Maturity Assessment for UK Branch of Arab Bank

A major Egyptian bank with UK operations had a requirement to identify possible AML and CTF gaps and suggested improvements.

Division
Consulting & Advisory
Industry

Corporate, Wholesale and Investment Banking

Service-line

Financial Crime Framework Review and Enhancement

The Client
A major Egyptian bank with UK operations
The Challenge
The client approached Lysis to identify possible AML and CTF gaps and to inform the Audit and Risk Committee and the Board of areas of concerns.
The Solution

A maturity assessment was conducted, and a remediation roadmap was produced to map the recommended activities that the bank should engage with. The roadmap was risk-based and shows a suggested priority for the actions. The maturity assessment process had been used as the basis for the development of a six-month resourcing plan. This identified the high-level actions that the bank will implement to further embed the management of risk across the bank and deepen its level of maturity, whilst specifically identifying improvements in systems, controls, policies, processes, and people. Lysis took a risk-based approach to the prioritisation of actions which included both regulatory compliance and significant operational risk weaknesses.

Lysis also provided a permanent executive resource with extensive regulatory experience to oversee the delivery of all the workstreams and regularly liaised with senior management of the bank to provide programme feedback. Specifically, Lysis assisted the client in the following areas:

- Capability and awareness

- Governance and oversight

- Risk appetite and tolerance ratios

- Analysis and reporting

- Assessment and controls

- Information management

- Organisational performance

Results
Lysis successfully assisted the client with the best solutions possible and ensured that these were embedded in the firm with a sustainable outlook. To that end, Lysis worked closely with key staff members and ensured that there was a continual knowledge and ownership transfer of the solutions to the internal resources.
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