Lysis Advisory is a global team of governance and compliance experts with an extensive track record of helping firms to successfully achieve and maintain regulatory permissions and compliance. We focus on consulting services across the governance and compliance landscape with the dual objectives of reducing the short and long-term costs linked to compliance whilst ensuring regulatory requirements are met. We help our customers with regulatory applications and interventions and the design and implementation of governance & compliance frameworks and client lifecycle management operating models.
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Helping firms to work successfully with regulators and to achieve/ maintain efficient and effective Regulatory and anti-Financial Crime Compliance
We assist firms to obtain the required regulatory permissions to conduct regulated activities.
Explore serviceWe understand the challenges during each step of a Section 166 review in the UK and similar reviews in other jurisdictions. We can support our clients with an experienced team of highly skilled individuals who understand the scope of the review and the reviewer’s and regulator’s expectations.
Explore serviceLysis offers end-to-end consultancy services for Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments (EWRA) and Business-Wide Risk Assessments (BWRA), tailored to meet the evolving regulatory and operational needs of financial institutions, fintechs and global corporates.
Explore serviceDesigning effective policies and supporting the writing of procedures to ensure compliance and operational efficiency
Explore serviceAll firms should be vigilant in identifying and protecting themselves against potential money laundering activities.
Explore serviceLysis has extensive experience of conducting governance reviews and assisting firms to improve the structure and documentation of their governance arrangements. We have also helped multiple firms with the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) in the UK and advised on the Senior Executive Accountability Regime (SEAR) in Ireland.
Explore serviceLysis Group, in partnership with PeopleClear, offers a comprehensive SMCR solution combining expert regulatory consulting, tailored training and a purpose-built SaaS platform. Designed for financial services firms, our offering simplifies compliance, strengthens governance and embeds accountability through technology, diagnostics and ongoing support.
Explore serviceWe have the necessary experience to advice firms regarding the design of effective risk rating methodologies, policies and the writing of supporting procedures to ensure compliance and operational efficiency, in line with the strategic business objectives.
Explore serviceLysis Group helps firms align regulatory obligations with business goals, delivering tailored strategies for compliance, growth and market confidence.
Explore serviceAll firms should be vigilant in identifying and protecting themselves against potential money laundering activities.
Explore serviceLysis Group’s Transformation service line helps financial institutions reimagine, redesign, and implement high-performance compliance functions.
Explore serviceLysis’ CLM consulting services include Target Operating Model (TOM) definition, systems and data source selection and implementation and CLM process efficiency improvements.
Explore serviceAssisting firms to determine their exact level of compliance and to identify the various controls to reach a level of realignment
Explore serviceImplementing the CLM Efficiency model could help you achieve total savings of 58% in their third years
Explore serviceSeamless operational, systems, and data integration for mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Explore serviceA financial crime framework outlines the regulatory compliance standards that are relevant to the firm, and the required internal controls needed to comply with these standards.
Explore serviceWe have the necessary experience to advice firms regarding the design of effective risk rating methodologies, policies and the writing of supporting procedures to ensure compliance and operational efficiency, in line with the strategic business objectives.
Explore serviceLysis’ CLM consulting services include Target Operating Model (TOM) definition, systems and data source selection and implementation and CLM process efficiency improvements.
Explore serviceLysis supports successful Fenergo programmes by ensuring client data, business rules and workflows are understood, mapped and delivered correctly.
Explore serviceWe assist firms in selecting the right Regulatory Technology (RegTech) that is aligned with their bespoke operational requirements because we know first-hand that, over time, firms develop both generic and unique operating characteristics.
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A major bank with two major trading entities wished to decrease time-to-trade processing overheads for new customers and for new products for existing customers.
Our client had a requirement to review and update its AML Framework to take account of the Fifth Money Laundering Directive and also some changes in its business model.
A crypto asset custodian based in the U.K. with global reach approached Lysis with the request to assist them with the process to obtain registration from the FCA which would enable them to operate in the UK market as a crypto asset business. Due to the holding company’s strong global footprint, part of the FCA requirements for registration included the need for a UK based money laundering reporting officer (MLRO).
Lysis Group delivered a tailored, regulator-ready EWRA for a leading payments firm, enhancing risk visibility, governance, and compliance readiness.
One of our client's banks has flagged areas of our client's Ant-Money Laundering (AML) Governance and Compliance operation as a potential cause for concern. Our client asked Lysis to perform an independent review for them to establish if anything was genuinely wrong.
A major credit card company required the design and implementation of a bespoke iteration of the iMeta client on-boarding and lifecycle management system to meet specific business needs.
A major European-domiciled Cryptoasset Exchange with global reach required a gap analysis to identify all deficiencies in their Customer Risk Rating Model and a roadmap for improving it.
Efficiency improvements post-go-live at a global securities house to remove bottlenecks and restore operating efficiency after a Fenergo implementation. Lysis supported a global wholesale and investment bank during its Fenergo implementation and then worked alongside the bank to streamline the post go-live operating and processing model
A listed UK-Based subprime lender offering lower value short term loans needed to enhance, redesign, and implement a new FC framework. Lysis provided the client with a understanding of risks, practical advice on risk mitigation, & robust policies.
A leading Contract of Differences (CFD) broker, part of a larger financial services conglomerate believed they had a market-leading CFD platform and wished to white-label to smaller brokers and potential competitors to offer to their customers.
A major wholesale and investment bank with global reach was placed under a Section 166 order regarding their KYC and AML controls.
The merger of two global investment banks required the implementation of a single client onboarding firm structure and alignment of systems and procedure to a single global policy.
A major global bank, following a merger, had two global trading brands operating across 60+ countries globally.
Assessment and remediation of the client monies safeguarding arrangements at a UK EMI.
Our client wished to gain an ACPR Payment Institution license in France and asked for Lysis' assistance to prepare all the documents and for general support during the application process.
Our client was setting up a new gaming licensing and taxation authority for a national government and sought external support to develop its Compliance and AML Framework.
A large U.S. based end-to-end human resources management firm and Lysis delivered a solution for the newly established UK/EU subsidiary which forms part of the SEC regulated entity.
Programme management, target operating model design and global policy development to enable a Fenergo implementation at a major wholesale and investment bank. Lysis Group successfully assisted a global investment bank to design and implement a target operating model in preparation for the implementation of Fenergo.
Seamless KYC & AML Systems Integration for a Leading Specialist Bank
A London based financial institution with global reach asked Lysis to perform a review of their AML governance framework.
SERVICE CAPABILITIES
Lysis Group specialises in Financial Crime Compliance. All firms must regularly review their AML and broader Financial Crime programmes to ensure they remain compliant with current regulatory requirements and are fit for purpose. We support firms in strengthening these programmes to stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated criminal tactics and evolving legislation. Staying vigilant and proactive is critical to protecting your business from financial crime risk.
clients we have assisted with their Financial Crime Compliance activities
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