We were recently talking and giggling with peers and colleagues about how Bitcoin Suisse ⛑ was trying to solve their operational issues by increasing the number of minimal required customer deposits and how many banks are now introducing KYC and Read more…
In this Compliance That Makes Sense episode, we discuss internal auditors and why you shouldn’t hate them. People sometimes perceive internal auditors as useless, time-wasting, police playing, and always inflating problems while not being an expert in any particular field Read more…
Most compliance officers would agree that onboarding and reviewing corporate customers is one of the most painful and annoying KYC tasks ever. It takes forever, it’s confusing, and everyone involved (customers, UBOs, compliance officers, and relationship managers) hates every step Read more…
In this Compliance That Makes Sense episode, we are going to talk about FATCA and CRS for FinTech dummies. Yana decided to record this episode not because she thinks FinTechs or her listeners are dummies, but to make sure that Read more…
In this Compliance That Makes Sense episode, Yana wants to discuss a topic that she feels everyone should know the answer for, but apparently, they don’t. Yana is talking about a situation where your customer reaches out and wants you Read more…
In this Compliance That Makes Sense episode, Yana talks about where to find FinTech board members and how to pay them. FinTech startups often struggle to try to find the right board members. There seems to be some confusion about Read more…
On this Compliance That Makes Sense episode, Yana is talking today about FinTech and Value Added Tax. Many Fintech companies in Europe and other places where there is an equivalent of the VAT ask her to confirm that Crypto and Read more…
Yana shares her take on what is happening with the GameStop saga during January 2021 and why she believes that Robinhood actually did the right thing, even though their communication was hard to understand. Yana speaks about what she thinks Read more…
Today, Yana is going to share the pros and cons and different approaches to buying an already established FinTech company versus starting a new one and applying for your own license. Yana is in the middle of a project that Read more…
Why should global FinTechs have a licensed European entity? Listen as Yana discusses why she believes FinTechs should consider having a European license and a European-based entity. Europe is a very large market and has a relatively high GDP per Read more…