers:
• A tailored, AML- and compliance-first approach for gaming and high-risk operators
• A curated bridge to banks, payment firms, and other financial services providers
• Expert guidance from the Lysis Gaming Compliance and Lysis Fintech teams helping firms navigate regulatory expectations, prepare the right documentation, and present their case effectively to financial institutions
Our mission is simple: to enable legitimate gaming, payments, and digital asset businesses to access the financial system without compromising on compliance, governance, or risk integrity.
If you operate in these sectors and want to strengthen your access to financial services, we’re ready to help.
Our client was looking at options for the location of new Level 2 teams to support retail customers with affordability and suitability issues.
Our client had identified a tranche of several thousand corporate and retail customers for which they wished to remediate the Know Your Customer (KYC) data held and to re-assess whether the interactions with the retail customers were compatible with Responsible Gambling requirements.
Our client was setting up a new online gaming licensing authority and sought a partner to on-board licensees and to manage the on-going governance and compliance operation.
Our client had a large backlog of increasingly old transaction alerts that potential indicated suspicious activity and required reporting.
Our client had a requirement to train some experienced operational staff in AML
Our client was setting up a new gaming licensing and taxation authority for a national government and sought external support to develop its Compliance and AML Framework.
Our client was setting up a new online gaming licensing authority and sought a partner to advise on compliance requirements and develop its Governance and Compliance Framework.
Jon has 35+ years’ wholesale financial markets experience in London, New York, Singapore and Frankfurt. He specialises in Regulatory Strategy, Governance, Regulatory Change Management and M&A/Integration. Jon founded Lysis in 2001. He was previously Head of the Investment Banking, eBusiness and Trading Floor practices at AIM-listed TCA Consulting. Notable clients include Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, RBS/ABN, ICAP, JCB cards and Uphold.
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Wendy has over 18 years of experience in regulatory operations and financial crime compliance. As the Head of Lysis Academy, she manages the Cape Town-based offshore center and has trained over 2000 KYC analysts globally. Wendy developed Lysis' Training Needs Assessment service and CPD program, regularly assessing clients' AML teams. She has expertise in AML regulations for crypto assets and has held various SME and advisory roles in firms like Bear Stearns, Deutsche Bank, and ING. Wendy specializes in AML frameworks, risk rating methodologies, and conducts AML Maturity Assessments and Reviews. She is a respected SME in regulatory operations with practical operational experience.
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Mark has been working within the AML/CLM industry for over 15 years, gaining experience within tier 1/2 investment banks and a Big Four consultancy. He has also managed operational and transformation teams for Online Gaming Compliance and PSP clients. Mark has expertise in AML/CLM processes, data, and operational risk, and likes to view this all through a regulatory compliance lens. He also has a knack for creating insightful Management Information, allowing clients to track project progress, report AML and other regulatory risks and identify areas for cost-saving efficiencies.
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Anshul has 11 years of experience in the Financial Services industry working for organisations such as Santander UK, Lloyds Banking Group, Commerzbank AG, UniCredit, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Ebury and Silicon Valley. He is a highly skilled professional with substantial experience in operational management and transformation with strengths in client on-boarding, refresh, quality control/assurance and remediation. He has a thorough understanding of current financial crime regulations, KYC and JMLSG guidance. With his broad expertise and specialised skill set regarding financial crime, investigation, compliance and in-depth understanding of the 1st and 2nd lines of defense of financial crime, he can take a fresh approach to business challenges within those areas.
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