The KYC/AML Balancing Act: Growth vs. Grind
Seems like every other week there's a new jurisdiction or a tweak to existing KYC/AML frameworks. My question for the room is, how are your firms adapting without choking off legitimate growth? It feels like we're constantly on a tightrope, trying to onboard clients efficiently while simultaneously beefing up our compliance teams and tech stacks to spot the proverbial needle in the haystack. Any thoughts on maintaining agility when the regulatory goalposts seem to move with surprising frequency?
It's starting to feel less like a tightrope and more like we're just perpetually greasing the rope to make it harder for ourselves. I'm half expecting the next innovation to be a compliance department that doubles as a legal defense team for when we inevitably trip up.