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Regulatory Health Check

Know exactly where you stand before the bank's BSA officer asks. Ten business days to a complete compliance gap assessment with a prioritized remediation roadmap. Built for pre-Series A fintechs preparing for a sponsor bank conversation or first regulatory examination.

What Is Included

  • BSA/AML program gap assessment

    Structured review of your written program, risk assessment, customer identification procedures, and OFAC screening against OCC and FDIC examination expectations.

  • Consumer protection review (UDAAP, ECOA, Reg E, Reg Z)

    Disclosure review, marketing copy assessment, dispute and error resolution procedures, fair lending posture review. Calibrated to current CFPB enforcement priorities.

  • Third-party risk management assessment

    Vendor inventory review, due diligence documentation review, contract clause review against OCC and Federal Reserve third-party risk guidance.

  • Policy and procedure inventory review

    Identification of missing policies, outdated procedures, and structural gaps that would surface in a sponsor bank due diligence review.

  • Data privacy and GLBA Safeguards Rule gap review

    Information security program review, vendor data handling assessment, and incident response readiness check against the current Safeguards Rule.

  • Bank partnership readiness gap summary

    A concise readout of what a sponsor bank's BSA officer will flag, what they will accept, and what needs to change before the next conversation.

  • Written findings report with prioritized remediation roadmap

    Severity-ranked findings, remediation owners, and timeline guidance. The report is the artifact you hand to your CEO, board, or sponsor bank.

  • 60-minute delivery debrief call

    Walk through the findings, prioritize the roadmap, and identify which gaps you can close internally versus which warrant additional engagement support.

Who This Is For

  • Pre-Series A fintech founders who have never had a formal compliance assessment
  • Fintechs approaching a new sponsor bank relationship or BaaS program agreement
  • Teams that failed, or nearly failed, a prior bank due diligence review and want to understand why
  • Community banks and credit unions evaluating an existing fintech partnership before renewal

How It Works

  1. 01
    Intake call (60 minutes)

    Walk through your business model, current bank relationships or pipeline, current compliance team and program, and specific deadlines driving the engagement.

  2. 02
    Document review (days 2 to 5)

    Structured review of every policy, procedure, risk assessment, vendor file, and prior examination correspondence you provide. Secure document sharing.

  3. 03
    Structured assessment and report drafting (days 6 to 9)

    Findings tabulation against the assessment framework, prioritization, and report drafting. One round of clarifying questions if anything is unclear.

  4. 04
    Delivery and debrief (day 10)

    Written report delivered. 60-minute call to walk findings, agree priorities, and outline next steps.

Get Your Compliance Baseline

10 days to a clear picture of where you stand and what needs to change before your bank partner asks first.

Start with a Health Check

Not legal advice. Clients requiring legal counsel are referred to qualified fintech attorneys.