There are common misconceptions around FinTech compliance, and if you take the old-fashioned approach, you could end up really hurting your business. After listening to today’s episode, you’ll understand the best way to approach compliance, and how this will allow you to scale your operation in a sustainable way. If Read more…
The FinTech Compliance Self-Starter Package has been fully updated for 2023! The following documents and templates had the most significant changes: This product is right for you if: My templates are tested by dozens of FinTech professionals and hundreds of participants have joined my workshops and shared raving reviews. But over the last Read more…
Let’s continue exploring why bottom-up project planning does not work in FinTech and what you can try as a pragmatic alternative. As some of you may know, my FinTech journey started first at Amazon and then continued at PayPal. My biggest lesson learned there: you can be compliant and you can justify Read more…
I wanted for the first episode of 2023 to talk about why FinTech companies should be testing their decisions before testing their products. I walk you through the biggest mistake that startup FinTech companies make and why building a project from the bottom up generally does not work, and I Read more…
Pursuing your own licenses in 2023-2024 will take even longer for a number of factors, therefore, the dependency on your White-Label partners will increase. Success in FinTech Compliance in 2023 and beyond will depend on your ability to satisfy your White-Label partners and keep your costs low. Why securing your own Read more…
In the last few posts, I’ve covered why 2 of the most commonly applied compliance strategies – “just-in-case” (preparing everything, losing yourself in piles of documents, and overspending money), and “minimal checklist” (where you end up re-doing everything over and over again, overspending effort) is not used by successful FinTech Read more…
In the previous article, I’ve traced down how your mission as a FinTech startup founder brings you on a possible collision course with partners, auditors, and regulators because of an inherent difference of vision regarding FinTech compliance, and the role it occupies in your business. I’ve also warned against pride Read more…
There are common misconceptions around FinTech compliance, and if you take the old-fashioned approach, you could end up really hurting your business. After listening to today’s episode, you’ll understand the best way to approach compliance, and how this will allow you to scale your operation in a sustainable way. If Read more…
Most founders would rather be seen as an inspirational, positive figure in their organization, and not as the person who has to constantly push back against their compliance team. If you are one of those founders who feel as if they are always playing the bad cop, this episode is Read more…
Today, I’m offering you a history lesson on how FinTech compliance goes from Stone Age to Leverage. 1. Age of Innocence: At the beginning of your FinTech compliance journey, you assume you are not regulated, too small, unprofitable, and therefore, no rules apply to you. You may be taking some funds Read more…