Brexit happened, and the UK is no longer a part of the EU, which means passporting and mutual acceptance of financial services need to be revised. Listen as Yana talks about what we know about the movement of goods and services, what needs to be documented and formalized, and if Read more…
Are you ready to discuss Ripple versus the Securities and Exchange Commission? Yana uses Ripple as a starting point to analyze what it means for various token issuers in terms of how they position themselves, how the SEC views them, and what’s possible in this space. Listen as Yana speaks Read more…
Are you ready for an epic episode? Yana will summarize her vision for FinTech compliance, how it should be billed, how it could be optimized, and what it should look like. Yana shares her top three examples of where FinTech companies lose money, time, resources, and energy in compliance and Read more…
Yana discusses a topic today that is a little technical, but still a question she gets asked all the time. Listen as Yana spends a little time talking about the difference between issuing banks and acquiring banks or issuers and acquirers roles as it applies to the card industry. Issuer Read more…
“2021 will be a year where professions that have been information-based will shift.” Today, Yana is discussing why she believes that the compliance function is an implementation function instead of just a providing information function. Yana argues that compliance has changed over the years, and since information is everywhere, it’s Read more…
Did you bring your sense of humor with you today? Listen, as Yana shares a special episode with you on how knowing compliance can be extremely useful when it comes to dating sites and investigating the people’s businesses looking to date you. A good compliance officer, if they are good Read more…
Do CEOs and founders worry about compliance too much? In this episode, Yana wants to discuss some things that are more fundamental, like problems, issues, or misconceptions that she believes have been around for a long time. She hopes that this conversation will show you a different way to approach Read more…
Listen as Yana discusses why some FinTech startups make it to the top, keep growing, and secure license applications, partnerships, and funding. In contrast, most startups just run out of money and aren’t able to make it. What is it that those few startups have figured out? Yana gives her Read more…
Do you think that Stablecoins are E-money? Listen as Yana discusses what E-money and Stablecoins are and how they are used. Yana explains how most stablecoins do not meet the requirements to be called E-money and the difference between issuing E-money versus using and accepting E-money. Yana is hoping this Read more…
Have you heard about the new Crypto regulations that are coming? Yana explains what they are and what they mean for Crypto companies. She believes the regulation will harmonize requirements from country to country with a single regulatory regime that will cover different types of crypto services. Yana shares that Read more…