A U.K. Branch of a major Asian bank needed an in-depth review and enhancement of their AML governance framework. Lysis conducted a success review and drafted all required policies & procedures, and established a KYC Target Operating model.
Corporate, Wholesale and Investment Banking
KYC Remediation
The client needed an in-depth review and enhancement of their AML governance framework.
Lysis conducted an end-to-end review and enhancement of the client's AML Governance Framework. Furthermore, Lysis redrafted their entire AML policies and procedures covering KYC, Trade Finance, Transaction Monitoring, Treasury Services, Sanctions and Retail. We also established and chaired board level committees and conducted an end-to-end review and enhancement of the retail division of the firm. Lysis managed a team of analyst to review all existing clients and established a new KYC Targeting Operating Model.
Lysis successfully reviewed the firm's AML governance framework and drafted all required AML policies and procedures and finally established an effective KYC Targeting Operating model.
Two global banks merged and Lysis was asked to manage the integration of the KYC Operations functions globally for the wholesale & Investment Banking division covering 200,000 customers and 65 countries.
A major wholesale and investment bank with global reach was placed under a Section 166 order regarding their KYC and AML controls.
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.
