Money Services Businesses

Money Services Businesses

As well as having to meet proscribed regulatory compliance requirements, Money Services Businesses (MSBs), Payments and E-Money Institutions are under increased scrutiny from their banking partners. Stratis Advisory provides the market insight, AML/BSA operational compliance expertise, and banking experience that MSBs and Payments and E-Money Institutions need to proactively and cost-effectively manage compliance operations and infrastructure.

Founded by former compliance officers with deep experience of payments and MSB, Stratis Advisory has a hands-on understanding of the operational compliance issues that can negatively impact banking relationships, business continuity, and regulatory oversight. From Sydney to Hong Kong and New York to London, Stratis has helped global companies to open new markets by providing the expertise to manage and cost-effectively comply with regulatory requirements, secure strategic partnerships, and achieve licensing. Our on-demand TempCCO® services and support are tailored to your company’s unique strategic, risk, and operational requirements.

Concerned about how to navigate legal and regulatory requirements for your MSB?

Meeting regulatory and compliance requirements is an ongoing and critical business function that directly impacts business viability. Stratis Advisory helps MSBs and Payments and E-Money Institutions to develop, maintain, and scale cost-effective compliance infrastructure that responds to regulatory changes while sustaining competitive market advantage.

Expand your licensed jurisdictions and be prepared for regulatory examination with expert guidance and advisory services.

Licensing and examination requirements vary across jurisdictions, as do timelines for both. Stratis Advisory has the regulatory insight to help execute your licensing strategy and proactively prepare for and manage the examination process for a successful outcome. We reduce the burden of managing compliance so that you can focus on your business.

Stratis Advisory Services for Money Services Businesses

On-Demand Compliance

Our flexible On-Demand Compliance and TempCCO® services provide the risk and compliance expertise you’ll need to develop and build your risk management infrastructure.

Licensing-as-a-Service

A comprehensive managed service to cost-effectively execute your global licensing roadmap for all FinTechs, including MSBs, Payments and E-Money institutions, or consumer lenders, based on your go-to-market priority.

AI Programs

Deploying AI agents requires the development of an AI Program to manage single or multi-agent systems, intelligence agents, deployment strategy, behavior dynamics, governance, assurance, and testing. AI Programs ensure you have the appropriate insight and oversight.

Model Validation

Utilizing internal and external systems to perform IDV, KYC, KYB, CDD, OFAC, fraud, transaction monitoring and screening may require model validation from regulators or strategic partners. For NY licensees, NYS DFS Part 504 requires model validation to annually certify compliance.

Systems Implementation

Determine the appropriate risk, fraud, and compliance systems for your business and risk profile. Establish scorecards, rules, and settings throughout the customer journey to align with back-end monitoring, processes, workflows, and reporting.

Portfolio Expansion

Double down on customer acquisition strategy by unlocking new opportunities to keep up with digital-savvy customers. Understand the nuances of the market, regulatory approach, and operational and risk management maturity.

Assessments

Look beyond the surface to understand the level of ongoing operational compliance and risk management. Obtain a scale-appropriate snapshot in time with go-forward recommendations on existing gaps and future-proofing.

Geographic Expansion

Going global? Opening new geographic markets comes with plenty of nuances, we have you covered as a single provider across six continents, whether going from the US to SG, UK/EU to US, AU to UK, etc.

Independent Audits

Dive into scale-appropriate regulatory audits on your risk management infrastructure, including ABC, AML/CFT, business continuity/disaster recovery, cybersecurity, Nacha Operating Rules, OFAC sanctions, data privacy, vendor management, and NYS DFS Part 500 and 504.

Exam Readiness

Gearing up for an exam? Is bandwidth limited or teams currently disbursed? Our dedicated risk management operation prepares your firm from first-day letter through to opening presentations, onsite exam, response, and remediation.

Enterprise Risk

After years of building, identify where risk lurks across your firm from product to compliance to technology, roll it up for transparency and strong governance, and tighten up those initial building blocks and blind spots to keep your rocket ship on course.

Board Training

Elevate from the basics to enhanced insight for directors, executives, and investors on your firm’s risk profile and culture, what it means, how to mitigate it, and where the costs are in this regulatory market.

Valkyrie - Stratis Sanctions Screening Service

Sanctions screening is a critical process for organizations to ensure compliance with global regulations. Stratis has developed Valkyrie, a streamlined sanctions screening service designed to help organizations meet sanctions compliance standards with ease.

Training

Live regulatory and operationally focused training that integrate technology, engineering, business, and compliance teams on local and global AML/CFT, ABC requirements and best practices to increase the knowledge base company-wide.

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