The crypto industry has spent years begging for regulatory clarity. Clear rules. Defined jurisdictions. A framework that companies can actually operate under. The kind of boring, necessary infrastructure that every serious industry needs to grow responsibly. And every time — Read more…
Let me tell you about one compliance manager. Let’s call him M. His story is basically everyone’s story, just with the names changed. M spent years at PayPal, then got hired by a FinTech startup in 2015 to lead the Read more…
Do you believe in parallel universes? As if there is another version of you somewhere out there, living a completely different life because you made different choices? Well, here’s a theory: what if there were windows or portals or secret Read more…
Compliance officers often struggle between wanting to build a solid risk-free fortress and wanting to be curious, learn new things and stay ahead of what may happen.Funnily enough, these two goals are extreme opposites and require completely different skills.When you Read more…
In the FinTech environment, risks and gaps are everywhere. Unfortunately, many regulatory professionals, risk experts and compliance officers believe that informing management about risks, escalating issues, documenting gaps and tracking remediation commitments is a valid strategy for protecting themselves from Read more…
Stripe just offered to buy PayPal. Let me repeat that for the people in the back. A company founded in 2010, still private, is trying to buy the company that invented online payments.If you had told someone this in 2018, Read more…
There is a wonderful compliance case study hidden inside the FCA’s £3.5 million fine against Coinbase’s UK payments entity. Not because Coinbase broke the law. They clearly did. This story is a magnificent demonstration of what happens when very intelligent Read more…
There is a side of compliance that rarely gets taught. It is not just about identifying problems. It is about knowing what to do once you see them. Over the past year, I have been hands-on in about a dozen Read more…
If compliance feels like a roadblock, it’s time to flip the script. I had a live webinar last week about how to turn compliance into a growth driver. We have covered how to measure success, align with business goals and Read more…
This is the time of year for reflection, so in this episode, I share my theory on why achieving success for some people is so much easier than it is for others, why a high success-effort ratio isn’t always ideal, Read more…