FULL PROGRAM DETAILS

Having answered tons of questions from my followers about the certification and how it is different from the Self-Starter package, let me give you a full list of everything you will get once you join and become the founding member of the?FinTech Startup Compliance Pro Certification .

Why should you do it?

• If you want the last 4 months of 2023 to be the absolute highlight of your career thus far you will have finally started taking new action instead of just consuming knowledge.
• If you would like to set an ambitious professional goal this Friday, September 1st, that once felt impossible, map out specific new actions you need to take to get there and do what needs to be done without procrastination or fake excuses.
• If you would like to get ready for MICA and practice managing any future regulatory changes without overwhelming and exhausting gap analysis.
• If you want to take new risks and get out of your comfort zone in a "safer" and guided environment, even if you feel that your company or your environment is not fully ready.
• If you would like to have lifetime access to the certification program you would like to re-visit again and again because it shows you how to execute any compliance project without over-preparing and second-guessing your steps.

What is included in FinTech Compliance Self-Starter and FinTech Startup Compliance Pro Certification Offer:

Think of this program as a summary of 3 key ingredients:?Recorded Training + Templates and Interactive Assignments.

RECORDED WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS?that are included and will be instantly available:

• Rise of the Business-Like CCO introductory training.
• Opening bank account and preparing for banking due diligence roadmap
• FinTech Licensing workshop and licensing planning roadmap
• FinTech Risk Assessment workshop
• Structuring White-Label Solutions in FinTech
• Onboarding of corporate customers workshop?
• Creating your FinTech Privacy Policy and GDPR Compliance
• Preparing for and managing FinTech AML and operational audits?
• Annual compliance reporting requirements for FinTech workshop (all mandatory reports templates included)
• Documenting your Outsourcing workshop
• Managing compliance budget workshop
• End-to-end Crypto Compliance Workshop (including a separate dedicated training on how to comply with Apple and Appstore Guidelines)

+ BONUS TRAINING:

• FinTech Compliance for Beginners module (or a refresher if you are new in FinTech but not new in compliance)
• Calls Archive with dozens of compliance implementation questions answered!

TEMPLATES.?Here is a list of??FinTech Compliance templates, contracts, documents, and checklists?updated for 2023?to set up your FinTech compliance - all instantly available to download:

• AML, KYC, PEPs, sanctions policies and SOPs,?onboarding flow setup guide (including policies, tools review, and guidance on admin and case management setup)
• Privacy and GDPR module, including privacy policy, GDPR compliance policy, binding corporate rules, and standard contractual closes or Data Transfer Appendix template (to be included in all your contracts with vendors and payments partners where data transfer is involved)
• Outsourcing?framework setup, including outsourcing policy template and outsourcing assessment checklist
• Consumer and Investor Protection, including?Customer Protection and Complaints Handling Policy, Investor Protection Policy, and Customer Funds Safeguarding Procedure?(for fiat and crypto services)
• Information Security, including InfoSec policy, incident management, and business continuity policy
• Blockchain-specific regulations, including?Blockchain Operational compliance policy?
• Corporate Governance?and Board of Directors set up, Code of Conduct, Segregation of Duties guidance, Anti-Bribery and Corruption procedure, and other relevant templates (e.g. gift policy, HR screening, etc.)
• Business Wide Risk assessment?and product risk assessment (with dedicated sections for AML, Product, VASPs, General Risks, Financial Risks, Startup Risks, and Regulatory Risks)
• Risk Management, Assessment, and Fraud Prevention, including relevant Risk Management policy and Risk Assessment and Risk Assessment methodology templates
• Conflict of Interests and Insider Trading Policy
• Terms of Service, Affiliation and Loyalty Programs structuring?(including sample language for loyalty points or reward programs, beta testing provisions, and affiliation program templates)
• Inter-Company Agreements and SLAs
• Detailed and comprehensive Annual Compliance Plan and sample Internal Audit Plan.?Compliance Assurance Framework (roles of FLOD, SLOD, audit)
• FinTech Licensing?- including License Application Template, financial projections template, business plan template, FinTech licensing roadmap, first regulatory inquiry template
• Comparison table of token features for membership, exchange, and loyalty tokens, gift vouchers and internal payment tokens, derivative and security tokens.?Token listing criteria?(for cryptocurrency exchanges or wallets).
• FATCA and CRS compliance policy

?...?new content and templates are added regularly and all future updates will be automatically added and made available for you!

