White Papers
Long-form guidance on the decisions that shape a compliance programme — platform selection, cost modelling, cross-border operating models, perpetual KYC and tuning. Published in full, with no form in the way.
Each paper is written to be usable rather than promotional: frameworks you can apply, methods you can test, and the questions a supervisor is likely to ask. All are readable in full on the page — nothing is gated.
Published Papers
Selecting an AML/KYC Platform: A Buyer’s Evaluation Framework
A scoring framework for evaluating AML and KYC platforms — the questions that separate vendors, the ones that do not, and the demonstrations to insist on.
BenchmarkingThe True Cost of AML Compliance: A Benchmarking Model
Most cost-per-onboarding figures are wrong because they count the subscription and ignore the analyst. A model for calculating what compliance actually costs.
Cross-BorderCross-Border AML for Fund Administrators: MAS, HKMA and CSSF Compared
Three supervisors, one operating model. Where the requirements align, where they genuinely diverge, and how to run a single control spine across all three.
Operating ModelFrom Periodic Review to Perpetual KYC: An Implementation Blueprint
The periodic review cycle is an artefact of manual refresh. A staged blueprint for replacing calendar-driven review with event-driven monitoring — without losing the audit trail.
OperationsTuning Screening and Monitoring: A False-Positive Reduction Methodology
Tightening thresholds reduces alerts and hides missed risk. A methodology for reducing false positives while proving you have not increased false negatives.
Discuss Any of This With Us
If one of these papers maps onto a decision you are making — a platform selection, a pKYC migration, a tuning programme — we are happy to work through it against your actual operating model.
