Financial Crime Compliance
We help banks, SACCOs, fintechs, insurers, and DNFBPs build compliance frameworks that stand up to the regulator — risk assessments, policies, MLRO capacity, and goAML reporting readiness, aligned to national legislation and the FATF Recommendations.
End-to-end support for reporting entities.
Six connected advisory workstreams take you from a risk-based foundation through to confident, zero-rejection filing — with hands-on, practical support across East Africa.
Institutional ML/TF/PF assessment and customer risk profiling under a risk-based approach.
Drafting and reviewing internal policies, procedures, and controls aligned to legislation and FATF.
Upskilling Money Laundering Reporting Officers to fulfil their statutory obligations.
Gap analysis against POCAMLA, POTA, FIC Act and national AML/CFT legislation across the region.
Preparing your institution for goAML registration and ongoing FIU reporting.
Staff awareness on suspicious-transaction identification, KYC/CDD and typology recognition.
The artefacts we leave behind.
We don't hand over a slide deck and leave. Every engagement produces working artefacts your team owns and operates. Step through the surfaces we build with you.
| Risk category | Driver | Inherent | Control | Residual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geographic | High-risk jurisdictions | ◕ High | Screening, EDD | ◕ High |
| PEP exposure | Domestic & foreign PEPs | ◕ High | EDD, senior sign-off | ◑ Medium |
| Customer | Cash-intensive business | ◕ High | CDD, monitoring | ◑ Medium |
| Product | Cross-border transfers | ◑ Medium | Thresholds, rules | ◑ Medium |
| TF risk | NPO / cross-border flows | ◑ Medium | Watchlists, review | ● Low |
| Delivery channel | Non-face-to-face onboarding | ◑ Medium | eKYC, liveness | ● Low |
Practical support, not just paperwork.
Training and upskilling Money Laundering Reporting Officers to fulfil their statutory obligations.
Drafting and reviewing internal policies, procedures, and controls aligned with legislation and FATF.
Institutional ML/TF/PF risk assessments and customer risk profiling under a risk-based approach.
Gap analysis against POCAMLA, POTA, FIC Act, and national AML/CFT legislation across the region.
Preparing your institution for goAML registration and ongoing FIU reporting with zero-rejection filing.
Staff awareness on suspicious-transaction identification, KYC/CDD, and ML/TF typology recognition.
Every entity with a reporting obligation.
From a large commercial bank to a growing fintech, we tailor our advisory to your size, risk profile, and regulatory environment — and we work in the languages and realities of the region.
A structured methodology for building capacity.
We evaluate your framework against regulatory requirements and international standards to prioritise gaps.
We draft tailored policies, SOPs, and compliance manuals fit to your environment and risk profile.
We deploy programs and train staff at all levels for organisation-wide adoption.
We provide periodic reviews, regulatory briefings, and goAML reporting support.
Strengthen your AML/CFT compliance.
Discuss how our advisory can help your institution meet its obligations — and pair it with the goAML platform for automated, zero-rejection reporting.