CERTIFICATION AND INTERACTIVE ASSIGNMENTS:

When designing the? FinTech Startup Compliance Pro Certification , my primary goal was to make it useful and actionable. And uncomfortable. This is how we are going to do it as a part of 5 interactive workshops:

1. Goal-setting.?On our first group call on September 1st,?2023, I will give you the guidance and the script on how to do?goal-setting or priorities-setting or focus aligning conversation with your manager, CEO, BOD, or even a new potential employer. You will have to take this conversation within the next 2 weeks and report back the results. The purpose of this conversation is to gain support and clarity from your main stakeholder about what you would like to achieve and what stands in the way.
2. Manage regulatory change. Our second call will be a workshop dedicated to developing skills needed to prepare and manage a regulatory change. We will use the example of MICA Regulation and Funds Transfer Regulation. You will be asked to draft key changes needed to be implemented within your company (or your hypothetical company) during the call. And yes, we will use ChatGPT or Bard for that.
3. Preparing compliance ROI.?We will have a special training where you will have to analyze the key components of the compliance costs and the composition of the compliance budget. You will have to prepare a?budget for a new compliance initiative of your choice using the Return on Investment Method and position this request as a request coming from a revenue-generating unit rather than a cost-center unit.
4. Behaviors and false beliefs that keep us stuck. Everyone who did not do their homework, did not take agreed-upon action, feels “behind” or otherwise is unhappy with their progress, will have to talk about what is preventing them from taking a different action and will get coaching and feedback on how to make the changes?they desire to see.
5. Final Assignment – Where can you take more risks??Our last call will be dedicated to preparing your final assignment. You will have to identify, prepare a justify a case study where your company should take more risks. We will review a number of strategies and examples of how to select an issue that will have a meaningful impact, prepare the case, and put in place reasonable risk mitigating strategies.

Why is this the best possible solution for FinTech leaders who would like to make their compliance function faster, more efficient, and deliver results that matter?

Because this program is designed to?OVERCOME THE MAIN REASON why people don’t choose optimal business solutions or their preferred strategy?–??they fear it won’t work???.

Many of my clients and students tell me that they are afraid that their preferred solution or preferred strategy won’t pass the test of time and may lead to some unintended consequences.

In addition to teaching compliance and telling people what to do and giving them all the necessary templates, I have decided to enhance my Self-Starter Program by adding a?series of interactive assessments and assignments encompassing all key areas of FinTech compliance,?where people tend to overthink or get stuck. I will be the “bad cop”, difficult auditor, and rigid regulator, challenging your approach, but also giving you the tools, ideas, and arguments on how you can win your case and defend your strategy.?

?????? BINGO!??????

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?By November 10th, you can become a fully certified FinTech Startup Compliance Pro!

The reason why I am convinced the process I am going to take my clients through is fundamentally different and therefore the results are going to be different is this:

• OLD WAY:?Traditional compliance assigns responsibility to the “tone at the top”??, removes responsibility for risk management from compliance stating that “business must own their risks” and describes compliance as an advisor, providing feedback and reporting to the senior management. According to this outdated theory, compliance can only be blamed or found guilty if it did not detect some risks or irregularities and/or did not warn or escalate the issues accordingly. Every single time we read about the fact that some high-profile bank had been fined by their regulator for money-laundering breaches or excessive risk-taking, you will see and hear the same story: compliance and risk identified and escalated the issues or potential risks well in advance and repeatedly, the problem was discussed by the board and various committees and then the was a collective decision to go ahead and do (or allow) the activities that happened. Assigning responsibilities to the top and isolating compliance from business decisions does not produce better compliance or better business outcomes.
• NEW WAY:?All my teaching is focused on making sure that compliance is the ultimate decision-maker??.?Compliance leaders want to be included, respected, and appreciated for their insights. But this respect cannot be earned if you are not responsible for anything and have no skin in the game. What I teach you is how to take risks that you are comfortable with and can defend in front of others.?
• OLD WAY:?Traditional compliance scholars will tell you that the key to compliance success is to make sure compliance gets adequate resources and more senior management attention??. What’s wrong with this? Ask any CEO and/or CFO of any financial institution or even a smaller FinTech (off the record, obviously) and they will tell you how they spend a disproportionate amount of time in compliance-related, audits, risk reviews, and similar meetings, where they learn nothing new, decide very little and don’t see things improving. The more resources traditional companies and scale-up FinTechs invest into compliance, the more new issues they identify that need to be solved. The biggest compliance fines are very often paid by the biggest banks.
• NEY WAY.?I teach you and will ask you to prepare an assignment on how to do the right things at the right time for every important compliance project ??, such as licensing, partnerships, audits, tools implementation, and preparing for the upcoming regulatory updates (MICA and Funds Transfer Regulation).
• OLD WAY.?Traditional compliance scholars view compliance as a cost function??, that needs to receive an appropriate budget. Traditional compliance certification training won’t teach you modern project management skills project prioritization skills or pragmatic risk-taking skills. They teach you “how to be on the safe side”, “protect your back” skills, and “better safe than sorry” strategies.
• NEW WAY.?I will teach you how and will ask you to prepare an ROI assessment for your compliance budget, and by the end of the program, you will be ready to act like a business-like CCO. Compliance should act as a profit centre??.

So, this is the only one very unique opportunity to join the first cohort of my new certification program as a founding member at the pre-certification price point.?

You will get all the benefits and bonuses of the FinTech Compliance Self-Starter package and in addition, you will get tons of support, feedback, guidance, accountability, and tough love from me personally ;-) because my main motivation is to help you succeed by implementing my just-in-time compliance approach.

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If you are an existing or past student, and you are interested in becoming certified, you will be able to apply your past payments towards this program (send me a DM or email).

Remember, we will go back to school on the 1st?of September, so –?JOIN TODAY?(and start learning right away), ?or let me know if you have questions!